Home 2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Water filtration breakthrough using metal-organic frameworks
With two billion people worldwide lacking access to clean and safe drinking water, joint research by Monash University, CSIRO and the University of Texas...
Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty
Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door. But, even putting aside the policy issues, programming...
Transforming old mine shafts into future storage sites
Just as there is an interest in sources of energy, there is also an urgent keen interest in storage.
What is viable, as in what...
NIR light may identify breast cancer patients who will benefit most from chemotherapy
A new optical imaging system developed at Columbia University uses red and near-infrared light to identify breast cancer patients who will respond to chemotherapy.
The...
New immunotherapy combination tolerable, effective in patients with advanced kidney cancer
Combining an anti-angiogenesis agent, which blocks blood vessel formation, with an immunotherapy agent, was found to have promising anti-tumor activity and no unexpected side...
Obesity can not be overcome by applying a low-calorie diet or by using an...
Our bacterial flora instructs the intestinal cells to absorb a certain amount of nutrients facilitating the metabolism thanks to the production of enzymes, but...
The importance of breastfeeding and natural childbirth
During pregnancy the unborn future receives a chromosomal kit inherited from the parents, but in a small percentage also receives a very limited quantity...
Researchers help robots ‘think’ and plan in the abstract
Researchers from Brown University and MIT have developed a method for helping robots plan for multi-step tasks by constructing abstract representations of the world...
Gene Therapy Researchers Find Viral Barcode to Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier
Gene therapies promise to revolutionize the treatment of many diseases, including neurological diseases such as ALS.
But the small viruses that deliver therapeutic genes...
Israel diamond exchange to launch cryptocurrency backed by gems
Ramat Gan center announces 'Carat,' whose value is to be backed by diamonds, and 'Cut,' to be introduced this week
Israel’s Diamond Exchange, one of...
Now you can count your chickens before they hatch, instead of culling them
Israeli startup says it can save seven billion male chicks from sure death by detecting their gender while they're still eggs
Each year more than...
Lab-grown eggs could pave way towards new fertility treatments
Human eggs have been fully grown in a laboratory, in a move that could lead to improved fertility treatments.
Scientists have grown egg cells, which...
Cyber Attack Disrupts Winter Olympics Website During Opening Ceremony
The Winter Olympics Games Organizing Committee is investigating a cyber attack on the event’s Internet and Wi-Fi system. The attack was carried out 45...
Italia : cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail ha riportato venerdì la perdita di $ 170 milioni...
la cryptocurrency exchange Italia BitGrail ha riportato venerdì la perdita di $ 170 milioni della sua criptovaluta Nano, che ammonta a circa 17 milioni...
Italy-based cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail reported on Friday the loss of $170 million worth of...
Yet another cryptocurrency hack has come to light, the second large one after the infamous Coincheck multimillion cryptotheft in Japan.
Italy-based cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail reported...
