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Mustard gas has been banned by international treaties. However, it does remain a threat in certain armed conflicts and could potentially be used by terrorists. Scientists at Irig, who have been studying the effects of the gas for years, recently developed* a method for measuring the dose received. It can be used up to fourteen […] >>

TIMC (a CNRS-Grenoble-Alpes University lab) recently kicked off its HydroCovid clinical trial. The goal is to evaluate the effects of hydrogen-saturated water* on Covid-positive patients over age 60 well enough not to require hospitalization. Several studies show that hydrogen could mitigate the runaway inflammatory response that sometimes occurs as a complication of Covid-19. If HydroCovid […] >>

Researchers at IBS* are using protein antigens characteristic of melanoma, a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer, to explore whether or not stimulating a patient’s immune system can enhance treatment of the disease. The antigens would be vectorized by a non-infectious particle derived from the adenovirus. Cancer generally attenuates a patient’s immune response. Here, the […] >>

Nature published Google’s groundbreaking results on a 54-qubit quantum computer in October, effectively declaring that quantum supremacy had been achieved. A few weeks later, however, a team of researchers from Irig and the US-based Flatiron Institute produced very similar calculations on a common laptop computer. Google did reach an impressive milestone when it successfully operated […] >>

When it comes to imaging human organs, ESRF’s new EBS accelerator is much more sensitive and offers far higher resolution than even the best medical imagers. Proof-of-concept testing was recently completed by an international team led by University College London and ESRF. The results were impressive enough to secure $1 million in funding from the […] >>