New Scientist: A team of international scientists led by Cortexyme, Inc., a privately held, the clinical-stage pharmaceutical company has recently discovered the role of a common bacterium, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), in driving Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Through this study, they demonstrated the potential for small molecule inhibitors to block the pathogen. Stephen Dominy, M.D., Cortexyme co-founder,…
Hindustan Times: China could discuss the complete withdrawal of its family planning policy to allow citizens to have as many children they want during the upcoming session of its parliament in March, a population policy expert has said. The forecast by Mu Guangzong, a scholar at the Population Research Institute of Peking University, to the…
Science Alert: Anyone in the habit of taking a daily aspirin should know the risks involved, say the researchers behind a new study: while it reduces the risk of a heart attack or stroke, it raises the risk of severe internal bleeding. In this particular study we’re talking about adults without existing heart disease conditions,…
Tech Explorist: A team of Indian scientists has developed a new technique that promises to help produce bioactive dental filling materials which will take much lesser time for the formation of new bone tissues. Bioactive dental filling materials are gaining popularity as they last longer, restore minerals in teeth and slow down secondary tooth decay…
Eurek Alert: Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 12.8 percent per decade – 2012 had the lowest amount of summer ice on record. The drastic change has numerous implications for Arctic ecosystems, from increased shipping – the first commercial container ship crossed the Arctic Ocean in fall 2018 – to changing…
Tech Explorist: A new study by the Rice University scientists suggests that most of the Earth’s essential elements of life such as carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential volatile elements, came from the planetary collision that created the moon more than 4.4 billion years ago. Study co-author Rajdeep Dasgupta said, “From the study of primitive meteorites,…
Tech Explorist: An international group of astronomers has recently spotted an unusual nuclear transient in the nucleus of a weakly active galaxy using the OGLE-IV Transient Detection System and received designation OGLE17aaj. Astronomers spotted this peculiar nuclear transient event in the nucleus of the galaxy GALEXASC J015624.70-710415.8, some 680 light years away from the center…
Reuters: Embattled Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places as he faces deadly protests calling for him to step down. South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 following decades of brutal fighting marked by the mass abduction and enslavement of children, scorched earth ethnic cleansing and famines. Yet…
Reuters: Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has been arrested, a source told Reuters on Thursday. “We can confirm a 64-year-old man has been arrested and charged and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal. Proceedings are now live under the contempt of court act,” said Police Scotland when asked about the reports….
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on cooperation among the Asia-Pacific nations, especially among neighbours, to combat natural calamities, describing it as very important to face damage of greater magnitude, reports BSS. “Collaboration among the nations of Asia and the Pacific region, especially among neighbours, is very important in…