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The efforts of the research teams involved in the analysis revealed that the material was composed of a complex mixture of fats, oils, calcium and other metals.

Thousands of Black Sticky Balls Wash Ashore on Sydney Beaches, Containing Toxic Waste from Drugs and PFAS

A multidisciplinary team of scientists has made significant advances in understanding the origins of the mysterious black balls appearing on Sydney’s beaches (Australia). A few weeks ago, thousands of round and sticky

Rahul Somvanshi

November 11, 2024

Health·Robotics·Technology

Microscopic Robots Deliver 4 Drugs Precisely: A New Milestone in Targeted Therapy Advances

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created soft robots the size of a grain that can carry and deliver multiple medications inside the human body. These microscopic medical couriers,

Rahul Somvanshi

November 6, 2024

Health·News·Science

Global Antibiotic Consumption Soars 16% to 34.3 Billion Doses Amid Alarming Resistance Trends

Remember when a simple strep throat could be knocked out with basic penicillin? Those days are fading fast. Each time you pop an antibiotic, microscopic bacteria are learning to fight back through

November 20, 2024

Fish Oil’s Omega-3 and Omega-6 Could Help Lower Risks for 19 Cancer Types, But a New Study Finds One Key Exception

Scientists at the University of Georgia dug deep into this idea, looking at health records of 250,000 people – yeah, that’s about the population of a small city! Over 10 years of

Tejal Somvanshi

November 11, 2024

Health·India

Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze Hits India’s Gray Market: A Global Obesity Drug Sparks Serious Health Risk Concerns as Celebs Drive Demand

Ozempic, the diabetes medication turned weight-loss sensation, has taken India by storm despite its official unavailability in the country. The semaglutide-based injection, known for its appetite-suppressing effects, has gained immense popularity among

Tejal Somvanshi

November 2, 2024

Cocaine in Sharks Photo Credits : Mile Ribeiro

Marine Life·Nature·News

Brazilian Sharks Test Positive for Cocaine—100-Fold Higher Levels Than Other Marine Life

A recent study revealed a concerning phenomenon on the coasts of Brazil: reports of wild sharks getting positive for cocaine. This discovery which was made by the scientists from the Oswaldo Cruz

Swadheeka Pradhanand

Karmactive Staff

August 4, 2024

Chimpanzee mother holding baby.( Credit: Tambako The Jaguar, CC BY-ND 2.0)

Nature·Science·Wildlife

Research Finds 33% of Chimpanzees’ Chosen Plants Possess Anti-Inflammatory Properties: Insights for Future Medical Breakthroughs?

Like humans, who have used medicinal plants for thousands of years to improve their health, chimpanzees also employ them to treat their illnesses, according to a recent study led by the University

Govind Tekale

June 22, 2024

Colored SEM image of a microrobot made of an algae cell (green) covered with drug-filled nanoparticles (orange) coated with red blood cell membranes. Scale bar: 2 µm. Credit: Zhengxing Li

Robotics·Science

UCSD Microrobots Propel Lung Cancer Survival Rates: Discover How Mice Survival Improved to 37 Days

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer drugs directly to metastatic tumors. The method has shown promise

Tejal Somvanshi

June 15, 2024

Image of an inflammatory liver disease, which often occurs at the same time as IBD, with ETS2 target genes (yellow and cyan) expressed at the site of liver damage. Credit: Christina Stankey.

Health

New Pathway Discovery Reveals Major Cause of IBD Affecting 1 in 10 in the UK – What You Need to Know

A research team from the Francis Crick Institute, University College London, and Imperial College London investigated a non-coding DNA region known as a “gene desert,” previously associated with IBD and other autoimmune

Tejal Somvanshi

June 7, 2024

A variety of strains at a recreational marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado. Photo Credit: My 420 Tours (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

News·USA

Marijuana Tops Alcohol: 17.7 Million Americans Choose Daily Use in Landmark Shift

A national data analysis spanning four decades has revealed a significant shift in substance use patterns in the United States. According to the Associated Press, for the first time, daily marijuana use

Tejal Somvanshi

May 26, 2024