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Inflammation is a major focus of much medical research, with its links to arthritis, liver disease, cancers and many more illnesses. A new study carried out at Australia’s Peter Mac Cancer Centre has provided a possible new pathway forward, revealing t… Continue reading Altered cancer drug takes the fight to inflammatory diseases
Scientists are reporting some promising findings from a large prostate cancer trial, where patients were administered a drug typically used to treat breast cancer. The drug proved more effective than standard hormone treatments at applying the brakes t… Continue reading Breast cancer drug slows prostate cancer progression in major trial
Lithium-ion batteries are the backbone of modern energy storage in consumer devices, but there are alternatives in the pipeline that could offer us considerable advantages moving forward. Among the candidates are lithium-sulfur batteries, which can hol… Continue reading Rare metalloid quadruples lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries
After first announcing a drone delivery collaboration last October, UPS and CVS are pushing ahead with their vision for aerial shipments of medical goods. Announced today, the next phase of this partnership will see UPS drones deployed to carry prescri… Continue reading UPS to deliver prescription medicines to retirement village by drone
We don’t get all that many visitors in our quiet corner of the galaxy. In fact the comet 2I/Borisov is only the second interstellar visitor we’ve welcomed to our solar system, following ‘Oumuamua in 2017. Despite whizzing around the Sun at 100,000 mph … Continue reading NASA measures water loss of an interstellar comet for the first time
A growing body of evidence is forging a stronger and stronger connection between the onset of Parkinson’s disease and the gut. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have thrown further weight behind this theory, with an investigation of cellular behavior in the nervous system of the digestive system revealing possible tell-tale signs at the earliest stages of the disease.
Tags: Parkinson’s Disease, University of North Carolina, Karolinska Institutet, Brain
Continue reading Parkinson’s discovery implicates “second brain” in the gut
Video conferencing calls have quickly become a mainstay of socializing in 2020, and now Facebook is throwing its sizeable hat in the ring with a new service called Messenger Rooms. It carries a lot of the same functionality as Zoom and other video conf… Continue reading Facebook launches a Zoom rival with immersive video backgrounds
Efforts to improve on today’s battery technology has scientists turning to all sorts of materials, and in some cases these might come from the eco-friendly end of the spectrum. A new technology out of Purdue University is a shining example of this, wit… Continue reading Microwaves convert plastic into key battery component in two minutes
Central to a lot of scientific research into aging are tiny caps on the ends of our chromosomes called telomeres. These protective sequences of DNA grow a little shorter each time a cell divides, but by intervening in this process, researchers hope to one day regulate the process of aging and the ill health effects it can bring. A Harvard team is now offering an exciting pathway forward, discovering a set of small molecules capable of restoring telomere length in mice.
Tags: Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard, Aging, Telomere, DNA, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Molecules identified that reverse cellular aging process
Polestar built its debut electric car to compete with those of Tesla, and while the Polestar 2 will demand a deeper dive into the pockets for now, the vehicle has come in a little cheaper than the price flagged last year. The Swedish automaker has conf… Continue reading Polestar confirms US pricing for its debut all-electric vehicle