The energy generated by nuclear fusion has great potential as a clean and almost limitless source of energy, but many obstacles must be overcome before it becomes a practical reality, and scientists may have escaped from another. New models of an unwanted fusion phenomenon called ‘chirping’, where vital heat can …
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Covid-19 vaccines are poised to become big business. Its potential to generate staggering revenue has already added billions of dollars to the market value of drug makers like Pfizer and Moderna.. That promise is also drawing scrutiny in Washington. Rising prescription drug costs are one of the few problems where …
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Text size Maddie Meyer / Getty Images Moderna on Thursday lost a patent case that had been almost entirely overlooked as the stock increased due to excitement over the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, which will be tested in a large Phase 3 trial to begin. next week. What the decision issued …
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Researchers studying aging have found that cells tend to follow one of two aging pathways. How each individual cell ages is determined from the start, and scientists can predict how a cell will age based on early observations. Scientists hope their work can lead to therapies that delay aging in …
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A blood test can detect signs of cancer four years before symptoms appear, a new “exciting” study led by Chinese researchers found. The noninvasive blood test, called PanSeer, detects cancer in 95 percent of people who have no symptoms but then receive a diagnosis, the researchers found. “We demonstrated that …
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