Genetically identical primates could provide improved animal models of human disease, but some researchers raise ethical issues. Researchers around the world interested in unravelling the mechanisms of complex human disorders, such as…
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MIT’s new Way to map Brain with High Resolution and High Speed
Researchers have developed a new way to image the brain with unprecedented resolution and speed. Using this approach, they can locate individual neurons, trace connections between them, and visualize organelles inside neurons,…
Saturn hasn’t always had rings
Precise measurements of Cassini’s final trajectory have now allowed scientists to make the first accurate estimate of the amount of material in the planet Saturn’s rings, weighing them based on the strength…
Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the stem cell institute HI-STEM in Heidelberg have succeeded for the first time in directly reprogramming human blood cells into a previously unknown…
Geminids Meteor Shower 2018
Geminids meteor shower: an astrophysicist on what to look out for Samantha Rolfe, University of Hertfordshire The Geminids meteor shower peaks on the mornings of December 13 and 14, 2018 – but…