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Travellers entering the UK on 1 February could face long queues as Border Force workers go on strike.Members of the Public and Commercial Service (PCS) union, including Border Force staff, previously walked out over the Christmas and New Year period. Now they are set to take part in what PCS says will be the “largest civil service strike for years”. The industrial action will start on 1 February and last until 7 am on 2 February. The government has advised travellers planning to enter the UK on this date to check the latest travel advice and be prepared for longer queues than normal.…

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Paris’s busy Gare de l’Est station has been forced to cancel all trains today after a fire broke out at a signal point.The blaze – which officials believe was deliberately lit – sparked around 8:30 am, at the peak of rush hour.Officials initially hoped to resume services by 10 am, but have since confirmed that no trains will run out of Gare de l’Est for the remainder of Tuesday.Tens of thousands of passengers will have their travel plans disrupted by the traffic shutdown. About 41 million people used the Gare de l’Est in 2019, according to SNCF data.What happened at…

A new study from researchers at the University of Toronto introduces a smartphone app that can reinforce memories of life events.The app is designed to benefit people with memory impairment by imitating the function of the hippocampus as it helps consolidate memories.The app involves recording life events and replaying them to lock them in as memories.Our ability to remember life events declines as we age, particularly for people with memory impairment or diseases such as Alzheimer’s.A new study from researchers at the University of Toronto describes that some people may be able to successfully reinforce their memories through a smartphone-based…

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Delivery of therapeutics such as antibodies to the central nervous system is challenging due to the blood-brain barrier that prevents the entry of large molecules from circulation to the brain.Intranasal delivery bypasses the blood-brain barrier, and there is evidence to suggest that this noninvasive method can deliver detectable levels of antibodies to the brain.A new proof-of-concept study shows that intranasal delivery of antibodies against a protein that inhibits nerve fiber growth reached the brain in sufficient amounts to exert therapeutic effects in a rat model of stroke.These findings suggest that intranasal delivery may have promise for the delivery of therapeutic…

It was the writing ominously scratched on the wall: the eurozone was heading for a deep and calamitous recession, blamed on Russia’s war in Ukraine, a devastating energy crisis and soaring inflation.The fateful forecast, made as soon as Russian tanks illegally crossed the border into Ukraine in late February 2022, topped headlines around the continent and unleashed a sentiment of profound pessimism among consumers and investors, who gradually resigned themselves to the third economic contraction in less than three years.But then, as the year turned, something shifted and a glimmer of optimism found its way through the gloom.The “news has…

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