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naturally occurring compound, NMN, has been shown to reverse diabetes in mice "/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have reversed diabetes in mice using a compound that is made naturally in the body. After diabetic mice were given the naturally occurring compound, called nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), their normal blood sugar metabolism was restored. The researchers say their findings suggest it might one day be possible for people to take the compound like a daily vitamin to treat or prevent type 2 diabetes. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/compound-reverses-diabetes/20093/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/automotive/" style="float: left; ">AUTOMOTIVE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/bilster-berg-drive-resort/19932/">British ammo dump to become the Bilster Berg luxury drive resort</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/vincent-rice/">Vincent Rice</a></p> <p><em>19:32 October 9, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/bilster-berg-drive-resort/19932/picture/144371/">21 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/bilster-berg-drive-resort/19932/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/bilsterberg.jpg" title="The Bilster Berg circuit" alt="The Bilster Berg circuit"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>A few days ago deep in the historic Teuteborg Forest of central Germany, the first stone was laid in the construction of an intriguing project. For twenty years until 1993 The 80 hectare (200 acre) site was a massive NATO ammunition depot, supplying the British Army of the Rhine during the Cold War. After eighteen years of disuse and six years of planning the extensive sturdy warehousing and road network is to be converted into the Bilster Berg luxury "drive resort" and automobile testing facility. Considering who's involved, the new racetrack should be a pretty spectacular experience. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/bilster-berg-drive-resort/19932/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-brain-memory-rhythm/20070/">UCLA researchers discover rhythmic secrets of the brain</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/randolph-jonsson/">Randolph Jonsson</a></p> <p><em>19:19 October 9, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-brain-memory-rhythm/20070/picture/144269/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-brain-memory-rhythm/20070/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/neurons.png" title="UCLA neuro-physicists have discovered that changes in synaptic strength have an optimal 'r..." alt="UCLA neuro-physicists have discovered that changes in synaptic strength have an optimal 'r..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Neuroscientists have long pondered the mechanism behind learning and memory formation in the human brain. On the cellular level, it's generally agreed that we learn when stimuli are repeated frequently enough that our synapses - the gap-connections between neurons - respond and become stronger. Now, a team of UCLA neuro-physicists has discovered that this change in synaptic strength actually has an optimal "rhythm," or frequency, a finding that could one day lead to new strategies for treating learning disabilities. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ucla-brain-memory-rhythm/20070/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/potable-water-emerging-contaminants/20000/">Collaboration aims to improve methods for detecting contaminants in water supplies</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/grant-banks/">Grant Banks</a></p> <p><em>18:54 October 9, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/potable-water-emerging-contaminants/20000/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/watercont-2.jpg" title="Dr. Shane Snyder is working with Agilent to develop ways to detect emerging contaminants ..." alt="Dr. Shane Snyder is working with Agilent to develop ways to detect emerging contaminants ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Agilent Technologies has announced it will begin collaborations with the University of Arizona's Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering's BIO5 Institute to develop ways to detect and treat "emerging contaminants" such as steroids and antibiotics in drinking water. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/potable-water-emerging-contaminants/20000/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/automotive/" style="float: left; ">AUTOMOTIVE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/sebastian-vettel-2011-f1-champion-driver-red-bull/20091/">Vettel takes his second F1 title for Red Bull</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/mike-hanlon/">Mike Hanlon</a></p> <p><em>01:21 October 9, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/sebastian-vettel-2011-f1-champion-driver-red-bull/20091/picture/144310/">52 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/sebastian-vettel-2011-f1-champion-driver-red-bull/20091/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/vettel-2011-f1-champion-driver-red-bull-20.jpg" title="Vettel takes his second F1 title for Red Bull" alt="Vettel takes his second F1 title for Red Bull"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Sebastian Vettel won his second World F1 drivers championship today, and although only taking third place in the Japanese Grand Prix, he is still on track for the most dominant season in F1 history. His third place at Suzuka gave him 324 of the 375 points on offer – a stunning 86.4% of available points and still ahead of Michael Schumacher's best during his reign with Ferrari. Like most other records in F1, Vettel is once again the youngest to achieve the feat. For Red Bull Racing, it's the team's second drivers title and it is closing in on the constructors title with a lead of 130 points and just four races to go. Perhaps more ominously, the team it has assembled, and the relationship with both Infiniti and engine-suppliers Renault looks more than capable of sustaining the success. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/sebastian-vettel-2011-f1-champion-driver-red-bull/20091/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/automotive/" style="float: left; ">AUTOMOTIVE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-a-dos-steam-runabout/20090/">World's oldest running car sells for US$4.6 million</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/mike-hanlon/">Mike Hanlon</a></p> <p><em>23:45 October 7, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-a-dos-steam-runabout/20090/picture/144290/">21 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-a-dos-steam-runabout/20090/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-a-dos-steam-runabout.jpg" title="World's oldest running car sells for US$4.6 million" alt="World's oldest running car sells for US$4.6 million"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The historically-significant De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout which <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-oldest-running-car-for-sale/19924/" target="_blank">we wrote up a few weeks back</a> has sold at auction for US$4.62 million. Apart from being the winner of the first automobile race in history, it's also the world’s oldest running motor car, and now also the most valuable early motor car yet sold at auction. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/1884-de-dion-bouton-et-trepardoux-dos-a-dos-steam-runabout/20090/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/goodthinking/" style="float: left; ">GOOD THINKING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/trike-prints-water-calligraphy/20086/">Artist's trike prints Chinese calligraphy on the ground, using water</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>16:05 October 7, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/trike-prints-water-calligraphy/20086/#comments">4 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/trike-prints-water-calligraphy/20086/picture/144274/">12 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/trike-prints-water-calligraphy/20086/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/calligraphytrike.jpg" title="Artist Nicholas Hanna has created a cargo tricycle-based system that prints Chinese callig..." alt="Artist Nicholas Hanna has created a cargo tricycle-based system that prints Chinese callig..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>When Canadian media artist Nicholas Hanna first moved to the Chinese city of Beijing, he was quite taken with the water calligraphy that he saw people creating in the parks. The art form consists of using a large brush to paint Chinese calligraphy on the road, in water, so the characters disappear as the water evaporates. Hanna decided to put his own spin on it, and rigged up a cargo tricycle with a computer-controlled dot matrix water release system, that squirts out passages of Chinese poetry on the road behind him as he rides. <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/trike-prints-water-calligraphy/20086/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="small" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/petgizmos/" style="float: left; ">PET GIZMOS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ipet-companion-home-version/20088/">Home version of iPet Companion lets owners tele-play with their pets</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>15:51 October 7, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20111010035702im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ipet-companion-home-version/20088/picture/144260/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20111010035702/http://www.gizmag.com/ipet-companion-home-version/20088/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010035702im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ipethome-3.jpg" title="iPet Companion Home Version allows people to remotely play with their pets in real time, v..." alt="iPet Companion Home Version allows people to remotely play with their pets in real time, v..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>If you own a dog or a cat and are having a hard day at work, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to take a break and play with them? 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