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Research team discovers drug compound that stops cancer cells from spreading
Fighting cancer means killing cancer cells. However, oncologists know that it's also important to halt the movement of cancer cells before they spread throughout...
Watching stem cells repair spinal cord in real time
Monash University researchers have restored movement and regenerated nerves using stem cells in zebra fish where the spinal cord is severely damaged.
The research, presented...
A new study found that nearly all young people have struggles with eating, activity...
"Only two percent of females and just seven percent of males surveyed never had an eating, activity or weight-related problem," said lead author and...
Kidney cells engineered to produce insulin when caffeine is present in the body
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Basel in Switzerland and Institut Universitaire de Technologie in France has that found...
Caffeine from four cups of coffee protects the heart with the help of mitochondria
Caffeine consumption has been associated with lower risks for multiple diseases, including type II diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, but the mechanism underlying these...
New Technology : e-dermis brings sense of touch, pain to prosthetic hands
Amputees often experience the sensation of a "phantom limb"—a feeling that a missing body part is still there.
That sensory illusion is closer to becoming...
Soft robots utilize humidity gradient levels to generate signals
A team of researchers at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has developed a type of soft robot that can...
Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Their Unprotected Firebase Hosted Databases
Mobile security researchers have discovered unprotected Firebase databases of thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications that are exposing over 100 million data records,...
Popular Flight Tracker Flightradar24 Suffers Data Breach
One of the world's most popular flight tracking services Flightradar24, which shows real-time aircraft flight information on a map, has suffered a massive data breach...
Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties
The electric car manufacturing giant, Tesla, has filed a lawsuit against a former employee Martin Tripp (“Tripp”) accusing him of hacking into the company’s servers,...
New technology to protects divers in frigid water
When Navy SEALs carry out dives in Arctic waters, or when rescue teams are diving under ice-covered rivers or ponds, the survival time even...
Artificial intelligence algorithm can predict debate winner
Ideally, debates are like fuel for the engine of democracy. But in their current form on social media, are they really getting us anywhere?
Northeastern...
Smart grid of the future : Sodium- and potassium-based batteries
From electric cars that travel hundreds of miles on a single charge to chainsaws as mighty as gas-powered versions, new products hit the market...
A new computer chip helps miniature drones navigate in flight
Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even...
Triple negative breast cancer : computational geeks may have uncovered a therapy
It's called the 'kiss of death'. Triple negative breast cancer has no targeted drug therapy and, as such, the only hope for these patients...
