Science and engineering

Roche today announced that the US FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation for Venclexta® (venetoclax) in combination with low dose cytarabine (LDAC) for elderly patients with previously untreated AML who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.

People who've had a stroke may have trouble walking. A new exosuit can help a lot.

Just one gram of a new reusable filter could treat 83,000 liters of contaminated water—enough to supply the daily needs of 11,000 people.

New approach yields long-lasting configurations that could provide long-sought “qubit” material.

Up to half of the matter in the Milky Way may come from far-off galaxies—including the atoms that make up each of us.

A catalog of about 200 galaxy clusters may be contain the most distant ever found—it could also help solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries.

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) generated sales of $2.257 billion during the second quarter ended June 30, 2017

Engineering firm Chiyoda, trading companies Mitsubishi and Mitsui and shipping firm NYK Line today launched what they called the world's first global hydrogen supply demonstration project, which aims to produce and supply up to 210t of hydrogen from January-December 2020.

IBM announced today that it has been selected as the strategic partner of Bank of Cyprus, the leading banking and financial services Group in Cyprus, for the implementation of the Bank's Digital Transformation.

According to the weather forecasters, on 27-28 July, in a number of regions of the company’s service area (Voronezh, Belgorod, Tambov regions), the maximum air temperature can reach 36-39°C, which is significantly higher than the climatic norm.

"The data suggest that there is very likely a relationship between exposure to football and risk of developing" chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Flying into buildings and other human-made objects kills billions of birds yearly. New research suggests the size—and location—of buildings are key factors.

New research projects many people could die from heat in 10 US metro areas if climate change continues unabated.

Dr. Mayer and a growing number of colleagues at UCLA and around the world who are interested in the mind-gut connection have been buoyed by the emerging evidence coming from studies of the gut microbiome.

MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.