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Scientists in China have developed an injectable hydrogel aimed at treating early-stage osteoarthritis. The biomaterial is said to relieve arthritis-related discomfort and slow the condition’s progression using “hydrogel microspheres” and targeted antibodies. The therapy has so far succeeded in trials involving rats.Affecting more than 90 million Americans at any given …

Expanded text ads (ETAs) aren’t going anywhere just yet, but Google’s latest experiment to make responsive search ads (RSAs) the default option is a sign of where things are heading. Responsive search ads are indicative of the broader shift to machine learning and automation, where bids, ads, landing pages, etc. …

New experimental antibiotics developed by chemists at the University of Connecticut successfully treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The success is due to their strategy, which found a weakness and exploited it in a way the bacteria should have trouble countering. Stephanie M. Reeve et al. identified two plasmid-borne genes …

Somehow playing VR games with an Xbox controller seems wrong. Even playing them sitting down isn’t ideal. The whole notion of virtual reality is to mimic reality. Finally this year the platform pieces have started to arrive — room-scale movement, reasonable-resolution headsets with a long tether, and versatile touch controllers. Now, …