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Having already demonstrated that a small amount of cartilage taken from the nose can be used to repair injured knees, researchers will soon commence a clinical trial to investigate whether the technique can be used to regenerate joints that have been severely worn down by osteoarthritis. If successful, the procedure could be an alternative treatment for the debilitating condition.The patella, the small bone at the front of the knee joint where the thighbone (femur) and shinbone (tibia) meet, rests in a groove on top of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain 2024 marks the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a facility shrouded in controversy and synonymous with indefinite detention and alleged human rights abuses. Established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Guantanamo has held hundreds of individuals suspected of terrorism, many without…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Academics from Cardiff and Stanford Universities reviewed current marketing research focused on the consequences of misinformation spread. "Between brand attacks and broader narratives: How direct and indirect misinformation erode consumer trust" is published in Current Opinion in Psychology. The team distinguishes between direct and…

For its part, Twitter appeared to fan the flames of division by keeping ticks on both the Blue subscribers and legacy verified accounts, but changing the text on legacy accounts to say they “may or may not be noteworthy”.It then threatened to remove all legacy verified ticks, and even gave an April 1 deadline and sent notifications to legacy verified accounts telling them to sign up for Blue, but it didn’t do it. Appearing to realise that removing the legacy ticks would reveal how pitifully few people pay for Blue, it…

Vega-C rocket launching from the Kourou space base, French Guiana on December 20, 2022. Photo: JM Guillon (AP)The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the results of a months long investigation into the failed launch of its Vega-C rocket back in December, pinpointing a malfunction with a motor component as the reason behind the catastrophic anomaly. TheIndependent Enquiry Commission shared the results of its investigation on Friday, revealing that the reason behind the mission failure was a gradual deterioration of the…

Photograph taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station on December 25, 2019, shows dark surfaces in the hyper-arid eastern Sahara Desert in Sudan. (Click on the image to see a more detailed view.)Dark, flat-topped mesas stand out amid the surrounding lighter-toned landscape in northwest Sudan.This detailed photograph, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), shows dark surfaces in the hyper-arid eastern Sahara Desert in Sudan. These surfaces are flat-topped mesas that rise 230–460…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Giant concrete barriers separate a field of jagged rocks from a grassy playground at Rogers Park Beach on Lake Michigan. There is no white sand. Only "do not swim" signs spray-painted on the uninviting blocks. …