Freeze-Drying Blood
Human blood can typically only be stored for six weeks. It also needs to be refrigerated, which may be challenging in poor countries or remote locations. A new study, though, could lead to a method of drying blood … Read the rest
COVID-19:
We are living through a major inflection point in history.
This means that when “normal life” resumes, the future won’t look or feel much like “the normal” we have been used to.
Social and economic life will eventually recover … Read the rest
AI Discovers New Antibiotic
Artificial intelligence has been used to discover new antibiotics effective against untreatable diseases, marking the advent of a major new tool in the global fight against drug resistance.
In a paper published last month in the … Read the rest
Is This The End of Privacy?
A small U.S. start-up, Clearview AI, has devised a ground-breaking facial recognition app. You take a picture of a person, upload it and get to see public photos of that person, along with links … Read the rest
Brilliant New “Cats’ Eyes” Collect Vehicle Emissions
Vehicle pollution will be sucked out of the road under plans to install cat’s eye-style filters at the most toxic junctions.
Technology has been developed that uses low-energy fans between lanes to pull … Read the rest
Promising New Alzheimer’s Drug Fast-Tracked In China!
In a surprise to many researchers around the world, Chinese authorities recently approved a novel drug claimed to improve cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
The drug, derived from a marine algae, … Read the rest
Artificial Meat Will Soon Taste More Like Real Meat
Although lab-grown meat could be a more ethical, eco-friendly alternative to the “real” thing, its texture still leaves something to be desired. That may be about to change, though, thanks to … Read the rest
Scientists Reverse Human Ageing
Scientists might be able to reverse process of ageing, a new study suggests.
Volunteers who were given a cocktail of drugs for a year actually “aged backwards”, losing an average of 2.5 years from their biological … Read the rest
Check-Outs Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past
U.S. retailers large and small are pressing ahead with testing the use of artificial intelligence to track what products shoppers pick up and to automatically bill their accounts when they walk … Read the rest
China Giving Away Location Trackers To Its Children
Over 17,000 students at 60 elementary schools in Guangzhou received free fancy new gadgets for their wrists last month.
Called “Safe Campus Smartwatches,” the wearables send the children’s locations in real time … Read the rest