(Shubhangi Ganeshrao Kene/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)Alagille syndrome is a potentially deadly genetic disorder that affects numerous organs and systems, most notably the liver. Currently, there's no known treatment for it-- however, researchers have now identified a potentially effective therapy.Called NoRA1, the newly developed drug targets the Notch pathway, a cell-level signaling system in the...
Making HistoryElon Musk is currently officially a Guinness World Record holder … for the most quantity of money a single human has lost, ever.His net worth plummet of $182 billion since November past year has currently made the controversial business magnate the record holder for the "biggest loss of individual fortune in background."That figure...
Salute to ionocaloric cooling: a new manner to lower the mercury that can substitute existing methods with something more secure and friendlier to the earth.Common refrigeration systems transport warmth far from an area through a gas that cools as it propagates some distance away. As efficient as this method is, some of the choice...
Image credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.comThe neurodegenerative illness affects millions of individuals globally. As our life expectancy grows, more individuals will be affected in the coming years. Tauopathies such as Alzheimer's illness are a class of neurodegenerative problems involving an accumulation of tau proteins, which gradually cause massive loss of brain cells. There´s little consensus about...
Tails can be found in several shapes, strengths, and dimensions. The long, thick tail of a kangaroo functions as a 3rd leg. The rabbit's fluff-butt is utilized to interact with other rabbits. The rope-like tail of the hippopotamus flicks their poop far and wide.Several carnivores utilize their tail to make them more agile on...
Photograph of a soap film hanging on a frame constituted of a thermocouple probe. The radius of the soap film in this picture is R = 6 mm . Credit: Physical Review Letters (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.268001Ordinary soap bubbles are cooler than the surrounding airA team of Scientists at Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, has found out that the...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAccording to a new research, the continuous distraction of social networks could prevent our minds from settling into a more profound, more complete feeling of boredom. Which is a shame, given complete boredom can be fertile ground for technology.This 'profound' level of boredom is different to the first, superficial level of...
Credit: Mojo VisionCalifornia startup Mojo Vision finally has a human wearing its smart contact lens-- bringing the future of AR, and superhuman sight, a major step closer.Augmenting realityUnlike VR, which replaces your view of the real world with all digital graphics, augmented reality (AR) places digital pictures on top of a real world display.AR...
An intuitive illustration of our theorem. Assume the state we consider has dimension d and is coupled with an environment with dimension k. We use three balls to represent the states, whereas the outer one contains all the states.Quantum entanglementQuantum entanglement is a process through which 2 particles become entangled and remain linked...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of physicists affiliated with many institutions in the united state has collaborated on a paper that discusses the possibility of utilizing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to search for proof of aliens piloting giant spacecraft around the Milky Way. They team has posted their paper on the arXiv...
