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Lung Cancer Pill Cuts Risk Of Death By Half, Says ‘thrilling’ Study

Taking the drug osimertinib once a day after surgery reduces chance of patients dying by 51%, trials show.

Michelle Mitchell: Cancer Is A Fixable Problem

Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, explains the outlook on future cancer treatments.

New Trials Show Increased Survival Rates For A Range Of Cancers

A roundup of some of the most promising announcements at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

PTN Interviews Steakholder Foods, A Lab Grown Meat Company

PTN recently had the opportunity to interview Steakholder Foods, a company working on a better, healthier and more sustainable alternative to the traditional meat industry, by developing cell-derived meat. here are the questions:

PTN Exclusive Interview With Biftek.co, A Lab Grown Ethical Meat Company

PTN interviews biftek.co, a lab-grown meat start-up company.

NASA Developing Autonomous Construction On The Moon And Mars

Here is the NASA Moon-to Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technologies (MMPACT) Overview.

AI Scaling Laws Guide Building To Superhuman Level AI

Cerebras has confirmed the transferability of scaling laws to tasks. This enables to determine how much compute and training is needed to achieve human or super human level performance. This also enables to design and load adequate AI performance into an iPhone, a laptop or an edge computing device.

Stably Launches #USD As The First BRC20 Stablecoin On The Bitcoin Network

According to Stably, every #USD token is backed 1-to-1 with USD in a collateral account managed by a US-regulated custodian for the benefit of KYC/AML-verified token holders.

Japanese Companies Invest In British Core Power Floating Nuclear Power

Floating nuclear power plants are seen as having future growth potential because they provide flexible location options.

Mixing Volcanic Ash With Meteorites May Have Jump-started Life On Earth

Inactive volcanoes have already been spotted in other places like Jupiter's moon Io and Europa-a strong contender for extraterrestrial life since it holds a liquid water ocean underneath its icy surface.

A Deep Sea Mining Zone In The Remote Pacific Is Also A Goldmine Of Unique Species

With the possibility of mining looming, it's doubly important that we know more about these really understudied habitats.

Breakthrough For Flexible Electrode Implants In The Brain

This solves key problems with bio-compatibility and tissue damage. This technology will make it possible to monitor and eventually understand brain function in both healthy and diseased people.