A researcher developing a miracle microchip that can identify cancer cells and predict how they will act has been awarded a EUR 2 million grant to develop the tech. The cash injection is to be used to adapt the technology to customise immunotherapies tailored to treat individual patients. Physicist Dr…
Breastfeeding for longer could reduce the risks of of infants developing obesity later in life, a new study has revealed. Researchers in Spain discovered that lengthening the period when baby mice feed on breast milk protected them against obesity as adults. The study found that breastfeeding sends a protein called…
Russia is designing an AI-powered assault rifle that uses neural networks to aim, meaning it almost never misses its target, lining up a shot perfectly even at long range without any input from the soldier. Sergey Urzhumtsev, the chief designer of JSC Kalashnikov Concern, said that certain features of the…
This teenager has tragically died after carrying out a self-piercing at home and developing a deadly infection from it. Izabela Eduarda de Sousa, 15, pierced her eyebrow with the help of a female friend at her home in the municipality of Engenheiro Caldas in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas…
A man has had his lower leg amputated after receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Construction worker Goran D., 50, suffered a pulmonary embolism and thrombosis in his right leg almost three weeks after he received his first jab in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on 19th February. In…
A 12-year-old girl is suffering from leukaemia for a second time in three years and is now looking for a bone marrow donor. German schoolgirl Romy was diagnosed with the blood cancer for a second time three years after it was first detected. The youngster, who comes from the town…
A woman with serious hearing loss is developing this see-through face mask so that deaf people can read people's lips during the coronavirus pandemic. Anissa Mekrabech, 30, came up with the idea for the mask when earlier this month she went to a pharmacy in France but could not easily…