biology
Dead bodies are revealing the secrets of how cancer kills
Posted in Medicine on 7th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, according to figures from Cancer Research UK. And while research has advanced in leaps and bounds in terms of finding drugs and improving our understanding of the disease, doctors still don’t know the answer to one of the biggest questions: why do patients die?
Battery-free biosensor is the smallest one yet
Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 29th Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Designed to continuously monitor various bodily processes, externally-powered biosensors are not only smaller than their battery-packing counterparts, but they also don't have to be surgically retrieved for battery-changes.
Space-based lasers track Earth's largest animal migration in unprecedented global study
Posted in Science on 1st Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Zooplankton, rise to near the surface to feed on the tiny plants, called phytoplankton. When the day returns, these zooplankton dive back into the depths to hide in the dark waters.
ESA studies growing blood vessels in zero gravity
Posted in Medicine, Science on 8th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
In zero gravity, there's nothing to pull or push the cells out of place, allowing them to form themselves into simple 3D structures, including globules and tubes.
Scientists Found New Antibiotic Molecules, Right In the Human Microbiome
Posted in Medicine on 21st Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
We’re looking at “an unprecedented resource for drug discovery from within the human body,”