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| | | | Protein in your urine could act as an early warning sign for memory problems. A study that tracked 130,000 people found that those with higher levels of protein leaking into their urine, a condition known as albuminuria, have a significantly greater chance of developing dementia. The discovery raises the possibility that some medications used to protect the kidneys, which, when healthy, keep useful proteins in your blood and albumin protein out of your urine, could also protect brain health. It could also help lead to a future where a dipstick urine test at the doctor's is a standard part of dementia risk assessments. A consortium of nine private European banks plans to issue a stablecoin, a kind of cryptocurrency, pegged to the euro. If you buy some of this currency, you'll be able to make immediate transfers within the consortium, and that's a plus, writes economist Sergi Basco. But what would happen if people lose trust in the banks? Pointing to developments including the fall of Lehman Brothers that preceded the 2008 financial crisis (and constructing a nifty analogy involving imaginary casinos), Basco argues that the European Central Bank, which prints euros, is a better candidate to issue a digital version of one. When you bought your last smartphone or tablet, did you think about how easy it would be to repair it? A repairability score is now part of the EU energy label — look for the wrench and screwdriver icons — for these devices. The scoring system is based on key components like cameras and ports, the tools needed to access them, the availability of spare parts, and other factors. One of the researchers who developed it takes us inside the process. The scores, he explains, are aimed at encouraging people to buy more fixable products, which could reduce e-waste from unnecessarily discarded ones. |  | Philippe Theise Editor, Paris | |  Hong Xu, Karolinska Institutet Leaky kidney filters linked to higher dementia risk. |  Sergi Basco, Universitat de Barcelona Private banks are launching a euro-pegged cryptocurrency. It could spell disaster for Europe's economy. | | |  Hélène Bourdeloie, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord In Saudi Arabia, smartphones offer women new avenues of empowerment, even as they remain tools of surveillance in a society where gender inequality persists. | |  Christoforos Spiliotopoulos, Joint Research Centre (JRC) The EU energy label for these devices now includes scores aimed at drawing consumers to products that are easier to fix. |  Elisenda Calvet Martínez, Universitat de Barcelona This legal analysis lists the atrocities committed by Israel in great detail. | |  Andreas L. Birkenfeld, University of Tübingen; Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg, University of Tübingen One in four can achieve prediabetes remission without losing weight. |  Jannette Rodríguez Pallares, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela This sign of neurodegenerative disease often appears much earlier than other symptoms. | |  Vincent Sizaire, Université Paris Nanterre – Alliance Paris Lumières Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be imprisoned. This decision illustrates the growing independence of the judiciary and the application of the principle of equality before the law. | | | | | -
Ben Voyer, ESCP Business School; Perrine Desmichel, ESCP Business School The former Renault executive's new post marks more than just a change in leadership. -
Mikael Klintman, Lund University When the product is mental wellbeing, what happens when the cure becomes part of the disease? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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