Scientists from Monash University discovered new effective way of treating prostate cancer – the second most common cancer for men in the world. The new treatment deals with resistent cells which cannot be cured using existing treatments by activating the beta estrogen receptor in the prostate.
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Scientists discovered new method to manufacture efficient piezoelectric materials cheaply. The new material PZT has efficiency of 80% for converting mechanical energy into electricity and this new discovery can lead to development of medical devices like pacemakers that do not require periodic surgical battery replacement.
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For the first time, scientists have shown great improvements on memroy tests and cognitive functions in mice with Alzheimer’s disease after injecting stem cells to those mice.
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A large scale clinical trial performed at the institute for research in immunology and cancer located in Montreol, Canada, has acheive improved results at treating Cancer patients with Ribavirin – a common anti-viral drug. The new treatment can be useful in 30% of Cancer diseases include the most common ones.
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Google and NASA will soon launch a new university which will teach all aspects of future technologies. This university, Singularity University, will first allow 30 students this summer.
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Hydramacin-1 , a new family of antibacterial agents was found, this is nothing like other kind of antibiotics and has been proven to be very effective. Finding new antibiotics is highly important these days due to the resistance of germs to older versions of antibiotics.
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A group of British engineers have designed a flying car which took off last Wednesday from London to Mali, in West Africa while passing Spain, France, Morocco and the Sahara desert. The car itself contain standart car parts, a big fabric wing and a rare propeller.
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IBM researchers in collaboration with Stanford University have developed new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) with 3-D image about one hundred million times finer than standard MRI. This amazing development will enable monitoring basic biological elements such as viruses and will pave the way for a breakthrough in medical capabilities.
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A research group, led by Osamu Ishitani, finally created a catalyst which triggers the process of photosynthesis by turning CO2 into CO efficiently by using only the sun energy. The CO can be used for industrial fuel creation like ethanol. The last barrier before this solution can be used in near future is proving that the catalyst is stable over time.
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A research done at the university of Texas developed a laser been that can heat a living cell up to the point where it completely evaporate. This procedure can be done in a very fast and accurate way so no other cells are harmed during this procedure. This new technology will make it possible to have surgeries which are not possible today due to the danger of damaging healthy cells.
