Seven common habits that could be harming your kidneys
In the UK, more than 10% of the population is estimated to have some stage of chronic kidney disease and more than 600,000 people develop some form of acute kidney injury – when…
Siamese twins are successfully separated after surgery in Brazil.
Conjoined twins Kiraz and Aruna, aged 1 year and 6 months, were successfully separated after a highly complex surgery lasting more than 15 hours. The procedure took place this Saturday (May 11) at…
New species of fossil cicada discovered in Germany
A new species of fossil cicada has been identified by scientists at the Messel paleontological site in Germany. Named Eoplatypleura messelensis, the discovery represents not only the oldest confirmed record of the Cicadinae…
Custom Bone Grafts: The Future of Orthopedics with 3D Printing
What if it were possible to 3D print custom-made bones for each patient? That’s the question driving a group of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, who are developing a biocompatible…
Mont’e Prama giants may portray acromegaly
The impressive sculptures of the Giants of Mont’e Prama, discovered in the lands of Sardinia, continue to intrigue archaeologists and historians. These imposing statues, which vary in height from two to two and…
Bioprinted Spinal Discs Offer Hope for Back Pain
University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal discs, aiming to revolutionise our understanding of back pain and disc degeneration in a leap for medical science. The…
Two Maya tattoo tools discovered in cave.
Archaeologists from universities in the United States and Denmark have uncovered what may be the earliest known Maya tattooing tools. Hidden deep within the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize, the researchers discovered…
Evaluating smallpox vaccine to prevent mpox.
In recent years, the world has seen a rise in new and deadly infectious diseases, posing a significant threat to global health. Outbreaks of COVID-19, H1N1 (swine flu), Ebola, Zika, and mpox highlight…
Reprogrammable magnetic metamaterials.
A team of scientists from Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) and Harvard University in the U.S. has experimentally demonstrated that it is possible to reprogram the shape and structural behavior of innovative…
Japanese lunar module Resilience enters Moon’s orbit.
The Resilience spacecraft, developed by the Japanese company ispace, successfully reached lunar orbit on Tuesday, May 6, as scheduled. This milestone puts the mission on track for a historic attempt to land on…