Salmonella does not exactly enjoy a good reputation as it is deemed pathogenic and often implicated in food poisoning cases. But...
January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
The Future of Sex: How Intimacy is Transforming
IN BRIEF From virtual fantasies to human augmentation, the Future of Sex looks into the five major fields driving the...
January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
Autism breakthrough: One protein’s sweeping influence on development of autism revealed
Reducing nSR100 protein levels by half was enough to trigger autistic-like behavior in these animals. As many as a third...
January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
CVS cuts the price of a generic EpiPen competitor in half
CVS is now selling a rival, generic version of Mylan’s life-saving allergy treatment EpiPen at about a sixth of EpiPen’s price,...
January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
Lenovo’s VR headset is cheaper and more comfortable than Rift and Vive
Lenovo’s upcoming VR headset will work with PCs and fall in the $300-400 range(Credit: Will Shanklin/New Atlas) Lenovo is one of...
January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
Smartphone add-on sees into your skin
The SmartUV is an ultraviolet camera for smartphones Visible light – the light that we see with our unaided eyes...
January 13, 2017January 13, 2017
Hands-on: Can a heartbeat-simulating wearable tweak your mood?
Doppel heartbeat-simulating wearable(Credit: Will Shanklin/New Atlas) Wearable tech is often associated with smartwatches and fitness trackers, but we’ve also seen a niche group...
January 05, 2017January 5, 2017
Mesothelioma shows promising response to existing immunotherapy drug
An existing immunotherapy drug called pembrolizumab appears to be effective in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare and...
January 04, 2017January 4, 2017
Targeting bacterial adherence inhibits multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection following burn injury
Abstract Classical antimicrobial drugs target proliferation and therefore place microbes under extreme selective pressure to evolve resistance. Alternative drugs that...
January 04, 2017January 4, 2017
New method uses sound to see vividly inside living cells
A new nanoscale ultrasound technique for imaging live cells could rival the optical super-resolution techniques which won the 2014 Nobel Prize for...