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Mind-reading typing tool for paralysed people is fastest yet

Three people with paralysis have learned to type by thought alone using a brain implant – at almost half the speed at which people with no motor disability can text

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Microsoft app helps people with ALS speak using just their eyes

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A nurse using the SEND medical app that sends early warning alerts based on patients' vital signs

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NHS to start prescribing health apps that help manage conditions

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Printed ‘lab on a chip’ costs a penny and catches disease early

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Blind people ‘see’ microscope images using touch-feedback device

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Completely paralysed people use thoughts to say they are happy

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Recycled eggshells can be used for next-gen data storage

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How Trump’s erratic nuclear posture could spark a new arms race

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Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable tech

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Simple blood test can detect genetic diseases early in pregnancy

Together, single-gene disorders are more common than Down’s syndrome. Now there’s a safe prenatal test that can help prospective parents decide what to do

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Is historic Soviet radiation health data too hot to handle?

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Exclusive: First visit to Russia's secret nuclear disaster site

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Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

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Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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