While some vaginal microbes might be assisting in the process of preventing HIV infection, other bacteria might be making drugs less effective by breaking them down, suggest two new studies published in the journal Science. An antiretroviral vaginal gel used for the prevention of HIV infection has been found to be three times more effective
Day: June 6, 2017
Planet KELT-9b is Hotter than Stars
Newly-discovered, Jupiter-like planet KELT-9b is hotter than most stars. The findings are published in the journal Nature. Meet the hottest planet, hotter than most stars, planet KELT-9b! It has a day-side temperature of around 4326 degrees Celcius, which makes it only 926ºC cooler than our own star, the sun. Its temperature is just one of
Dwarf Planet Near Sun Discovered by Amateur Scientists
A new dwarf planet has been spotted near the Sun; the discovery was made by a group of volunteers, four citizen scientists. The findings are published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. A brown dwarf situated at around 100 light years from the sun has been discovered by four users of a newly-launched citizen-science tool,
Turning Bacteria into Factories Producing Cancer Drugs
Bacterial cells have been turned into little factories that produce cancer drugs. The new findings documenting the technique used to transform bacteria into drug-making machines are published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. A team of researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability of Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) has modified bacterial species E. coli to produce