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Scientists at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST) in South Korea have developed a novel bioelectric therapy that restored muscle cells in aging mice, and they’re confident of its promise to have a similar effect in human models.

Microplastics are everywhere. Now, two new studies have further examined microplastics’ effect on our health, with one finding that they cause brain inflammation and the second finding them in the heart, a completely enclosed organ.

Microplastics are a growing environmental problem, but now researchers in Korea have developed a new water purification system that can filter out these tiny fragments, as well as other pollutants, very quickly and with high efficiency.

Researchers have developed microbots made of stem cells that can be delivered through the nose into the brain. These “Cellbots,” which bypass the blood-brain barrier, could one day be used to treat brain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.

Tiny robots could one day deliver drugs inside our bodies, but there are still a few hurdles. Now researchers have developed corkscrew microrobots that drill into cancer while they deliver drugs, preventing them being washed away by fluids.