Aroostook County will be the first county to have a dog at their courthouse that’s trained to comfort individuals who’ve gone through a trauma. Holiday is a yellow labrador retriever that’s a donation from a local breeder and lives with the Aroostook County District Attorney Todd Collins in Presque Isle. […]
The company that designed the 3D-printed pod (The Sarco Pod) that helps out with assisted suicide claims they’re confident the pod will be available in Switzerland as early as next year. The company commissioned a legal expert who concluded that their machine doesn’t violate any laws of the country. However, […]
Bioengineers from Rice University successfully destroyed ovarian and colorectal cancer at advanced stages in lab mice in as little as six days. The treatment may be prepared to be administered in clinical trials with humans later this year. For the purposes of the study, the researchers used implantable so-called drug […]
It’s not common among waste departments to spend more time thinking about saving, rather than throwing things away. However, in Hamburg, Germany, the situation appears to be different. There’s actually profit that’s being made from the second-hand market. Repurposing Goods from Landfills Is Already a Thing in Germany Stillbruch or […]
Smartphones will now be capable of delivering insulin doses to patients after the recent approval by the US FDA of a smartphone app. Tandem Diabetes Care recently announced that the FDA approved the delivery of insulin through their mobile app. According to John Sheridan, the president, and CEO of Tandem […]
Regrowth or replacement of bone that’s lost due to an illness is a complex and often painful process. But, in a new study done by Australian researchers, there may be a simpler way to make stem cells turn into bone cells. This method is fast and efficient and it uses […]
When she was only five, Hailey Fort saw a homeless man in Kitsap County in Washington where she lives. She asked her mother if there was a way for her to help him out. Her mom told her that there is a way and ever since that moment, this is […]
This turquoise soda drink is boosted with vitamin C and calcium and an ingredient without a carbon footprint. It’s also free of food coloring. Made by the startup Ful, this drink’s star is spirulina, a blue-green alga that enriches the soda with nutrients, which isn’t the usual case with standard […]
These college roommates haven’t seen each other for 21 years; however, one of them, Steven Robinson, while on a family trip to Detroit, realized he was within a driving distance of Richard Koonce who was his roommate and best friend in his college days. He called him to ask if […]
A tentacled squid stuck in a fishing net is a messy problem for fishermen worldwide. Unfortunately, for a loggerhead turtle or a diamond stingray, getting tangled up in a net usually means death. But, new research seems to offers a potential solution to this problem. An affixing LED light to […]