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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Ohio State University researchers developed a nuclear propulsion system for faster space travel. 💡 The centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket uses liquid uranium for greater efficiency than chemical engines. 🌌 This technology could reduce round-trip missions to Mars from three years to just one year. 🔬 Significant technical challenges remain, with a full demonstration expected in five …

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) facility, in Hanford, Washington.Credit: IMAGO/Xinhua via Alamy Ten years after the historic discovery of gravitational waves, and having spotted hundreds more of these space-time swells since then, physicists say they are only just getting started. On 14 September 2015, the twin facilities of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, …

Scientists are hailing promising breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, with one new therapy appearing to kill tumors without damaging healthy flesh. Novartis’s radioligand therapy targets mutations in tumors, delivering radiation only where it is needed, unlike ordinary radiotherapy which kills non-cancerous cells as well as cancerous ones. In a trial, the Novartis treatment removed all disease from 21% of …

In an exclusive interview on Fox & Friends this morning, President Donald J. Trump provided an inside look at yesterday’s historic White House peace summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders. Detailing his bold diplomacy, President Trump emphasized his unwavering commitment to stopping the bloodshed and securing lasting peace, rallying European allies to lead on security and …

RFK Jr.’s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs  Axios Fox News cheered RFK Jr. for years. Then came his MRNA vaccine announcement.  MSNBC News Former Trump surgeon general says “people are going to die” after RFK Jr. halts some mRNA vaccine research  CBS News Trump Just Shrugs as Kennedy Undermines His Vaccine Legacy  The New York Times Public health experts dismayed by …

Amid the cutthroat war for AI talent, tech giants are offering astronomical sums to lure a tiny pool of top engineers from rivals. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expects the market for these geniuses to remain intense, but estimated there are “many thousands of people” capable of making key discoveries in superintelligence who could conceivably be found. The amounts of money …

HomeCardiovascular Diseases Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke. For much of history, heart disease was a mystery. Middle-aged adults often collapsed without warning, and doctors usually blamed “dropsy”, “apoplexy”, or simply “old age.”1 In 1945 — at just 63 years old — President Franklin …

UCSF, Stanford launch $200 million cancer hub to drive breakthroughs in care  San Francisco ChronicleView Full Coverage on Google News Source link