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Nanoengineers at the University of California-San Diego have developed fish-shaped microrobots using an innovative 3D printing technology that can soon help deliver drugs efficiently to the targeted areas in the human body. Microfish can swim around efficiently in liquids, are chemically powered by hydrogen peroxide and magnetically controlled.  The research, led by Professors Shaochen Chen and Joseph Wang of the NanoEngineering Department at the UC San Diego, was published in the Aug. 12 issue of the journal Advanced Materials.

Staring deeply into someone else's eye can transport people to an altered state of consciousness in which they experience strange hallucinations, a new study suggests. The study was published in the journal Psychiatry Research.

New study says Older adults who regularly do moderate physical activity perform better in mental tasks.  The findings were reported in the journal PLOS ONE.

Indian scientists have managed to get a glimpse of the protein fragments known as amyloid beta in a major breakthrough, which hallmark Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found the possible lock looks like a bunch of amyloid beta molecules in the shape of a hairpin, but with a twist. The findings were published in the journal ACS Nano.

The researchers from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural consumer and environmental sciences found that men and people at the age of 65 and older who have access to natural surroundings report sleeping better.  The study is published in the journal Preventive Medicine.

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Researchers found that between 2000 and 2009, the better matched the vaccine was for the influenza strain going around, the fewer residents in US nursing home died or were hospitalized. Contrary to claims that the youth benefit more from flu vaccines, a 10-year study has found that annual influenza vaccinations can also reduce the hospitalization rate and delay mortality among the elderly. The study was published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

A new study has revealed that more older adults especially from the higher strata of the society are drinking alcohol at unsafe levels. The study findings suggest that one in five older people who drink alcohol are consuming it at unsafe levels, over 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women each week. The researchers found that older men were more likely to be unsafe drinkers than women. The research was published in BMJ Open.

Researchers at the Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, have revealed a method to reduce the frequency of night time bed-wetting and improve the quality of life for sufferers. They suggest that repetitive sacral root magnetic stimulation (rSMS) can successfully reduce the frequency of night time bed-wetting. The findings were published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.