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When you're a kid, playing outside in the summer as the sun starts to set, you know that the worst thing possible is going to happen: A parent is going to call you inside. You don't want to leave the playground. Playing open-world games, especially those like Cyberpunk 2077 and the most recent Fallout and Elder Scrolls games, can sometimes feel like that--a playground that we don't want to leave, while the developers are our parents, trying to look out for us.These games always offer a campaign of some…

Credit: POSTECH Futuristic advancements in AI and health care stole the limelight at the tech extravaganza Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024. However, battery technology is the game-changer at the heart of these innovations, enabling greater power efficiency. Importantly, electric vehicles are where this technology is being applied most intensely.…

The purpose of the current trial is to assess the gel’s safety and longevity, not how well it prevents pregnancy. Participants were asked to use a back-up form of birth control while being enrolled in the trial.The gel is designed to dissolve at the end of its lifetime, so the men will be followed for two years to determine how long it takes for that to happen. Eisenfrats says the goal is to have a product that lasts one to two years.But men might want to restore their fertility before that time frame, so Contraline wants…

In 1986, John Watson used Mudjala mangrove bark for pain relief after a crocodile attack. His practice caught the interest of Professor Ron Quinn from Griffith University, leading to a collaboration between the Nyikina Mangala people and the university. Their research, merging Traditional Knowledge with Western science, identified pain-relieving compounds in the bark.In 1986, John Watson’s finger was bitten off by a crocodile. A Nyikina Mangala man from the Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal Community of the Kimberley, John…

Researchers at MIT have designed a wearable ultrasound patch that can image organs as well as a conventional ultrasound does, without the need for cold gel or an operator. While they used it to measure bladder fullness, the device could also be adapted to image other internal organs, providing a new way of monitoring for disease.Ultrasound is widely used in clinical practice. The imaging technique is painless, non-invasive, does not use ionizing radiation, and provides images in real-time. However, currently, ultrasounds…

Researchers have developed a liquid gel that solidifies when injected into a solid tumor, is visible on a CT scan, and can slow-release cancer-fighting treatments. Using the gel in combination with immunotherapy improved survival in mice and affected distant, untreated tumors, suggesting it has potential as a therapy for metastatic cancers.Injecting anti-cancer drugs directly into tumors – intratumoral therapy – is a promising way of treating solid cancers. However, clinical trials have highlighted some drawbacks. One is…

Last Updated: November 01, 2023, 17:13 ISTThe DGCA said it has revised the Civil Aviation Requirements so as to enhance safety of aircraft operations and streamline existing regulations. (Image for representation: News18)In its revised norms for the medical examination of aircraft personnel for alcohol consumption, the DGCA said using these substances can result in positive breath analyser testPilots and crew members cannot use mouthwash, tooth gel or any substance that has alcoholic content as that could result in…

Researchers have developed a metallic gel that is highly electrically conductive and can be used to print three-dimensional (3D) solid objects at room temperature. Printed objects can be engineered to change shape as the gel dries; a phenomenon called ‘4D printing,’ with the fourth dimension being time. This image shows a metallic spider that was printed at room temperature using the metallic gel, and which assembled and solidified into its final 3D shape via 4D printing. Credit: Michael Dickey, NC State…

Most wound dressings simply cover the injury and perhaps also kill harmful bacteria. The PAINT system goes much further, as it incorporates a pen that could one day allow doctors to paint a gelatinous healing ink right into wounds.Its name an acronym for "portable bioactive ink for tissue healing," the PAINT technology is being developed by scientists from China's Nanjing University.The system is centered around a 3D-printing pen which contains a sodium alginate gel and particles known as extracellular vesicles (EVs). The…

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a novel hydrogel that has successfully cured 100% of mice with aggressive brain cancer, specifically glioblastoma. The hydrogel combines an anticancer drug and an antibody, and is applied to the brain after the surgical removal of a tumor. This treatment reaches areas that surgery might miss and current drugs struggle to access, killing lingering cancer cells and suppressing tumor growth. The gel also seems to activate an immune response, helping the body fight…