biology

World wildlife 'falls by 58% in 40 years'

Posted in Featured, Science on 27th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Human activity, including habitat loss, wildlife trade, pollution and climate change contributed to the declines.

Microsoft Launches Project Hanover to 'Solve' Cancer

Posted in Medicine on 26th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Project Hanover is ambitious: To use AI and personalized medicine to revolutionize the way that science, medicine and biology interact to bring about a cure for cancers.

Researchers develop portable iPhone-powered lab that can detect cancer with 99% accuracy

Posted in Science on 24th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

A portable laboratory thats powered by a smartphone and capable of detecting cancers nearly instantly.

Migraine sufferers have more nitrate-reducing microbes in their mouths

Posted in Medicine on 23rd Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

"perhaps there are connections between what people are eating, their microbiomes and their experiences with migraine."

New compound shows promise in treating multiple human cancers

Posted in Medicine on 22nd Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

A new compound has been shown by researchers to block a protein that is essential for the sustained growth of up to a quarter of all cancers.