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The Swiss company called K-Team invented a new kind of robot! The engineering team took as a basis the swarm intelligence of ants and created the kilobot swarm. Each of the devices follows a small set of rules, but when placed together, they mold into some sort of a universal mind clever enough to solve complex tasks. In the future, this system will be able to unify not only kilobots but other robots too, the ones we can see only at exhibitions for now.

What will happen if they start swarming around cities of the future all at once? Which robots would come to our aid during the worst disasters? Why is this piece of magnetic slime learning how to sneak into your intestines? And how will robots change our lives in a real city of the future?

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲

Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy can foster regeneration of damaged nerves after spinal trauma.

The research, published today in Clinical and Translational Medicine, used cell and animal models to demonstrate that when taken orally the candidate drug, known as AZD1390, can block the response to DNA damage in nerve cells and promote regeneration of damaged nerves, so restoring sensory and motor function after spinal injury.

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In this edition of HORIZONS, read about a gene that can help boost crop plants’ resilience, a new quantum computing breakthrough, and more.

As more drivers adopt plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, the demand for lithium-ion batteries will continue to explode over the next decade. But processes for extracting lithium can be time-consuming and chemical-intensive, and traditional sources—including brine and hard rock—could ultimately be depleted.

Scientists and engineers are now looking to unconventional water sources, including oil-and gas-produced water, geothermal brines, and rejected brines from seawater desalination. But how much lithium lies within these sources, and how to best extract it, remains an open question.

Asst. Prof. Chong Liu’s team now has the answer. By analyzing more than 122,000 unconventional water sources, she and her team discovered that there is, in fact, enough lithium within these sources to make it worthwhile to extract.

Get the low down on the main differences between the Robertson and Phillips screw. Perhaps, just perhaps, you’ll never use a Phillips screw ever again.

World’s most successful research submersible reaches 6,453 meters, its deepest dive ever.

An Israel-based company was exposed for employing a malware that exploited a vulnerability in Google’s search engine to access the personal data of co.

Cybersecurity researchers were able to link a zero-day vulnerability in Google’s search engine to a US-sanctioned Israeli spyware company that targets journalists throughout West Asia.

On 21 July, cybersecurity company Avast reported that the Israeli spyware company, Candiru, was behind the DevilsTongue malware that has targeted dozens of journalists in Lebanon, Turkey, Yemen, and Palestine.

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Circa 2021

With its sleek exterior and spacious interior, the Leo Coupe is more automotive than other electric aircraft. It looks like a car with wings.