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Energy-harvesting card treats 5G networks as wireless power grids
Posted in Hardware on 2nd Apr, 2021
by Alex Muller
A 3D-printed antenna the size of a playing card that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals and use it to power devices, turning 5G networks into wireless power grids.
Brain cancer vaccine passes first phase of human trials
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Apr, 2021
by Alex Muller
A further phase 1 trial is already underway combining the experimental vaccine with checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, which is known to enhance immune system activity. The hope is the combination treatment will amplify immune responses.
Lightning Strikes May Have Provided Missing Ingredient for Earth's First Organisms
Posted in Science on 31st Mar, 2021
by Alex Muller
On early Earth, there would have ranged from 100 million to 1 billion lightning strikes a year
AI Tools that can diagnose dementia with impressive accuracy
Posted in Medicine, Software on 6th Mar, 2021
by Alex Muller
The team is also exploring ways that other neurological medical conditions, like aphasia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and depression, can affect a patient’s use of language.
AI is being used to understand the interactions of multiple drugs
Posted in Medicine, Science on 6th Mar, 2021
by Alex Muller
The aim is to create a user-friendly tool, that gives physicians guidance on whether it’s a good idea to prescribe a particular pharmaceutical drug to a particular patient and to help researchers in developing drug protocols for complex diseases, with fewer side-effects.