Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) have found a way to transform skin cells into the three major stem cell types that comprise early-stage embryos. The work (in mouse cells) has significant implications for modelling embryonic disease and placental dysfunctions, as well as paving the way to create whole embryos from skin cells.
Space experts from several agencies failed to stop an asteroid fragment from wiping out New York City last week.
A variation of the classic double-slit experiment is applied to a positron for the first time
An enormous ocean whirlpool the size of Colorado appears every spring off the coast of Somalia, and it’s so big, scientists can see it from space.
Researchers in Germany have created transparent human organs using a new technology that could pave the way to print three-dimensional body parts such as kidneys for transplants.
People robbed of the ability to talk due to a stroke or another medical condition may soon have real hope of regaining a voice thanks to technology that harnesses brain activity to produce synthesized speech, researchers said on Wednesday.
A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small army of tiny robots to precisely and non-invasively remove that buildup?
The US Navy has been granted a patent for an advanced aircraft which resembles a flying saucer UFO.
A human-like robot known as ‘Alex’ has recently been deployed as an anchor on a Russian news channel.
New data show that an experimental Ebola vaccine is “highly effective” and appears to have helped contain a long-lasting outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
