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Scientists Identify Potential New Drug Combination For Some Skin Cancers

A combination of two existing skin cancer drugs and a third experimental drug could lead to a new strategy for treating patients who do not respond to existing therapies.

Funding Innovative Technologies To Revolutionize Cancer Research

Interviews with Michael Weingarten about his work as a director of the Small Business Innovation Research Development Center, helping to fund highly-innovative technologies that are revolutionizing cancer research.

The NDB Team On Its Revolutionary Nano-diamond Batteries

Nano diamond batteries: each one generates its own power for decades, even millennia, using recycled nuclear waste safely packaged in crash-proof, tamper-proof diamond.

Lasers And Ultrasound Combine To Pulverize Arterial Plaque

"Overall, the combination of ultrasound and laser reduces the need for laser power and improves the efficiency of atherosclerotic plaque removal."

Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft Safely Touches Down In New Mexico

"With the completion of OFT-2, we will incorporate lessons learned and continue working to prepare for the crewed flight test and NASA certification"

First-Of-A-Kind Blood Test Paves Way For Early Parkinson's Diagnosis

The hope is that it can lead to a cheap and easy way to screen for the disease in its early stages, but also that it can further our understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind it and perhaps lead to new treatments.

Nuclear Waste Diamonds To Power Artificial Neuron Implants For Decades

Axorus and Arkenlight have partnered up to build a proof of concept: the first artificial neuron powered by a tritium radiovoltaic micro-power generator.

Vaccines Only Slightly Lower Risk Of Long COVID Effects

Demystifying long COVID through research specifically aimed to find its causes and possible interventions is direly needed for those now living with protracted symptoms.

Nanomagnetic Computing Could Drastically Cut AI's Energy Use

Researchers estimate that when scaled up it could be 100,000 times more efficient than conventional computing.

A New Space Academy In Colorado Will Train Private-Industry Astronauts

"There is an unprecedented renaissance occurring within the space industry today"

What's Your Biological Age? A New 'Aging Clock' Can Tell You

"The absence of a connection between the other aging hallmarks and epigenetic aging suggests that aging is a consequence of multiparallel mechanisms,"

CRISPR Gene Therapy Will Aim To Prevent Heart Attacks

If successful, it'll be the first foray of using base editors directly inside the body, and a potentially permanent solution for managing heart attacks.