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Coma Patients' Brains Jump-Started With Ultrasound

"This is what we hoped for, but it is stunning to see it with your own eyes. Seeing two of our three patients who had been in a chronic condition improve very significantly within days of the treatment is an extremely promising result."

How Many Galaxies Are In The Universe? A New Answer From The Darkest Sky Ever Observed

Amid the vast sea of galaxies, stars, and planets, are we really the only species to ever look out and wonder if we're alone? It seems very numerically unlikely. Perhaps one day we will have a way to find out.

The Tech Trends That COVID-19 Will Accelerate In 2021

COVID-19 triggered a massive sense of urgency around digital transformations with the need for remote solutions.

World-First Biomarker Test Can Predict Depression And Bipolar Disorder

Australian scientists have developed and validated a world-first test that is claimed to accurately measure levels of a brain protein known to be associated with depression and bipolar disorder.

Wrinkled Graphene Sheets Offer A Shortcut For Water Purification Lowering Costs

By increasing the efficiency of water purification, the innovation can drastically lower cost and energy consumption associated with water filtering, which would make it much more environmentally friendly.

Personalized Skin Cancer Vaccine Demonstrates Long-Term Effectiveness

Personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines may be starting to deliver promising clinical trial results.

Alphabet Shuts Down Loon Internet Balloon Company

Scores of firms including Google and Facebook have visibly scaled down several of their connectivity efforts in recent years after many developing nations such as India that they targeted solved their internet problems on their own.

Elon Musk Is Planning On Offering $100M To Find The Best Carbon Capture Technology To Fight Climate Change

Prizes have a long history in spurring technological progress and accomplishments.

More Companies Will Be Launching Rockets Into Space This Year

Private spaceflight has been in development for well over a decade now, and during the upcoming decade will be in a good position to forever transform our access to space.

How Earth Has Stayed Habitable For Billions Of Years

It is very rare for a planet to have such strong stabilizing feedbacks that it stayed habitable over such long periods of time..

Cancer Patients And The COVID-19 Vaccines

Clinicians, cancer patients and coronavirus researchers weigh in on vaccination safety, timing, allergy concerns and more

Promising New Treatment Strategy For Men With Drug-resistant Prostate Cancer

A new experimental drug could offer a promising approach to treating men with advanced prostate cancer which does not respond to existing treatments, or develops resistance to them, researchers report.