Novel potassium channel opener safe, effective for adults with focal epilepsy

XEN1101 appears safe and effective for the treatment of focal-onset seizures (FOSs), according to results of a phase 2b study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Neurology. Jacqueline A. French,…

Liver cancer: Risk factors and prevention

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about risk factors for liver cancer and what you can do…

NASA reveals evidence of water and carbon in sample delivered to Earth from an asteroid

Cars are a ‘privacy nightmare on wheels’. Here’s how they get away with collecting and sharing your data

Credit: Shutterstock Cars with internet-connected features are fast becoming all-seeing data-harvesting machines—a so-called “privacy nightmare on wheels,” according to US-based research conducted by the Mozilla Foundation. The researchers looked at…

A quantum algorithm for the segmentation of a moving target in grayscale videos

The workflow of the team’s algorithm. Credit: Liu, Wang and Wu. Computer vision algorithms have become increasingly advanced over the past decades, enabling the development of sophisticated technologies to monitor…

Biden unveils ‘hydrogen hubs’ in push for 2024

US President Joe Biden announced new ‘hydrogen hubs’ during a speech at Tioga Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Joe Biden announced new “hydrogen hubs” across the United States on…

Microsoft spent two years trying to buy Activision Blizzard. For Xbox CEO, that was the easy part

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer arrives at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on June 28, 2023 in San Francisco. After two years co-piloting the biggest acquisition in video…

Pfizer cuts earnings outlook on lower COVID-19 drug sales

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sharply scaled back its earnings outlook for the year, blaming lower-than-expected sales of two drugs used to treat COVID-19, the company…

New discoveries at deserted medieval town of Dzhankent |

An international team of Kazakh, Russian, and German archaeologists, have made significant new discoveries at the deserted medieval town of Dzhankent. Dzhankent, also known as Jankent, is located on the…

Texas A&M students develop device to combat kidney failure in newborns

Sponsored by Texas Children’s Hospital, Team 11, known as Rapid Cuff, (top row, from left) Amelia Flug, Hannah Bludau and Haley Phelan, (bottom row, from left) Reagan Isbell and Naomi…