Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have come up with a technique to convert mature cells into stem cells by “squeezing” them. This discovery could finally allow stem cells to be produced on an industrial scale.
Astronomers using the Nobeyama 45-m Radio Telescope have detected signs of an invisible black hole with a mass of 100 thousand times the mass of the Sun around the center of the Milky Way.
Origin of exploding star that is twice as luminous as any other remains unclear. Seven months after it was first spotted, a puzzle still hangs over the origin of the brightest supernova ever seen.
Indium tin oxide, the transparent conductor currently used for more than 90% of the display market, is costly. Scientists have discovered a new possibility.
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of 4 new elements, which will fill in the missing elements from the periodic table’s seventh row.
NASA launched the Juno spacecraft in 2011 on a mission to study Jupiter, and now the spacecraft is almost to its target. Before it reaches the gas giant, Juno has already made history as it sets the distance record for solar power.
Elon Musk is known for saying, as well as doing, some incredible things. The eccentric owner of SpaceX, who is still riding high on his company's historic vertical rocket landing, has commented once again on the Tesla.
Commercial space tourism seems to be dragging its heels after the initial excitement. No doubt it's coming within the next couple of decades, but while we patiently save up for the $250,000 ticket, this new space-themed rollercoaster-VR hybrid could be the next best thing.
In the last few decades, researchers have pursued the problem in two separate programs—string theory and loop quantum gravity—that are widely considered incompatible by their practitioners. But now some scientists argue that joining forces is the way forward.
Watney's technical prowess enables him to tackle the practical problems of getting enough water, oxygen, and food. But perhaps the greatest hurdle he faces is psychological.
Presence of a gene variant involved in sensory pleasure and pain reduction may contribute towards making a population happier than others, suggests new research.
FOR ALL THE furious hype around the gene-editing tool Crispr/Cas9, no one has ever really seen it in action. Like really seen it. How the protein Cas9 unzips a strand of DNA, how it slips in the molecule that guides it to a target—and finally, how it goes snip snip on the DNA.
World Future Energy Summit announced today the launch of the new Future Cities Forum.
Scientists may have created a nano-reactor that can produce hydrogen fuel.
Last August, Stephen Hawking tantalised the world by saying he'd worked out a solution to the “black hole paradox”. He's now dropped the first detailed discussion of his hypothesis for the world to pore over, here at ArXiv in a paper entitled Soft hair on black holes.
