Scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that successfully reversed Alzheimer’s disease in mice.
As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, the team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain (IBEC), and West China Hospital, Sichuan University, developed bioactive “supramolecular drugs” that can proactively repair the blood-brain barrier.
The barrier plays an important role in the...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Planet has announced a new class of imaging satellites that will replace a line of spacecraft dating back to the company’s earliest days.
Will Marshall, co-founder and chief executive of Planet, wrote in an Oct. 7 blog post that the company will launch late next year the first Owl satellite, intended to ultimately replace its existing fleet of SuperDove satellites.
“Owl...
Astronomers say NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe’s first “dark stars,” primordial bodies of hydrogen and helium that bear almost no resemblance to the nuclear fusion-powered stars we’ve come to know.
As detailed in a recent paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team suggests that the very early days of the universe, mere...
We are getting closer to understanding when the strong nuclear force loosens its grip on the most basic constituents of matter, letting quarks and gluons inside particles abruptly turn into a hot particle soup.
There is a special combination of...
Meet the “Sword Dragon”, a newly-named species of ichthyosaur – predatory prehistoric reptiles that dominated the oceans while dinosaurs ruled the land.
The beautifully-preserved fossilised skeleton was found on the UK’s Jurassic Coast near an area called Golden Cap back in 2001, and sat...