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Theranos, a California-based medical laboratory Service Company, shot to success after developing a blood testing device named Edison, which uses only a few drops of blood through a finger stick unlike conventional technique that takes vials of blood via venipuncture. The developer of Edison and founder of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes made millions through her invention. However, a recent federal report found deficiencies in Theranos blood testing devices.

New Jersey has seen a surge of 12% in new autism cases over a period of two years, federal health officials said on Thursday. Before this, the northeastern state already had the highest rate in the US for autism spectrum disorder. In the United States, the rate of autism remained stable within year 2010 and 2012, according to CDC report.

As per a report by federal health officials, one in every 41 kids in New Jersey is living with the mental condition present from early childhood. But if the new data is compared with number of autism cases in two years, from 2010 to 2012, it is not an uptick, said some experts. They also said that the state is doing a good job by detecting the disorder and providing help to the kids in problem.

In case you are one of those who crave for a fuzz-free upper lip or want a hair-free flawless bikini line, laser hair removal is an option for you. However, before going for such a treatment, one must be aware of exactly how the procedure works.

On Wednesday, the YouTube science channel Veritasium released a video that displays the effects of laser hair removal in slow motion.

The laser treatment is quite successful in removing hair because it targets a molecule in the hair known as melanin. During the treatment, the melanin consumes energy from short pulses of laser light, burning the hair to a crisp.

A major report has recently revealed that men in Ireland are going to be fattest in Europe within a decade. It suggested that women are also likely to carry forward and rise in the obesity league table.

By 2025, 38% men in Ireland will be obese, taking the top position in the European and the UK list of countries suffering from obesity epidemic. Europe’s second fattest are going to be women in Ireland at that stage in case they don’t bring out any change in their present lifestyle trends.

Medical journal ‘The Lancet’ has cautioned that nearly 37% of Ireland women and 38% UK women will be obese by 2025.

A latest study has found that NFL players have higher chances of suffering concussions and ankle injuries in the games played on colder days. In order to conduct the study, researchers in Canada examined data on the five most suffered injuries that occurred between 2012 and 2014 during two National Football League seasons.

The findings showed that players faced double concussion risk and a 1.5 times more risk of ankle injuries during the time when the temperature was 50 degrees Fahrenheit or colder in comparison to games played in 70 degrees.

The researchers also discovered that players had 1.36 times more risk of suffering shoulder injuries when they played games on natural grass and not on synthetic turf.

A public event will be hosted by the Ames Office of Education and Public Outreach to watch the televised launch of the eighth SpaceX mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) on April 8, 2016.

Public has been invited to take part in the event and to get information about Ames’ research launching on the mission from the US space agency engineers and scientists. The event will be held in Ames’ Conference Center, Building 3, in the time period between 11 am to 2:15 pm.