How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime
Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.
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Fighting Opioids With An Unlikely Supplemental Painkiller: Anti-Itch Medicine
Researchers are investigating whether an anti-itch medication that targets a specific part of our nerve cells can make morphine — which targets a different part–more effective. The findings suggest it can.
Another UK Jail Descended Into Crisis With Over 40% of Inmates on Drugs
Psychoactive substances and drugs easily make their way into a British prison in Essex, where 42.6% of prisoners failed drugs tests, in what has been branded an epidemic by ombudswoman Elizabeth Moody.
“Exciting” Cancer Drug Combination Shrinks Tumors and Stops Growth Where Other Treatments Failed, Early Trial Suggests
An ”exciting” new cancer drug combination appears to shrink tumors and halt their growth for months, according to an early-stage clinical trial which could mean months of extra life for patients.
Soundwaves and Viruses Used to ‘Switch Off’ Memory Formation
Researchers have discovered it is possible to use soundwaves and viruses to ‘switch off’ memory formation in the brain.