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VIDEO: Computer-generated unfolding animation of sealed letter DB-1538. In our paper we describe how virtual unfolding was used to read the contents of sealed letterpackets from 17th-century Europe without physically opening. view more
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In a world first, an international team of researchers has read an unopened letter from Renaissance Europe - without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way.
The research, published in
Nature Communications, describes how an X-ray scanner used in dental research and virtual unfolding allowed the interdisciplinary team to read the contents of a securely and intricately folded letter which has remained unopened for 300 years, while preserving its valuable physical evidence.
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A new type of drug that helps target chemotherapy directly to cancer cells has been found to significantly increase survival of patients with the most common form of bladder cancer, according to results from a phase III clinical trial led in the UK by Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust.
The results are published in the
New England Journal of Medicine and were presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology s Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.
Urothelial cancer is the most common type of bladder cancer (90 percent of cases) and can also be found in the renal pelvis (where urine collects inside the kidney), ureter (tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder) and urethra. Globally, approximately 549,000 new cases of bladder cancer and 200,000 deaths are reported annually.
LICs stand out for yield hunters
Listed investment companies could be on the brink of a revival as the prospect of miniscule bank deposit interest rates for the next three years puts the spotlight on fully franked dividend yields.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s declaration that official interest rates will remain at the ultra-low 0.1 per cent for another three years must inevitably force retirees and others with money in the bank to go out on the risk curve.
This means it is highly likely a big chunk of the $1.1 trillion in household bank deposits in Australia will shift to higher-yielding forms of investments, including equities.
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New research suggests that a higher dietary intake of long chain omega-3 fatty acids in childhood may reduce the risk of developing subsequent asthma, but only in children carrying a common gene variant. The study, led by Queen Mary University of London, is in collaboration with the University of Bristol and University of Southampton, UK, and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
In the UK, 1.1 million children (1 in 11) are currently receiving treatment for asthma and most adult asthma begins in childhood. The NHS spends around £1 billion a year treating and caring for people with asthma.
Senior author, Professor Seif Shaheen from Queen Mary University of London, said: Asthma is the most common chronic condition in childhood and we currently don t know how to prevent it. It is possible that a poor diet may increase the risk of developing asthma, but until now most studies have taken snap-shots , measuring diet and asthma over a short period of time. Instead, we measured diet
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