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…
Patients’ Skin Cells helped scientists to create aged…
[caption id="attachment_6399" align="alignright" width="300"] Fibroblasts (cells in connective tissue) from elderly human donors are directly converted into induced neurons, shown. (Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies)[/caption] Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have…
The last chance to see Sentinel-3
ESA, the European Commission, Eumetsat and Thales Alenia Space are inviting media to view the completed Sentinel 3A satellite in Cannes, France, on 15 October.Before Sentinel-3A is packed up and shipped to Russia for launch, media…
AAUSAT5 CubeSat starts its space mission
[caption id="attachment_6393" align="alignright" width="305"] AAUSAT5 deployment[/caption] According to radio transmissions received by radio amateurs around the world, AAUSAT5 is alive and kicking! The student-built AAUSAT5 CubeSat was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 5…
Correlation of coffee with Colon Cancer Survival
According to a recent study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Al B. Benson, III, MD, patients treated for colon cancer who regularly drank caffeinated coffee had lower rates of cancer recurrence and mortality. The study,…