Personalized cancer treatments based on testing drugs quickly leads to faster treatment, better outcomes

Functional precision medicine works to take the guesswork out of deciding which drug to try next for patients with cancers that don’t respond to standard treatments.

Diana Azzam, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
April 11, 2024 ~7 min

New COVID detection technique is faster and more accurate

Researchers have developed a faster, more accurate detection technique to test for COVID-19.

Alan Flurry-U. Georgia • futurity
April 5, 2024 ~4 min


Nukes in space: a bad idea in the 1960s – an even worse one now

The Starfish Prime test in 1962 showed how dangerous it would be to detonate a nuclear weapon in space.

Dr Michael Mulvihill, Vice Chancellor Research Fellow, Teesside University • conversation
April 5, 2024 ~9 min

My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot history

I’m hunting for the woman whose use of an early chatbot turned the inventor against his creation.

Rebecca Roach, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, University of Birmingham • conversation
March 22, 2024 ~7 min

Lab tests show THC potency inflated on retail marijuana in Colorado

Misleading potency labels can disrupt medical dosages, misguide recreational users and erode trust in the industry.

Anna Schwabe, Associate Lecture Professor of Modern Cannabis Science, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
March 22, 2024 ~6 min

COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants – researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass

Research shows that rapid antigen tests are performing as well at detecting the most recent dominant variants as they did with the earliest strains in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apurv Soni, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~7 min

IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them – and the crucial cognitive skills they don’t measure

The majority of children who do not take or pass IQ-style entrance exams to private- or grammar schools, will have many qualities not measured on an IQ test. They may also just be late developers.

Lawrence Whalley, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen • conversation
Feb. 23, 2024 ~9 min

Alzheimer’s blood test could replace spinal taps and brain scans

A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease could make early diagnosis and treatment accessible to more people.

Katie George-Rochester • futurity
Feb. 22, 2024 ~9 min


Test quickly detects breast cancer with a tiny drop of spit

In early testing, a hand-held device detected breast cancer from a tiny sample of spit in less than five seconds.

Karen Dooley-Florida • futurity
Feb. 19, 2024 ~3 min

How effective are COVID self-tests?

"...the results of our study are impressive. Evidence shows that self-testing is an effective tool to prevent transmission of SARS-COV-2..."

Fabienne Landry-McGill • futurity
Feb. 9, 2024 ~7 min

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