HIV/AIDS Cure 2019: Human trials begin soon for HIV vaccine in the works for over 30 years

Jul 16, 2019 22:57 pm UTC| Science

Several significant developments in the field of HIV/AIDS cure studies have been reported this year. Now, adding to that is an HIV vaccine entering human trials after it has been in development for more than 30...

Cancer Cure 2019: 'Living drug' therapy sparks hope of an imminent cure

Jul 16, 2019 09:55 am UTC| Science

Numerous cancer research is taking place around the world at this moment. While some of it has already shown promising results, there remains an undeniably long work ahead before at least one of them can be officially...

Curious Kids: how does electricity work?

Jul 10, 2019 06:51 am UTC| Science

Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question youd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS...

How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica's largest ice shelf

Jul 10, 2019 06:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

The ocean that surrounds Antarctica plays a crucial role in regulating the mass balance of the continents ice cover. We now know that the thinning of ice that affects nearly a quarter of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is...

Neuroscience and artificial intelligence can help improve each other

Jul 10, 2019 03:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Science

Despite their names, artificial intelligence technologies and their component systems, such as artificial neural networks, dont have much to do with real brain science. Im a professor of bioengineering and neurosciences...

Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman

Jul 09, 2019 23:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist working on space junk in Earth orbit, deep space probes, and planetary landing sites. She explores what we can learn from these items and places as material objects, and also their...

HIV/AIDS cure 2019: Scientists successfully kills virus for first time on 'humanized mice'

Jul 09, 2019 11:33 am UTC| Science

Another significant development in the field of HIV cure study was reported recently. For the first time, scientists were able to kill the virus that causes AIDS on living mice by combining the use of CRISPR-Cas9 or CRISPR...