Home urine test for prostate cancer reveals its most aggressive forms

[Medical]( [Home urine test for prostate cancer reveals its most aggressive forms]( [A new urine test that patients can use at home has the ability to detect the aggressiveness of prostate cancers]( A potential new cancer diagnostics tool has emerged from the UK’s University of East Anglia (UEA), where scientists have developed a urine test for the home that can reveal prostate cancers in need of treatment. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [myGEKOgear Orbit 530 1296p W-Fi Dashcam with Sony Night Vision Sensor]( The Orbit 530 is a high-performance dash cam shooting at 1296p to ensure crystal clear footage at high speeds, it has all the necessary functions to capture your drive. With a 150° angle lens, it full captures blind spots on the side and important small details, such as license plates. It features night vision and has built-in Wi-Fi to easily transfer your footage directly from your dashcam to your smartphone and driver-assist features for improved driving habits. [Read more]( [Military]( [DSG's supercavitating underwater bullets annihilate ballistics tests]( [The narrow corridor of air the CAV-X bullets create for themselves through supercavitation is the secret to how they go through water so easily]( Regular bullets decelerate so quickly in water that they only make it a few feet. But Norway's DSG has used the drag-reducing abilities of supercavitation to produce some extraordinary projectiles that'll hit submerged targets up to 200 feet away. [Read more]( [Space]( [Space-based lasers track Earth's largest animal migration]( [Researchers used the space-based CALIPSO lidar to measure the planet’s largest animal migration]( A joint study by NASA and the French space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), has used space-based lasers to produce the first global study of the great migration of tiny marine animals that takes place twice every day. [Read more]( [Medical]( [Cancer researchers discover how immune cells avoid killing themselves]( [Researchers have discovered how immune cells keep from destroying themselves]( Exactly how do immune cells avoid wiping themselves out while attacking invaders? Researchers at Peter Mac and UCL have now found that they create a tough shield around themselves, and this discovery could lead to new cancer therapies. [Read more]( [Outdoors]( [Hanging Burch Barrel grills, smokes and keeps you warm after dark]( [The Burch Barrel is imagined as a one-stop shop for grilling, smoking and fireside chatting]( The best place to barbecue your food in the wilderness might not necessarily be the best place to make your campfire, but inventor Roby Burch sees no reason that all heat-related activity can’t take place around the same barrel of cold-rolled steel. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Banana agri-waste converted into biodegradable, recyclable plastic]( [Although all plants are a potential source of nanocellulose, banana plants' high cellulose content makes them particularly well-suited – along with the fact that new plants are grown every year]( The bananas that we buy in stores grow off of a central trunk-like structure, known as the pseudostem. And while that part of the plant is typically discarded during harvesting, it may soon find use in a plastic that biodegrades and is recyclable. [Read more]( [Space]( [Hubble catches galactic pair locked in a gravitational dance]( [The interacting galaxies NGC 6285 (left) and NGC 6286 (right), located over 250 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Draco]( The Hubble Space Telescope has treated us to another spectacular view of two enormous galaxies locked in a cosmic embrace. The image shows an early stage of a galactic encounter, and the chaotic effect that gravity can have on a grand scale [Read more]( [Remarkable People]( [Why Tim Berners-Lee didn't invent the internet]( [Sir Tim Berners-Lee has done many things, but inventing the internet isn't one of them]( Whenever computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee makes the headlines, a significant minority of outlets inevitably, and wholly incorrectly, refer to him as “the inventor of the internet.” Here’s why they’re wrong. [Read more]( [Science]( [Cross-bred Cosmic Crisp apples can stay fresh for a whole year]( [The Cosmic Crunch aexhibits none of the typical storage disorders that can plague lesser apples]( Move over Granny Smith and Red Delicious, there’s a hot new apple in town and it’s built to outlast them all. The Cosmic Crunch apple is hitting shelves today, promising a storage life of up to 12 months when kept in the right conditions. [Read more]( [Space]( [Monster black hole discovered that defies explanation]( [An artist's impression of LB-1, along with its binary star companion]( Black holes are mysterious objects: just when we think we understand how big they can get, we go and find new ones that bend the rules. Now, astronomers have found a stellar black hole in our galaxy that’s so big it defies explanation. [Read more]( [Biology]( [Meat-eating dinosaur replaced its teeth like a shark]( [The teeth of Majungasaurus crenatissimus from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar]( New research led by Michael D. D'Emic, an assistant professor of biology at Adelphi University, indicates that a 70-million-year-old dinosaur called Majungasaurus shed and replaced its teeth like a shark about every two months. [Read more]( [Science]( [The Great Melbourne Telescope reassembled for 150th anniversary]( [Volunteers and staff with components of the Great Melbourne Telescope at Moreland Annexe]( Once the second-largest telescope in the world, Australia's Great Melbourne Telescope has been restored thanks to an 11-year volunteer effort after being severely damaged in a bushfire in 2003. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Marine animals hold promise for extending ocean monitoring]( [Sea turtle equipped with an animal-borne sensor]( An international team of researchers suggests that a wide variety of marine species could be used for monitoring the world's oceans. Using electronic tags, exploiting their natural behavior could fill gaps in our knowledge of the seas. [Read more]( [Science]( [Undersea telecom cables may do double-duty as earthquake detectors]( [A map showing the fiber optic cable involved in the study, with the tested portion highlighted in pink]( As you might imagine, installing seismic sensors on the ocean floor isn't an easy task. Recently, however, scientists were able to detect seabed seismic activity using something that was already down there – a fiber optic telecommunications cable. [Read more]( [Space]( [False fossils could help search for Martian life]( [Microscopic structures created in the lab]( Research at the University of Edinburgh could make the search for life on Mars more efficient. Using a technique called "chemical gardening," astrobiologist Sean McMahon has demonstrated that some ancient fossils may be natural mineral deposits. [Read more]( [Bicycles]( [Cycling multi-tool hides out in the handlebars]( [The Wolf Tooth EnCase system is compatible with both drop and upright bars]( Although cyclists sure do like multi-tools, they don't necessarily like having the things cluttering up their pockets or hydration packs. That's where Wolf Tooth's new EnCase System comes in, as it sits inside the bike's handlebars. [Read more]( [Environment]( [Underwater speakers could trick fish into restoring damaged corals]( [The presence of fish on a degraded reef can help to restore it]( Underwater loudspeakers could be used to revitalized devastated corals, by blasting the sounds of healthy reefs to make them more attractive to young fish. Earth’s ocean reefs are currently under major threat from human-led climate change. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2019