A new implantable device, which aims to maximise the effectiveness of light-sensitive drugs, could improve outcomes for bladder cancer patients in the future. Engineers and cancer scientists from the University of Glasgow are behind the…
Comet activity 31 January
Description Four months from today, on 13 August, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko will reach perihelion – a moment that defines its closest point to the Sun along its orbit. For 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, this takes place at a distance…
ESA Hosts IAA Planetary Defence Conference 2015
[caption id="attachment_3965" align="alignright" width="305"] ESA Space Situational Awareness: detecting space hazards[/caption] ESA will host the International Academy of Astronautic's 4th Planetary Defence Conference (PDC 2015), entitled 'Assessing Impact Risk & Managing Response', at the Agency's…
Graphics in reverse
Probabilistic programming does in 50 lines of code what used to take thousands. [caption id="attachment_3959" align="alignnone" width="639"] Two-dimensional images of human faces (top row) and front views of three-dimensional models of the same faces, produced…
Recruiting the entire immune system to attack cancer
Stimulating both major branches of the immune system halts tumor growth more effectively. [caption id="attachment_3956" align="alignnone" width="639"] An illustration of T Lymphocytes on a Cancer Cell. Image: iStock[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human immune system…