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Medical Innovation
Smartphones measuring walk could detect drunkenness
New research suggests that smartphones could use information about a person's movement, specifically their gait, to measure their level of inebriation.


Public Health
Respiratory viruses may spread via airborne dust
Experiments in guinea pigs suggest that influenza viruses can spread through the air not just via droplets, but also on microscopic dust particles.Â