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Xiaomi launches a voice-controlled, mite-fighting electric blanket
9 November 2025 @ 11:03 am
Ever since Xiaomi was founded 15 years ago in Beijing, it has expanded from producing smartphones to AR glasses, robotic dogs, and even electric cars. And just when you think the company has created everything imaginable, it's introduced another innovation: a smart blanket with voice control that also fights mites.Continue ReadingCategory: Around The Home, LifestyleTags: Heartburn and blood pressure drugs may be affecting cancer treatment
9 November 2025 @ 9:03 am
A large international study of more than 23,000 patients has found that common medicines used to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as heartburn, may be impacting cancer treatment effectiveness.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags: UniversityKopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, really is different
9 November 2025 @ 7:03 am
If you brew your own espresso, you’ll know this about coffee: it’s easy to make a very dull drink from great beans. Just by letting them stale, for example.Continue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: Coffee, This is how Honda envisions the future of motorcycles
9 November 2025 @ 5:03 am
Ever wondered how some of the biggest motorcycle makers in the world think the future of two-wheeled mobility will look? Well, Honda gave us all a glimpse into its very own vision through its EV Outlier Concept at this year’s Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Honda, Smart dressings and stem cells: The future of wound healing
9 November 2025 @ 3:03 am
From silver nanofibers to smart, sensory-packed dressings, the next generation of wound-healing technology is blurring the line between biology and engineering. A new review has looked at what’s better, the old or the new.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body and MindTags: wound-healing, Bajaj at the helm: All the latest developments at KTM
8 November 2025 @ 11:03 pm
The stream of news coming out of KTM seems to be a flood at the moment, doesn’t it? And lately, it’s even more so, as the company’s shareholders see a big change. That’s right, Indian heavyweight Bajaj Auto has now received a go-ahead from the Austrian Takeover Commission to take control of Pierer Mobility AG, the parent company of Austrian motorcycle maker KTM AG.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportNew cancer-combat strategy revealed: Knocking out its taste receptors
8 November 2025 @ 5:03 pm
Bitter taste receptors inside cancer cells have been found to be activated in the presence of anti-cancer drugs. Shutting these receptors down could make the cells more susceptible to drug treatment and help us fight the disease more effectively.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MiAlzheimer’s and Parkinson’s may have more in common than we thought
8 November 2025 @ 11:03 am
Researchers have uncovered a shared brain cell breakdown mechanism behind Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, revealing how two different proteins can disrupt neurons in the same devastating way.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body and MindTags: Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's disease, Haven Demo lays the groundwork for first private space station
8 November 2025 @ 9:03 am
It may look like an ordinary satellite, but the recently launched Haven Demo is a major step toward the first commercial space station. Built by Vast, the 1,100-lb (500-kg) uncrewed spacecraft will test core systems of the planned Haven-1 outpost.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Space Station, CommercialDucati builds its most extreme motorcycle lighter and more powerful
8 November 2025 @ 7:03 am
Nearly 20 years after the first Hypermotard dropped with its simple supermoto design, Ducati introduces the fourth generation of its most radical motorcycle range with two new models: the Hypermotard V2 and the upgraded Hypermotard V2 SP.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: