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Feb 27, 2019

Pioneering trial offers hope for patients with Parkinson’s disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

In a pioneering new clinical trial, researchers have succeeded in delivering a cell-restoring drug directly to the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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Feb 27, 2019

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2019, curated by Bill Gates

Posted by in category: innovation

We asked Gates to choose this year’s list of inventions that will change the world for the better.


Feb 27, 2019

Apple Co-Founder: Where’s My Foldable iPhone?

Posted by in category: mobile phones

The tech has caught Steve Wozniak’s attention.

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Feb 27, 2019

Longevity Industry Report – UK Edition

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, robotics/AI

A consortium of groups has come together with the painstaking task of charting the longevity industry, such as its companies, journalists, thought leaders, investors, and recent developments. The Longevity Industry in UK Landscape Overview 2018 report covers a great amount of ground and is well worth a read for people who are interested in this rapidly evolving scientific field.

This particular edition, which spans an impressive 1000+ pages, is focused on the United Kingdom; there will be additional reports covering Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, and California, and there will also be a more general global industry report in its second edition.

Interest in longevity has been increasing for some years, and we are at last seeing a true industry starting to bloom as more and more companies, researchers, and investors step into the ring. Companies such as Unity Biotechnology taking senescent cell-clearing therapies to human trials, deep learning approaches being applied to aging by companies such as Insilco Medicine, and Ichor Therapeutics’ development of age-related macular degeneration therapies have served to ignite the fires of enthusiasm and have brought ever-increasing funding and interest into this field.

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Feb 27, 2019

Powerful Magnetic Energy Blows Up a Lab

Posted by in category: physics

In September 2018, physicists at the University of Tokyo were trying to create insanely strong magnetic energy in an indoor environment. They expected an explosion. But they didn’t know it would be so powerful that it would knock an iron door off its hinges.


How did scientists accidentally generate the longest-lasting and strongest controllable magnetic energy field in human history?

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Feb 27, 2019

SpaceX readies Crew Dragon spacecraft for first test flight to the space station

Posted by in category: space travel

If successful, the flight will be a major milestone for the burgeoning commercial spaceflight industry.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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Feb 27, 2019

Gigantic Japanese detector prepares to catch neutrinos from supernovae

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics

Recent upgrades to the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory will allow it to trace the history of exploding stars. An upgraded Super-Kamiokande will be able to detect these particles with greatly improved efficiency.

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Feb 27, 2019

Siberia’s ancient ghost clan starts to surrender its secrets

Posted by in category: evolution

A mysterious group of extinct humans known as Denisovans is helping to rewrite our understanding of human evolution. Who were they? A mysterious group of extinct humans known as Denisovans is helping to rewrite our understanding of human evolution. Who were they?

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Feb 27, 2019

Abcam Moves to New Purpose-Built Global Headquarters

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business

CAMBRIDGE, England—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb 27, 2019—Abcam, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, is pleased to announce its move to new state-of-the-art global headquarters, Discovery Drive, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), UK, a leading hub of healthcare, science and medical research.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190227005291/en/

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Feb 27, 2019

The French Fencing Federation introduces lightsaber dueling as a new sport

Posted by in categories: entertainment, weapons

From pop culture channel InqPOP:


Inspired by the Star Wars movie franchise, this newly recognized sport by the French is different from how the other weapons are used in fencing. For one, it requires combatants to pull their sword from behind themselves before they can try to strike their opponent. It also has rounds that last three minutes. And the first duelist who will reach 15 victories will be announced as the winner.

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