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Chip Checks Blood To See If Cancer Treatment Is Working By Fourth Week

Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

The researchers looked at liquid biopsies, tests that look for signs of cancer in the patient's blood, like cancer cells shed by tumors.

Nanoscale Spikes 96% Effective At Impaling And Destroying Common Virus

Posted in Hardware, Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed a silicon surface covered in nanosized spikes that is 96% effective in impaling and destroying a common virus responsible for causing respiratory illnesses, particularly in infants and young children.

SpaceX's Starship Tapped To Launch Starlab Space Station Into Orbit

Posted in Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Two ambitious space projects move ahead as Voyager Space and Airbus announce that the partners have selected SpaceX's Starship rocket to boost their Starlab space station into orbit sometime before the International Space Station is abandoned.

ADHD Affects Connectivity Across The Whole Brain, Study Confirms

Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

"This is exciting, because much of the prior research has focused on individual regions of the brain, but our study was seeing that this isn't the case across the board,"

Elon Musk Alleges Neuralink Completed Its First Human Trial Implant

Posted in Medicine on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Elon Musk recently claimed that the first human patient has received a Neuralink brain-computer interface implant, but stopped short of offering any substantial additional information or proof.