Yesterday saw the launch of a marvellous new book authored by Mike Bruton entitled Harambee. Published by BestRed, an imprint […]
Posts Tagged ‘Nanotechnology’
Cholesterol and Breast Cancer
Cholesterol is an organic molecule that has a chequered history and is generally associated with an unhealthy diet. High levels […]
Hoofbeats of Zebras
There is an aphorism in clinical medicine – “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras” – which means young doctors […]
Local Lad Makes Good
As South Africans, we take pride in highlighting a successful person’s links to our country when describing their accomplishments on […]
Vaccines for Breast Cancer
For the past few weeks, there has been understandable excitement that vaccines to inoculate people against the Covid-19 virus have […]
Update on Nanox
The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) opened this past Sunday, and, for the first time, […]
Imaging with Nanotechnology
Seven years ago, we explored the promise of nanotechnology and highlighted a UK startup called Endomagnetics that had developed a novel product to detect […]
Is Nanox another Theranos?
At the beginning of 2020, we highlighted the story of Theranos, manufacturer of a “revolutionary” blood testing system that was supposedly able […]
The Next Unicorn
In the business world, a “unicorn” is the term used to indicate that a privately held startup company has a […]
A New “Killer App” ?
In 1839, Gustav Rose discovered a novel mineral in the Ural Mountains of Russia which he named “perovskite” in honour of the […]