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STAT Plus: New research offers hope for a way through the blood-brain barrier, ‘the final frontier for drug delivery'

7 hours ago | STAT

We've evolved elegant protections for our brains. Gray matter deftly avoids contact with most interlopers, thanks to an intricate cellular shrink wrap called the blood-brain...
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Ask the experts - SMC background briefing on testing

3 days ago | Science Media Centre

Testing has been at the heart of the national strategy to tackle Covid-19. But after 2 months do any of us fully understand the real issues around testing? While so many...
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STAT Plus: AstraZeneca study results could change treatment for certain early-stage lung cancer patients

3 days ago | STAT

In April, AstraZeneca halted a clinical trial of its genetically targeted lung cancer drug Tagrisso based on what it called an “overwhelming benefit” observed in patients with...
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Our gut microbes love a good workout

3 days ago | Science News for Students

Our gut microbes love a good workout : Exercise does more than make us hot and thirsty. It can have big effects on the trillions of microbes that live in our gut. Each...
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A biotech company tries to retrofit a lung drug to prevent Covid-19's after effects

4 days ago | STAT

As the world scrambles to find antiviral treatments and vaccines for the novel coronavirus, some scientists are looking ahead to a problem on the horizon: Many Covid-19...
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A star shredded by a black hole may have spit out an extremely energetic neutrino

4 days ago | Science News for Students

A star shredded by a black hole may have spit out an extremely energetic neutrino : A neutrino that plowed into the Antarctic ice offers up a cautionary message: Don't stray...
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Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks' ages | Science News for Students

5 days ago | Science News for Students

Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks' ages | Science News for Students : It's been surprisingly hard to figure out how old a whale shark is. Now...
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Digest of the ONS stats on COVID-19 deaths

5 days ago | Science Media Centre

As has happened for the last few weeks, we had three experts who had kindly offered to look through the ONS stats on COVID19-related deaths after they were published this...
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BBC Contagion experiment offers insights into Covid-19 control

6 days ago | Oxford University

Data from a BBC citizen science experiment has helped predict how different strategies could control the spread of Covid-19 - according to new preliminary research from Oxford...
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The US doctors taking Trump's lead on hydroxychloroquine - despite mixed results

8 days ago | The Guardian

The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, a fringe group, offers advice that isn't ‘consistent with evidence-based medicine', experts say Coronavirus - live US...
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SpaceX ISS dock live stream: How to watch as Crew Dragon docks at ISS

SPACEX will dock at the International Space Station later today and Express.co.uk is on hand with all the live stream information. Read more ...

ISS tracker in real time: How to track the International Space Station pass...

THE INTERNATIONAL Space Station has welcomed two new residents with the launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon rocket. Find out how you can track the ISS' orbit in real time. Read more ...

NASA SpaceX launch: NASA heralds 'new era' of human spaceflight

NASA has heralded a "new era" of human spaceflight following the SpaceX launch carrying American astronauts on Saturday. Read more ...

Coronavirus update: Virus has ability to 'shape-shift' says bombshell research

THE coronavirus which causes COVID-19 has been found to have the ability to 'shape-shift' which made it extremely adept at jumping from animals to humans. Read more ...

Archaeology news: Experts stunned by English shipwreck off the coast of Mexico

ARCHAEOLOGISTS were stunned to discover an ancient shipwreck which belonged to the English off the coast of Mexico. Read more ...

Volcano news: New Zealand sits on top of ancient volcanic 'SUPERPLUME'

NEW ZEALAND sits atop of the biggest volcanic plume in the world, highlighting the link between Earth's deep core and the planet's surface. Read more ...

SpaceX astronauts reveal the surprising details of their historic trip to space

SPACEX astronauts have described their experience during their journey on space station. Read more ...

Making history, astronauts ride commercial capsule to space station

Russian flight engineer Ivan Vagner tweeted this picture of the newly-enlarged Expedition 63 crew Sunday on the International Space Station. Behnken and Hurley are seeing black... Read more ...

A closer look at DeepMind, the Google AI that's mastering StarCraft 2

May 31, 2020 This feature was originally published in January 2019. You'd be forgiven for assuming that DeepMind's artificial intelligence technology has already proven its... Read more ...

A galactic ballet

The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope captured this stunning view of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 271. Individually, these galaxies are... Read more ...