The Lazarus Drug – A Sleeping Pill That Can Temporarily Fix Severe Brain Damage
Zolpidem is a sedative from the imidazopyridine class of drugs that is most commonly used to help people fall asleep faster. But, in rare cases, this common drug can actually restore function to damaged brains. There is a reason why zolpidem is sometimes referred to as the “Lazarus Drug”. If you give this pill to […]
69-Year-Old Virologist Voluntarily Re-Infects Himself With Coronavirus to Test His Immune Response
Six months after catching the coronavirus, a 69-year-old Russian virologist and researcher exposed himself to patients infected with Covid-19 without any protection to see how his immune system would respond. A former researcher at the Vector Centre of Virology and Biotechnology in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk, Alexander Chepurnov first caught Covid-19 at the end of February 2020. […]
Robot Legs Help 7,600-Tonne Building “Walk” to New Location
Chinese Engineers have successfully moved an 85-year-old historical school building in Shanghai to a new location with the help of 198 robotic legs. Moving older buildings to make room for new construction projects is nothing new in China, but what makes this particular case interesting is the method used to move the 7,600-tonne building. Usually, […]