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Is a breast cancer vaccine on the horizon?
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have been working on a jab to control the disease for two decades. The study’s latest results show a great deal of promise. At present, some seven million women across the globe suffer from breast cancer, making it one of...
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Scientists believe live bacteria could be eating ocean plastic
It’s hard to believe any living thing could survive on a diet consisting of plastic, but new research has revealed that certain bacteria have found a way to ingest ocean pollution – making it disappear altogether. If you’ve been visiting Thred for a while, you’re likely well-versed in how serious...
Scientists explore human waste as substitute for polluting fertilisers
New research has ascertained that yields from crops fertilised with human faeces and urine rival those produced by organic methods, with no risk of transmitting disease. If you’d told me a few years ago that human waste would eventually be used as a food-safe fertiliser, I likely would’ve found it...
NASA’s James Webb Telescope discovers first known rocky planet
NASA’s James Webb Telescope has peered deep into the universe and discovered the first known planet of rocky formation. Bearing an uncanny resemblance to Earth, LHS 475b is now the subject of intense observation. Peering into the vast expanses of the universe is now possible thanks to the James Webb...
Scientists make historic breakthrough in quantum entanglement
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered a new kind of quantum entanglement, giving us an insight into a freaky phenomenon that causes particles to be intrinsically linked across cosmic distances. We’re about to explain a scientific phenomenon that once bamboozled a certain Albert Einstein, so grab a coffee and...
Students build fastest ever solar-powered car Sunswift 7
Engineering students at the University of New South Wales Sydney have built a solar-powered race car that has broken records. It is the first of its kind to cover 621 miles in under 12 hours. Who says electric vehicles have to be slow? With constant advancements in the green vehicle...
Scientists have made a huge nuclear fusion breakthrough
In the quest to unlock a ‘near-limitless, safe, clean’ source of energy, researchers in the US have reportedly succeeded in sparking a fusion reaction that created more energy than it consumed. According to the Financial Times, US government scientists have made a breakthrough in the pursuit of limitless, zero-carbon power by achieving a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the first time. They did so using the same...
Study shows coronavirus can have long-term effects on the brain
Researchers have found differences in the frontal lobe and brainstem of recovered COVID-19 patients when compared to healthy people. These changes are linked to issues such as anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, and other cognitive abnormalities. Feeling out of whack despite finally testing negative for COVID? A recent small study may have just discovered why. With millions of people reporting symptoms of long COVID, doctors everywhere are trying to figure out how...
Is egg freezing really a golden ticket to delaying parenthood?
The option for women to freeze their eggs is now regularly recommended by doctors, promoted in popular culture, and marketed to the masses via social media advertisements. But should we be wary of depending on its success? A new world record was broken last month, with two twin babies born from human embryos frozen over 30 years ago. The embryos had been stored inside liquid nitrogen at -128C back in 1992....
NASA says astronauts will be living on moon by 2030
Think inhabiting the moon is stuff of science fiction fantasy? One NASA official reckons it will be a reality by the end of this decade, with the latest Artemis 1 mission the ‘first step.’ Astronauts could be living and working on the moon by 2030, one NASA official says. Head of US agency Orion lunar programme, Howard Hu, reckons that humans will be able to live in specially made habitats and...
