[ad_1] A research team in Montreal has been busy developing a personalized cancer vaccine that works in mice. At the Research Center of the University of Montreal Hospital (CRCHUM), Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault and a team of scientists modify viruses to make them specific to tumor cells. Once in the patient’s body, these viruses, called oncolytic viruses,…

[ad_1] Jones Shipyard Hope floats. Swans nests don’t, unless they get a little help from someone determined to make sure their precious cargo has a chance to hatch. Rob Adamson, who lives and works at the Jones Boatyard in St Ives, England, has long been a bystander to the efforts of the world’s “most unfortunate…

[ad_1] Arthur Krijgsman Reprinted with permission from World in general, a news website on nature, politics, science, health and travel. Winner of Europe’s Leading Island Destination award for five consecutive years, the Portuguese island of Madeira seeks to capitalize on the increase in the number of a unique type of traveler, digital nomads, by building…

[ad_1] Finch A nifty new Chrome extension uses machine learning to rank products on Amazon by their eco-aspects, enabling consumers to make sustainable decisions about paper mill runoff or deforestation without having to do research on their breaks to lunch. Called Finch, its ranking can be applied to the top 41 product categories on Amazon,…

[ad_1] The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has just ended what has been described as a 52-year monopoly on the cultivation of cannabis for research purposes. Several large-scale cannabis growers have been awarded contracts to produce marijuana for federal research, a move that will hopefully go a long way toward demonstrating what many state and foreign…

[ad_1] Spiders get a bad rap that is undeserved and often results in them being squashed. A comic book contest sought to address that If ever a creature needed a public relations review, it is the spider. Up to the task, author Jane McGee organized a comic contest to encourage children to create stories that…

[ad_1] What is beyond the grave? Will Brown does not profess to be wiser than the rest of us, but his burial company promises one thing about death: that it will generate new life. The concept is simple. People invest in their own one-acre burial plot through the fledgling Back to nature company, which uses…

[ad_1] Sarah BMay 20, 2021 You may think that being a hypersensitive person means that someone cries easily. While that answer may be authentic, there is much more to it than that. Many actions reveal a hypersensitive person, helping you identify one in your life or if you are one yourself. Being hypersensitive is sometimes…

[ad_1] Sarah BMay 20, 2021 Jaw pain is very uncomfortable and, if it gets worse enough, it can be debilitating. It can affect the way you talk, eat, and even behave. If the pain gets bad enough, it can take you away from your job, social opportunities, and other important things. There are many causes…