Vaccines are kind of an outdated procedure as mutating viruses render them ineffective. Antiviral treatments and vaccines have one inherent seemingly inescapable problem: as viruses evolve and mutate a solution that works today will be totally useless tomorrow. Researchers at DARPA are however convinced that this problem can be solved. In fact they have even…
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is only a temporary setback. Gene editing sounds like a magic cure for all diseases, as it allows the tweaking and removal of genes that are deemed dangerous, or so one would tend to think. Unfortunately it is not all that simple. Researchers have been…
Radar reflectors will have to be fitted so that other ships can detect its presence and not bump into the $22.5 billion destroyer. When ship designers designed America’s new Zumwalt class destroyers with an emphasis of stealth little did they expect that the capability will exceed their design scope and make the ship almost undetectable.…
The safe landing of a first-stage rocket on a barge in the Atlantic, at the fifth attempt marked another significant step forward in the efforts by SpaceX, the space launch provider founded by Elon Musk, to make its rockets truly reusable. The company had in December successfully made possible the return of a first-stage rocket…
In an effort to expand its areas for testing of self driven cars, Alphabet Inc is will start test of such cars in Phoenix, Arizona metro area, the company said on Thursday. This move would make Phoenix the fourth U.S. city to serve as a proving ground for the autonomous vehicles. Last summer, the company’s…
The European Commission has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) monotherapy for an additional indication in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after prior therapy in adults, announced Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. To demonstrate an overall survival (OS) benefit versus a standard of care in this patient population, Opdivo is the first and only PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor approved in Europe. The approval…
ACTUV can detect, monitor, do reconnaissance and even deliver supplies to friendlies in hostile waters. DARPA’s 130 feet drone is a ship that can effectively eliminate enemy submarines. Although its christening is slated to take place On April 7, its currently harbored in waters nears its construction site in Portland, Oregon. DARPA has even begun…
These efforts could lead to nanoscale electronics. Researchers from the University of Georgia and Ben-Gurion University have developed an electronic component that is so tiny not only can you not see it with the naked eye nor can you see it with a regular microscope. The scientists have used a single DNA molecule to create…
They are already working on a wireless charger that could get your electric truck up and moving. Although charging your car wirelessly has now become more affordable, its still pretty limited since its definitely not the fastest option if you are in a hurry. Secondly if you are looking at this option for anything as…
The decision was taken due to poor sales of Sedasys which can be largely traced to a campaign by the American Society of Anesthesiologists to stop its sale. Just because robots can do repetitive tasks faster and more efficiently does not necessarily mean that they will come out on top and replace a human. For example,…
