AuroraDepression 'Magic mushroom' compound may work just as well as antidepressants, small study finds Live Science - Rachael Rettner The study compared psilocybin to the antidepressant escitalopram in people with moderate-to-severe depression. Psilocybin, the hallucinogen found in …
AuroraCancer Cancer patient saw disease all but vanish after catching Covid yahoo.com - Telegraph reporters Covid may have caused a cancer patient's tumours to vanish, according to doctors, who said it could have sparked an "anti-tumour immune response" in …
AuroraPsychosis Genetic Predisposition to Schizophrenia May Increase Risk of Psychosis From Cannabis Use - Neuroscience News neurosciencenews.com - FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology Summary: While cannabis users reported more psychotic experiences than non-users generally, the effect was more pronounced in those with a genetic …
AuroraTechnology Quantum computers are revealing an unexpected new theory of reality newscientist.com - Chiara Marletto “QUANTUM supremacy” is a phrase that has been in the news a lot lately. Several labs worldwide have already claimed to have reached this milestone, …
AuroraDementia Novel Alzheimer's treatment clears brain plaques with light and oxygen verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Nick Lavars Research into what causes Alzheimer's and how it might be treated involves a number of possibilities, but one scientists are continually coming back …
AuroraTumors Therapeutic cancer vaccine shows promise against multiple tumor types United Press International - By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News Marc Baum went through all the usual steps to treat his bladder cancer -- a couple of surgeries, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, all in a …
AuroraScience Injectable gel found to help reinforce and resurface joint cartilage verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Ben Coxworth Once it's been injured, the protective cartilage in our knees and other joints heals very slowly – if at all. A new injectable gel, however, could …
AuroraCell Biology The next frontier for synthetic lethality in cancer nature.com CRISPR screens and machine learning are unlocking the potential of synthetic lethality to treat patients with ‘undruggable’ cancers. Cancer cells’ …
AuroraEnergy Hip and Knee Replacements Gain New Pillars of Support Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Anjali A. Sarkar, PhD An array of tiny square pillars, ten times smaller than the width of a human hair, send out mechanical signals that can change the course of cellular …
AuroraTumors Potential New Strategy for Blocking Cancer Cell Growth in Medulloblastoma Revealed Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Christina Jackson Medulloblastoma is a central nervous system tumor that is fast-growing and often spreads to other parts of the brain and spinal cord. This tumor …
AuroraAcetaminophen The One Pain Reliever You Should Never Take for Your Back, New Study Says Best Life - Lauren Gray If you suffer from lower back pain, you're probably all too familiar with the challenges of treating it. And according to the World Health …
AuroraScience Scientists work toward an elusive dream: a simple pill to treat Covid-19 statnews.com - Damian Garde The world has vaccines that can prevent most cases of Covid-19. It even has drugs that can help with the most serious symptoms of the disease. Now …
AuroraMedical Conditions Covid-19 vaccines could unlock treatments for 5 other deadly diseases Inverse - Katie MacBride Most Covid-19 vaccines are unlike any other vaccine that has ever come before them. The reason why boils down to one simple distinction, and it is not …
AuroraRoyal Air Force The Air Force’s New F-15 Eagle Is Called ... 'Eagle II.' That's Disappointing. verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiWe can do so much better than another boring sequel. The U.S. Air Force has officially announced the name of its next-generation F-15 Eagle fighter ... and it’s about what you’d expect. ✈You love badass...
AuroraGenetics Chronic Pain Could Have a Unique Genetic Basis in Women verified_publisherScienceAlert - Carly Cassella A sweeping meta-analysis of data from the United Kingdom Biobank has found a different genetic basis for chronic pain in women compared to men. The …
AuroraMethane Methane-Munching Bacteria Could Be The Solution to 'Treethane' Emissions verified_publisherScienceAlert - LUKE JEFFREY Trees are the Earth's lungs – it's well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging …
AuroraSouth Africa Can Vaccines Stop Variants? Here's What We Know So Far capradio.org - Nurith Aizenman Editor's note: As noted in this article, research is ongoing into the efficacy of various vaccines against the different variants. This piece …
AuroraThe Brain A Discovery That “Literally Changes the Textbook” neurosciencenews.com - Neuroscience News Study of gar fish reveals the modern eye-brain connection may have evolved much earlier than previously believed.
AuroraCoronavirus (COVID-19) South African variant may evade protection from Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says verified_publisherReuters - Maayan LubellThe coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa may evade the protection provided by Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence...
AuroraMilitary The U.S. Military Is Drooling: Directed-Energy Weapons are Coming nationalinterest.org - Peter Suciu The current focus of DEWs has been to use the technology in a defensive capability, such as protection of critical infrastructure as well as military …
AuroraLithium Ion New Type of Battery Can Charge 10x Faster Than Lithium-Ion Models verified_publisherScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are basically everywhere, powering everything from smartphones to notebooks, earbuds to gaming devices, and so …
AuroraCell Biology DNA breakthrough could finally make tape storage obsolete techradar.com - Joel Khalili A new technology has been developed that allows for digital binary files to be converted into the genetic alphabet, bringing DNA storage one step …
AuroraUniverse Microsoft Researchers Claim Entire Universe Is a Machine-Learning Algorithm verified_publisherfuturism.com This might mean unifying physics is impossible. The Autodidactic Universe Up for some light reading? Theoretical physicists working with Microsoft …
AuroraUniverse Physicists working with Microsoft think the universe is a self-learning computer verified_publisherTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of theoretical physicists working with Microsoft today published an amazing pre-print research paper describing the universe as a self-learning system of evolutionary laws. In other words: We live...
AuroraCell Biology Scientists can now silence genes without altering underlying DNA sequence United Press International - Brooks Hays April 9 (UPI) -- The world's most powerful gene-editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9, has enabled numerous scientific discoveries. However, the tool has one …
AuroraPhysics Why Physicists Are Losing Their Minds Over a Strange New Discovery verified_publisherslate.com - Joshua Keating This week, scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, announced a breakthrough result that could upend particle …
AuroraAdvanced Micro Devices The $2 Drug That Millions of Patients Aren’t Being Told About Medium - Kat Kennedy “I couldn’t open or close my eyes without pain. It was like salt or shards of glass… all I could do was go to bed,” said 71-year-old Beth, who was …
AuroraScience These viruses are the most likely to trigger the next pandemic, according to scientists Live Science - Rachael Rettner A new online tool ranks viruses by their potential to jump from animals to people and cause pandemics. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is the latest …
AuroraImmune System HIV vaccine stimulates 'rare immune cells' in early human trials Live Science - Stephanie Pappas The vaccine stimulated a set of one-in-a-million immune cells. A new vaccine for HIV is raising excitement after its first in-human trials showed 97% …
