HIV/AIDS Cure 2019: Experts Celebrate as ART Drugs Found Effective to Stop the Spread of HIV
May 07, 2019 08:44 am UTC| Science
Many developments in the works of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic have been reported this year. Most recently, a group of scientists confirmed that a currently available drug can help in stopping the transmission of the virus...
We're developing the world's first vaccine suitable for humans and livestock
May 07, 2019 03:05 am UTC| Science
If ever there were proof that humans are animals too, its in the diseases that we share with other species. From rabies and Zika to Ebola and bird flu, many deadly diseases around the world can pass between animals and...
A guide to ensure everyone plays by the same military rules in space: the Woomera Manual
May 03, 2019 17:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Law
The anti-satellite missile test carried out by India last month was a display of military capability. It told the world that India like China, the United States and Russia before it was now capable of high precision...
Cancer Cure: Dried Herbs, Mushrooms Cocktail Could Treat Cancer?
May 03, 2019 09:12 am UTC| Science
While countless scientific and medical research is simultaneously carried out all over the world to find the cancer cure, others opt to take a slightly different route. A former medical practitioner is making headlines for...
HIV/AIDS Cure: End of Epidemic Nears? Virus Transmission Prevented Through ART Drugs, Study Confirms
May 03, 2019 07:20 am UTC| Science
Aside from relentlessly finding a cure for HIV/AIDS, scientists have been working on ending the epidemic by also preventing the spread of the virus. A recently published study confirmed that HIV transmission can be...
How we used CRISPR to narrow in on a possible antidote to box jellyfish venom
May 02, 2019 17:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Warm Australian waters are home to the box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), which is considered to be one of the most venomous animals on the planet. Box jellyfish stings lead to excruciating pain lasting days, tissue...
Asteroid dust brought back to Earth may explain where our water came from with hydrogen clues
May 02, 2019 16:45 pm UTC| Science
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earths surface, and scientists argue that the planets interior also contains a lot of water. But where did all this water come from? I and my postdoc Ziliang Jin analyzed grains of the...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects