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Strange uses of uranium throughout history
In addition to its use in nuclear reactors and weapons manufacturing, uranium has strange applications ranging from dentures to medical treatments.
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Health
Japan develops breakthrough medicine from... volcano crater
A new drug that promises to save millions of lives is being developed based on a discovery made half a century ago in a crater in Cameroon.
Cancer
Sweden develops antibody with potential to treat cancer
A team of researchers from Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have developed a new antibody that has the potential to treat many differen…
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'Unveiling' the painful truth behind the experiment that created the world's first X-rays
X-rays have helped modern medicine a lot, but the early experiments to discover them cost human lives.
Biology
This plant is spicier than chili peppers. It's thought to be a weed, but it can be used to make wine and medicine.
Water chili grass is often considered a weed, seemingly worthless but in fact brings many benefits and has very diverse applications.
1001 mystery
Medical Mystery: Donated Heart Tells New Owner to Find Old Owner's Home, Even Though Identity Is Hidden
This true story is among the most puzzling medical mysteries of the 20th century, and to this day, scientists are still trying to find a satisfactory explanation.
New technology
China develops super powerful acoustic laser technology
Acoustic lasers are created by manipulating phonons, and have great potential for applications in medicine and deep-sea exploration.
Science Events
Inventions and research that could win the Nobel Prize this year
CNN predicts major research projects that could win this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, biology, and chemistry.
Science Events
2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to two American scientists for their discovery of microRNA
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to two American scientists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their discovery of microRNA, a new type of small RNA molecule that p…
Cancer
Next Scientific Breakthrough - Cancer Vaccine Could Be Available Within 5 Years
After decades of limited success, scientists say their research is reaching a turning point, with many predicting cancer vaccines within the next five years.
Animal world
Can animals heal themselves?
Explore the self-medicating abilities of animals, from chimpanzees eating bitter leaves to caterpillars foraging for poisonous plants. Could these behaviors hold the sec…
Cancer
Belarus approves Cuban lung cancer vaccine
According to a reporter in Havana, on July 14, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said that the Belarusian Ministry of Health has approved the Cimavax vacci…
Archeology
Shocking research: Egyptians had cancer surgery 4,300 years ago
The remains of an ancient Egyptian not only retain evidence of metastatic cancer but also traces of a shocking brain surgery.
Health
Postpartum depression, now there is a new medicine to help treat it quickly
1 in 5 women who give birth suffer from postpartum depression, a condition that has consequences not only for the mother but also for the newborn.
Cancer
The only place to prepare radioactive drugs for cancer diagnosis in Vietnam
Before Vietnam could prepare these two drugs, cancer patients had to go abroad if they needed to use them.