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Category: Research
Trees are source for high-capacity, soft batteries
A method for making elastic high-capacity batteries from wood pulp has been developed. Using nanocellulose broken down from tree fibers, scientists have produced an elastic, foam-like battery material that can withstand shock and stress.
CWA supports medicinal cannabis legalisation
The Country Women’s Association has thrown its support behind legalising medicinal cannabis at its annual conference in Tamworth.
Alzheimer’s culprit causes memory loss even before brain degeneration
A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, according to new research.
Constructing complex molecules with atomic precision
Researchers have developed a waste-free and cost-effective approach for preparing complex organic molecules and revealing the physical nature of the processes that control the direction of chemical transformations.
Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys
Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in MonkeysA newly designed agent was effective in treating monkeys infected with a deadly Ebola virus strain. The therapy is now being tested in Sierra Leone in people infected with Ebola.
Devices Assess Cancer Drugs in Tumors
Devices Assess Cancer Drugs in Tumors Two devices, developed independently, can gauge how tumors respond to various drugs. With further development, they could help determine ideal individual treatments.
Structure of a Key Blood Pressure Regulator
Structure of a Key Blood Pressure RegulatorScientists revealed the molecular structure of a key target for blood pressure medications. The findings may aid the development of blood pressure drugs with fewer side effects.
#Beaniesforbraincancer raises awareness of limited funding into research of aggressive disease
If Gold Logie winner Carrie Bickmore’s aim was to raise brain cancer awareness when she used her acceptance speech to encourage everyone to wear beanies and post photos of themselves online, she has more than succeeded.
Combining targeted drug with chemotherapy offers longer life to b-cell cancer patients
Because of the significant benefit found in combining the targeted drug ibrutinib with standard chemotherapy for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, an interim analysis has closed the international HELIOS phase III clinical trial.
Water pipes could lead to long-term health problems: doctors
Australian doctors warn popular water pipes could be “more dangerous than cigarettes” and lead to carbon monoxide poisoning.