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Japan biochemist who discovered statins, Akira Endo, dies
AFP via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJapanese biochemist Akira Endo, who discovered cholesterol-lowering statins, has died aged 90, his...
Statins pioneer Akira Endo dies aged 90
BBC via AOL· 3 days ago"There's very few treatments in medicine that have happened in the past few years that have had such a dramatic impact." Unlike Dr Fleming though, his...
Why Wealthy Kids Crush the Marshmallow Test
Sean Kernan via Yahoo News· 2 days agoYou’d have thought this test was a surefire stamp of destiny for every child. Yet, as the years rolled on, more problems emerged in follow ups, and we...
‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential...
AccuWeather· 3 days agoFreeman Dyson theorized that hypothetical alien megastructures would give off infrared radiation and...
Combined mRNA COVID-flu vaccine shows promise in Moderna trial
Semafor via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut mRNA vaccines can be tweaked to other kinds of pathogens and cancers, Nobel Prize-winning...
Who is Tomas Colbengston, winner of art's most prestigious print award?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“I am especially grateful and happy because I am Sámi and I feel I represent the people without...
2-in-1 shot for flu and COVID shows promise in advanced trial
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOnce inside the human body, mRNA instructs human cells to build specific proteins — in this case,...
3 Things You May Not Know About Raman Spectroscopy
PhotonicsOnline· 4 days agoRaman is best known for his work in the field of light scattering highlighted by his 1928 discovery that a small portion of scattered light acquires...
Dr Michael Mosley, presenter who revolutionised nation’s diet, found dead after major search on...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 days agoDr Michael Mosley made several programmes aimed at tackling the obesity crisis (Avalon/channel4/PA)...
This compact Rubbermaid scrubber took my dingy grout from orange to white
Yahoo Life Shopping· 3 days agoI have arthritis in my fingers and it is difficult for me to scrub crevices and do a lot of...