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Drug Targeting Common Cancer Cause Enters Phase 2 Clinical Trials

Known as AMG 510, the drug targets a gene mutation that’s one of the most common causes of cancer.

Retail Robots Are On The Rise

As countless robots work behind the scenes to stock shelves, serve customers, and deliver products to our doorstep, the speed of retail will accelerate. These changes are already underway.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner In Wrong Orbit After Maiden Launch

The rendezvous with the ISS has been abandoned in favor of returning the capsule to a controlled landing at Whites Sands Missile Range in New Mexico after about 48 hours.

IBM's Lithium Battery Uses Seawater Materials Instead Of Heavy Metals

IBM has unveiled a new battery that relies on materials from seawater.

Microdosing LSD For Alzheimer’s Proves Safe In Early Human Trial

New results have been published from one of the first placebo-controlled clinical trials investigating the effects of microdosing LSD. This Phase 1 trial is the first step in testing whether these kinds of psychedelic microdose methods could be useful as a therapeutic approach for treating Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists Discover How Cancer Radiotherapy Can Damage The Brain

New research could lead to approaches that prevent brain damage.

Gene Therapy For Sickle-Cell Anemia Looks Promising, But It’s Riddled With Controversy

Gene therapy is fighting to enter mainstream medicine. With sickle cell disease, the fight is heating up.

SpaceX Rocket Emissions Similar To Large Jets Crossing The Oceans

Sub-orbital flights should need only need about 25% of the fuel. This would reduce Starship emissions to about 200 tons of CO2 per flight.

Alzheimer’s Drugs Reverse Broader Aging

“We are now using a variety of animal models to investigate how this neuroprotective pathway regulates specific molecular aspects of mitochondrial biology, and their effects on aging and Alzheimer’s,”

Ultrasound Implant Helps Potent Cancer Drug Cross Blood-brain Barrier

The new Northwestern research demonstrates a novel, less toxic, formulation of paclitaxel, delivered in conjunction with the implanted ultrasound device results in a five-fold increase in levels of the drug reaching the brain.

NASA Releases Martian Water Map For Future Astronauts

The single most valuable resource for manned deep space missions is water. The most obvious reason is that it's literally vital for keeping astronauts alive by providing drinking water and oxygen, but it's also important because water can be converted into rocket fuel.

Brain Circuit Linked To Impulsive Overeating Discovered

A new study is suggesting a neural circuit previously implicated in overeating may be more broadly linked to impulse control. The research hypothesizes behavioral disorders, from drug addiction to excessive gambling, could be treated by regulating this neural pathway.