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Chemotherapy warning as hundreds die from cancer-fighting drugs
Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Research showed that cancer drugs are killing up to 50 per cent of patients in some hospitals.
Physicists Go Hunting for Consciousness
Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
It was only recently that physicists shifted their attentions from concepts like the Big Bang, quantum information and began tendering their two cents on consciousness.
Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction, experts say
Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Four out of six great ape species are now Critically Endangered with the remaining two also under considerable threat of extinction.
DNA sequenced in space for first time on the ISS
Posted in Science on 4th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
The device, which was sent up to the space station in July, could help astronauts diagnose illness in space and allow them to identify disease-causing microbes on the ISS.
Ultrasound jump-starts brain of man in coma
Posted in Science on 4th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
New non-invasive technique may lead to low-cost therapy for patients with severe brain injury, possibly for those in a vegetative or minimally conscious state.