Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Today on New Scientist: 3 September 2012


Brain diabetes: the ultimate food scare

Big trouble lies ahead if Alzheimer's is proven to be a form of diabetes

Stem cells bring back feeling for paralysed patients

Two people paralysed by spinal cord injury have regained some sensitivity after stem-cell treatment

Landsat captures impact of deforestation in Brazil

These two images of Rond?nia, a state in western Brazil, show the impact of deforestation on this part of the Amazon rainforest since 1975

Pen ink proves surprise key to powerful supercapacitor

Just a few millimetres in diameter, the supercapacitor outdoes the performance of other carbon fibre-based devices - and it's all thanks to a coating of simple ink

If 2013 breaks heat record, how will deniers respond?

With an El Ni?o on the way, 2013 could be the warmest year on record. But the climate-denial machine will keep on churning, warns Stefan Rahmstorf

Matrix-like fly-through shows brain in amazing detail

See the sharpest view of an entire mouse brain ever captured thanks to a new imaging technique

Babies without sex or pregnancy?

In Like a Virgin Aarathi Prasad looks at historical notions of virgin birth and explores the possiblity of a future without the need for pregnancy

Waste water harnessed to make electricity and plastics

The treatment of waste water can be used to create energy and biodegradable plastics

Food for thought: Eat your way to dementia

Sugar junkies take note: a calorific diet isn't just bad for your body, it may also trigger Alzheimer's disease

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