A recent study finds that the tool most often used to assess the efficiency of nonprofit organizations isn’t just inaccurate — it is negatively correlated with efficiency.
Anti-cancer drugs may hold key to overcoming antimalarial drug resistance
Scientists have found a way to boost the efficacy of the antimalarial drug artemesinin with the help of chemotherapy medicines. Artemisinin works through a ‘double whammy’ attack on the deadly parasite. The drug damages proteins in malaria parasites and clogs the parasite’s waste disposal system, known as the proteasome, which chemo can target.
Immediate compression could help prevent complications after deep-vein thrombosis
People with deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) can substantially cut their risk of potentially debilitating complications by starting adequate compression therapy in the first 24 hours of DVT therapy (known as the acute phase of treatment), suggests a new study.
Glacial engineering could limit sea-level rise, if we get our emissions under control
Targeted engineering projects to hold off glacier melting could slow down ice-sheet collapse and limit sea-level rise, according to a new study. While an intervention similar in size to existing large civil engineering projects could only have a 30 percent chance of success, a larger project would have better odds of holding off ice-sheet collapse. But the researchers caution that reducing emissions still remains key to stopping climate change and its dramatic effects.
American girls read and write better than boys
As early as the fourth grade, girls perform better than boys on standardized tests in reading and writing, and as they get older that achievement gap widens even more.
Here’s What to Expect from Today’s Amazon Hardware Event
Amazon is about to announce a some hardware at an event in Seattle, where Alexa will be the star of the show.
Want a Robot to *Really* Get a Grip? Make It Like Baymax
Inflatable graspers don’t have to be taught how to hold something, the way robo-hands do.
GoPro Hero7 Black Review: Not a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
Stabilized action-cam footage has gotten a whole lot better.
Best Running Gear (2018): Shoes, Headphones, Lights, and More
Whether you’re pounding the pavement or cheering your friends on, we have the gear for you.
Satellite uses giant net to practice capturing space junk
A British satellite, designed to test out ways to clean up debris in space, just successfully ensnared a simulated piece of junk in orbit using a big net. On Sunday, September 16th, the vehicle, known as the RemoveDEBRIS satellite, deployed its onboard net, which then captured a nearby target probe that the vehicle had released a few seconds earlier. The demonstration shows that a simple idea like a net may be an effective way to clean up all the material orbiting Earth.
The RemoveDEBRIS satellite is meant to try out numerous different methods for cleaning up space junk, which has become a growing problem ever since we started launching rockets into orbit. Thousands of dead, uncontrollable objects linger in orbit, including defunct…