A new 3-D fabrication method has been developed that can create a new type of drug-carrying particle that could allow several doses of a drug or vaccine to be delivered over an extended time period with just one injection.
Daily Archives: September 14, 2017
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The first large-scale genetic study of people in Papua New Guinea has shown that different groups within the country are genetically highly different from each other. Scientists reveal that the people there have remained genetically independent from Europe and Asia for most of the last 50,000 years, and that people […]
Astronomers have focused the Hubble Space Telescope on an exoplanet that had already been seen losing its atmosphere, which forms an enormous cloud of hydrogen, giving the planet the appearance of a giant comet. During earlier observations, it was not possible to cover the whole cloud, whose shape was predicted […]
Molecules brought to Earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the building blocks of DNA, researchers have shown.
Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition of the planet and also refutes previous hypotheses about WASP-12b’s atmosphere. The results are also in stark contrast to observations of another similarly […]
A good reason to watch the struggles of the European Union is that much of the world is trying to imitate its successes. How has the EU been able to link half a billion people across more than two dozen countries for so long? In a Sept. 13 speech, Jean-Claude […]
LOS ANGELES — Carrie Fisher’s hand-annotated script for her “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” movie is expected to fetch up to $50,000 at an auction next month of her personal property. California auctioneers Profiles in History said Thursday that the 158-page shooting script is marked and underlined in pencil […]
Arsenal tweeted: “The kick-off of #AFCvCOL has been delayed by an hour in the interests of crowd safety.” Over 20,000 Cologne fans are understood to be in London for the match despite their ticket allocation being 2,900. Video footage showed thousands of German supporters singing through the streets of London […]