Sir Atiyah Claims He Solved a 160-Year-Old Math Problem. Did He Really?
- Briefings, Space & Physics
- September 27, 2018
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis is Spreading in the US0
- Briefings, Health & Medicine
- October 17, 2018
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States (US), issued a briefing about the increasing number of cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). AFM affects the spinal cord, a part of the nervous system that carries messages between the brain and the body’s sensory neurons. Similarly to polio, the disease causes weakness
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The Complete List: The Nobel Prize 2018 Laureates0
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- October 4, 2018
See the full list of the Nobel Prize Laureates in 2018. Physiology or Medicine James P Allison Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” Physics Arthur Ashkin “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems” Gerard Mourou Donna Strickland “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short
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Sir Atiyah Claims He Solved a 160-Year-Old Math Problem. Did He Really?0
- Briefings, Space & Physics
- September 27, 2018
Bernhard Riemann formulated his hypothesis about prime numbers in 1859. 160 years later, mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah claims he solved the million-dollar-worth problem.
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Contagious Cancers: Lessons From the Tasmanian Devil0
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- August 17, 2018
Contagious cancers are uncommon; tumour cells rarely go around jumping from one individual to the other. Unless that individual is a Tasmanian Devil – the unfortunate animal is hit not by one, but by two forms of the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD1 and DFTD2). Tumour cells leap between Tasmanian Devils when they bite each
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Real-Time Projections of Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo0
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- June 5, 2018
Fifty-four people have been diagnosed with the Ebola Virus Disease since May 8, when the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Province of Équateur, which includes the densely populated city of Mbandaka, is the area where more cases have been confirmed. The authorities, worried about a repetition
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The Ethics of Pharmaceutical Companies in the Treatment of Severe Asthma0
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- May 24, 2018
Dupilumab is close to entering the market to treat moderate to severe asthma patients. The editorial of NEJM asks for ethic clinical trials from pharmaceutical companies so that all patients can benefit from new treatments.
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