Breakthrough solar harvesting system can generate power 24 hours a day
A new type of solar energy harvesting system breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies collecting solar power 24/7.
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Transgenes in the gut found to reverse cancer and Type 2 diabetes
Residing within the human gut are trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms that can impact a variety of chronic human ailments.
Groundbreaking vaccine proven effective against both skin and pancreatic cancer
Vaccination with senescent cells significantly reduces the development of tumours in experimental models of melanoma and pancreatic cancer.
The number of lakes on Earth has increased substantially. Here's why that's bad!
There has been a particular increase in the number of small lakes, which unfortunately, emit large amounts of greenhouse gas.
Green Mediterranean diet found to significantly reduce dangerous fat around internal organs
The green Mediterranean diet (MED) significantly reduces visceral adipose tissue, a type of dangerous fat around internal organs.
First-in-human clinical trial evaluating HIV vaccine generates positive results
The scientists reveal critical new insights into their novel vaccine strategy, which involves a stepwise approach to producing antibodies.
Groundbreaking study reveals the connection between sugar, obesity and your gut health
Dietary sugar alters the gut microbiome, setting off a chain of events that leads to metabolic disease, pre-diabetes, and weight gain.
Playing the piano boosts brain processing power and helps lift the blues
Research demonstrates the positive impact learning to play a musical instrument has on the brain’s ability to process sights and sounds
Breakthrough "water battery" is greener and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for 3 hours.
Less gym time, same results: Lowering weights is all you need to do
Good news for those who struggle to fit a gym workout into their day: you may be able to cut your weightlifting routine in half.
Researchers develop a groundbreaking treatment for diabetes using ultrasound
Are we moving closer to the day when diabetes is no longer monitored and managed by blood sugar tests, insulin injections or drug treatments
World's first graphene circuit can generate limitless power from thermal motion
Physicist has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
Researchers improve short term memory problems through laser therapy
Researchers demonstrated that the therapy, which is non-invasive, could improve short term, or working memory in people by up to 25%.
Space-based laser communications system will transform future science missions
TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second — 100 times faster than in most cities,
Harvard and Cambridge astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
Revolutionary new drug increases human life span by 30%
Scientists may never find the elixir of life, but they are finding new ways to extend our life spans and protecting our cells from aging.
Groundbreaking cancer-treating drug developed by Stanford researchers
Researchers have discovered a rapid and sustainable way to synthetically produce a promising cancer-fighting compound right in the lab.
Groundbreaking research quantifies the health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected to dial down.
MIT researchers sent the first quantum signal ever through a wormhole
Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics lead work on testing quantum gravity on a quantum processor.
The real bias in news coverage is not what you might think, study finds
Researchers compared the two cable news networks using natural language analysis by quantifying key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers
A self-powered ingestible sensor will revolutionize gut health
Engineering researchers have developed a battery-free, pill-shaped ingestible biosensing system designed to provide continuous monitoring.
8-year-old boy upends a century of scientific knowledge regarding plants and insects
Team revealed a much more complex type of myrmecochory that combined the wasp-oak gall interaction with the edible appendage-ant interaction
Single injection can reverse paralysis in severe spinal cord injury patients
In a new study, researchers have developed a new injectable therapy to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries
Deep-learning AI system revolutionizes breast cancer treatment
AI can assist in making or verifying a diagnosis, it can help match the treatment to the individual patient, it can offer a prognosis.
Alzheimer's patients benefit significantly from 40 Hz sensory stimulation
The therapy was well tolerated, produced no serious adverse effects and was associated with some significant neurological benefits.
Groundbreaking study points to an effective cure for brain cancer
These findings provide a promising basis for developing effective medications for glioblastoma, an aggressive, and thus far incurable cancer
Groundbreaking pill can deliver the same results as physical exercise
New research could hold the key to developing a supplement capable of administering the health benefits of exercise to patients.
Researchers make a breakthrough in the ability to move things with our minds
A joint team of scientists have advanced the first step towards real-time, remote and wireless mind control of metamaterials.
Scientists identify sleep habits that significantly increase dementia risk
The link between sleep problems and dementia has, however, been found to be inconsistent in population-based studies, the researchers said.
Scientists alter fentanyl to make it less lethal, less addictive
Study indicates that the modified drug still is an effective pain reliever but likely doesn’t have as many potentially deadly side effects.
