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Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/07/09/fighting-wildfire-with-satellites-lasers-and-drones/140708-lopatto-wildfire-tease_yobwgc
SCORCHED EARTH

The Wildfire-Fighting Drones

It’s the beginning of forest fire season in the U.S., and an army of technology is ready to fight back.

Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/06/16/obama-s-120-million-school-safety-plan/140614-lopatto-obama-school-security-tease_ogrl8q
Save Our Schools

Obama’s $120 Million School Safety Plan

Metal detectors and school safety officers might help when it comes to school shootings, but the real answer is early detection. Obama’s 2015 plan budgets for just that.

Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/06/10/the-ai-that-wasn-t-why-eugene-goostman-didn-t-pass-the-turing-test/140609-lopatto-turing-tease_wrbm2r
Fail

The Artificial Intelligence That Wasn’t

The Internet was ablaze Monday with the news of a computer passing the infamous Turing test—but not so fast. It really didn’t pass at all.

Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/06/04/nail-polish-is-the-next-wearable-tech/140530-tech-nails-lopatto-tease_ynxyw3
Polish With Purpose

Nail Polish Is the Next Wearable Tech

The best manicure of your life may be just around the corner. From a sensor that helps you quit smoking to an LED light that reminds you to take medicine, meet the future of funky finger paint.

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articles/2014/05/24/trial-drug-reverses-alzheimer-s-disease-in-mice/140523_Lopatto_alzheimers_mice_w7cztn
Breakthrough?

The Drug That Could Reverse Alzheimer's

Another step towards the cure for Alzheimer’s happened at Saint Louis University, where researchers were able to reverse symptoms in mice. What does this mean for 5 million Americans with the disease?

Elizabeth Lopatto

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articles/2014/05/18/synthetic-dna-the-new-drug-makers/140717-synthetic-DNA-tease_nthhti
UNZIPPED

Synthetic DNA: The New Drug Makers?

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute produced the first living organism with synthetic bacteria this May. Why the drug-development world just won big.

Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/04/15/a-fully-vaccinated-woman-contracted-and-then-spread-measles-wtf/140414-lopatto-measles-tease_j2trpf
My Bumps

WTF Is Up With Measles?

If you’re vaccinated against measles, you have nothing to worry about, right? Wrong.

Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/04/04/twenty-years-of-alzheimer-s-research-may-have-focused-on-the-wrong-protein/140403-lopatto-alzheimers_z0c3fa
Whoops

Wrong About Alzheimer’s All Along

Most researchers think the disease is caused by the build-up of beta amyloid. But over 100 drugs targeting it have failed. Have they been focusing on the wrong protein all this time?

Elizabeth Lopatto

articles/2014/04/02/new-suspended-animation-procedure-saves-lives-by-replacing-blood-with-a-cold-electrolyte-solution/140401-lopatto-suspended-tease_un2j6e
IRL Sci-Fi

Freeze Your Brain, Save Your Life

Forty percent of traumatic injury deaths are from blood loss, but a new procedure may change that by swapping out blood for an electrolyte solution.

Elizabeth Lopatto

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