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Archive: 2019

A Smarter Contact Lens

Researchers from Korea have described the fabrication and function of a new type of smart contact lens which is capable of being charged wirelessly, allowing for long-term continuous use that conventional smart contact lenses have been incapable of…

Bilingualism: Start early, and earn all your benefits!

by Ji Wook Kim figures by Abagail Burrus While 92% of primary and secondary students in Europe learn a foreign language, only 20% of primary and secondary school students in the U.S. study a foreign language. In an ever more international era, these…

New migraine medication passes clinical trial

A new migraine medication called ubrogepant recently passed a large scale phase 3 clinical trial. This medication may be able to help treat patients that cannot tolerate or do not respond to the most common types of migraine medication.

Learning to Remember: Memory-Trace Cells

Electrical recordings from human subjects have revealed the existence of memory-trace cells, which change their response depending on which previous experience is supposed to be recalled, providing a major insight into how the brain remembers specific…