Handheld Device Detects Alzheimer’s Biomarkers; Long COVID Smell Loss; MS Fatigue
A handheld wireless device using a graphene field-effect transistor sensor detected Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s biomarkers amyloid beta, tau, and alpha-synuclein. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) Whistleblowers suggested that a University of Southern California neuroscientist may have manipulated data that supported a major stroke trial and blood-brain barrier research. (Science) Loss of smell and […]
Magnetic surprise revealed in ‘magic-angle’ graphene
When two sheets of the carbon nanomaterial graphene are stacked together at a particular angle with respect to each other, it gives rise to some fascinating physics. For instance, when this so-called “magic-angle graphene” is cooled to near absolute zero, it suddenly becomes a superconductor, meaning it conducts electricity with zero resistance. Now, a research […]