A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Scientists Develop New Drug Screening Tool for Dystonia
[caption id="attachment_10935" align="alignright" width="303"] As researchers hunt for new treatments for a rare movement disorder called dystonia, they are able to conduct drug screening tests by pushing the molecular culprit, the DYT1 protein (shown in…
Spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet
[caption id="attachment_10931" align="alignnone" width="625"] Thomas with spacesuits[/caption] ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the 11th European to perform a spacewalk when he ventures outside the International Space Station next month. Lasting up to seven hours…
GW Pharmaceuticals Posts Positive Phase 3 Data for…
British-based GW Pharmaceuticals announced positive Phase 3 study results of its drug Epidiolex for two treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy, at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society in Houston. Epidiolex is an oral formulation of cannabidiol…
Full go-ahead for building ExoMars 2020
The first ExoMars mission arrived at the Red Planet in October and now the second mission has been confirmed to complete its construction for a 2020 launch. ESA and Thales Alenia Space signed a contract…