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Scientists Discover A New Way To Help Prevent Breast Cancer ‘time Bomb’

Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may ‘wake up’ following years of sleep - forming incurable secondary tumours.

St. Jude Research: Child Cancer Survivors Face Long-term Elevated Mortality Risks

The study is the first to detail that the primary causes of adult death in survivors are similar to the leading causes of death in the U.S. population, including liver and kidney disease, heart disease, stroke and second cancers. However, those deaths are more likely to occur at an earlier age in cancer survivors.

NHS Approves 'life Changing' Drug For Breast And Prostate Cancer Patients

Clinical trials have shown that olaparib, also known as Lynparza and manufactured by pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, can extend advanced prostate cancer patients’ lives by "an average of six months", NHS England said.

Scientists Uncover How Incurable Skin Cancer Resists Treatment At The End Of Life

“We found that melanoma can profoundly alter its genome to hide from the immune system and spread around the body. These profound changes are highly complex, but we’re hopeful that we can now find ways to target them in the clinic.”

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Expands Blood Cancer Research With £280,000 Grant

The new funding from Blood Cancer UK will allow the UnCoVer study to be extended by finding out how the treatment of blood cancer has changed during the pandemic. It will also look at the pros and cons of different blood cancer treatments to see which of them work best in different situations.

Space DOTS Interview: A Startup Building Modular Devices For Companies To Test Materials In Space

Bianca Cefalo is the co-founder and CEO of Space DOTS, a startup building modular devices for companies to test materials in space.

PTN Exclusive Interview With "Nano-Diamond Battery" One Of The Most Amazing And Transformative Energy Startups We Have Ever Seen.

By taking Radioisotopes, locking them into a sealed nanostructure, and transforming the radioactive decay into electrical energy, this amazing start-up is building an abundant power source for a very wide range of use cases.

Rolls-Royce To Build Nuclear Reactor For Future Moon Base By 2029

The goal now is to build an actual reactor that could one day provide a Moon base with the power needed for communications, life-support, and science experiments, among other applications.

College Students Built A Satellite Powered By AA Batteries

Since tracking began in late May 2022, the students' satellite has already lowered down to 470 kilometers-well below its fellow rocketmates aboard the Falcon 9, which remain around 500 kilometers high.

Generative AI: Imagining A Future Of AI-Dominated Creativity

Will the normalization of AI break down the artificial/human creative binary, reshaping consumer preferences and public attitudes surrounding the production and consumption of art?

An AI Learned To Play Atari 6,000 Times Faster By Reading The Instructions

Reinforcement learning has long struggled to make the leap from video games, where the computer has access to a complete model of the world, to the messy uncertainty of physical reality.

From Soil Bacteria.. A Clean Energy Enzyme Breakthrough Produces Electricity From Thin Air

Many of the world’s smallest organisms have some incredible means of survival. Some soil bacteria, for example, can gobble up hydrogen from the air and use it for fuel.