Wonders of Science 2024, November

The most expensive hamburger in the world worth £ 250,000 will be prepared in London. Such a fabulous price is very easy to explain - scientists raised meat for a culinary masterpiece in a laboratory from cow stem cells

The revolutionary physicist used his imagination, not complex mathematics, to come up with his most famous and elegant equation

Scientists at the Polytechnic University of Montreal, the University of Montreal and McGill University have made impressive breakthroughs in cancer research

Scientists at Linkoping University in Sweden have created a unique device that can block pain

The laser "torture" of volunteers helped biologists figure out how the body can be made to increase the number of opioid receptors in the brain and thereby increase the pain threshold and make a person less sensitive to chronic pain, the article says

The British company BAE Systems, which deals with technologies in the field of weapons, information security, as well as in the aerospace field, is going to develop the cockpit of a new generation of combat fighter aircraft, where the usual controls will be

As a result, his eyesight improvedChinese transplantologists said they had an operation to transplant a pig cornea cultured by bioengineers to a person last September

The Institute of Modern Media (MOMRI) and the Nauka TV channel present the results of the annual survey. Since 2016, we have been monitoring what scares Russians about scientific progress, which scientific discoveries cause anxiety

From growing continent-sized forests to calling for rain, scientists have begun to propose, test and even implement large-scale geoengineering projects to radically transform the planet

The CRISPR genome editor has become a very important tool in medical research and can ultimately have a significant impact on everything from agriculture to the treatment of a host of inherited diseases

Scientists at the University of Exeter (UK) have identified a group of genes that play a key role in the aging process. They regulate splicing factors - molecules that determine the path of maturation of messenger RNA

The diagnosis of "paralysis of the limbs" very often sounds like a sentence to a person. Indeed, with one or another damage to the nerve fiber, it is not so easy to restore mobility or sensitivity

About an ideal potato, about the opinion of the scientific community about genetic modification and about the fact that the very first product of this technology is - insulin - saved more lives than destroyed fascism, a flavorist tells in his lecture (specialist in the smell of substances, ar

Researchers at the University of Michigan Institute of Life Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute have identified how satellite DNA, thought to be "junk DNA," plays a critical role in genome assembly

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a huge particle accelerator, continues to push the boundaries of science, and in recent experiments with it, scientists have discovered something that may be the first potential evidence of creatures

Mayo Clinic Scientists Find Out That Senescent Cells, or Aging Cells That Stop Dividing and Secrete Pro-Inflammatory Substances, Contribute to Dementia

Scientists from the Netherlands have created a molecule that causes aging cells to be destroyed. Scientists note that it can help prolong life

Despite the fact that many existing viruses have not yet been completely defeated, there are still those that humanity has managed to cope with

Over the past 35 years, I've shown how the elements of a brave new world come together. Lately I've been focusing on 5G wireless high speed internet, genetic engineering and DNA modifying vaccines

A child with DNA from three people was born in Ukraine. This is the first such case of conception in the world, according to Vesti Ukraina. It is noted that the 34-year-old woman could not bear a child for the past 15 years

Since the advent of the revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technology, scientists have conducted many daring experiments. Perhaps the most high-profile was the editing of the genome of the human embryo

At the California Institute of Technology, together with scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, they learned how to make fuel from water

For the first time, it was possible to grow miniature neural structures with their own vascular network - "Mini-brains" for research and implantation of patients

I spent 16 years in cryopreservation an embryo transplanted to a Chinese woman. The woman gave birth to a healthy baby - boy

Katie Nyakan, a researcher at the British Francis Crick Institute, has sent a request to the Committee on Birth Control and Embryology, in which she asks for permission to modify the DNA of the human embryo

In August 2016, Chinese researchers will begin an experiment to edit adult DNA using the revolutionary CRISPR / Cas-9 technology, widely known worldwide as CRISPR

The feeling that a ghost is nearby arises in the human brain, Swiss scientists discovered. Swiss researchers managed to find out which part of the brain creates a sense of the reality of ominous ghosts

American, German and Austrian oncologists have proven that personalized cancer vaccines they tested are safe and clinically effective in preventing melanoma

Time travel, teleportation, and the cloak of invisibility will become a reality by 2080-2100

Scientists at Brigham Young University have developed technology to draw three-dimensional shapes in the air. Unlike a conventional hologram, figures can be viewed from various angles

There is the so-called “tailor's rule”, which, despite its name, applies to all exact sciences. This rule says: "If the bottom button of the shirt is fastened incorrectly, then all the other buttons will also be fastened incorrectly." The creator of this rule, Fabio Volo, commented on it as follows: "There are many mistakes in life, which are not mistakes in themselves, but the consequences of the" first button "buttoned incorrectly."So

The year 2015 has come to an end, and we have already said goodbye to his achievements and breakthroughs several times. What to expect from next year

The humanoid Atlas deftly runs between the trees, while the SpotMini robot dog roams the office. Engineering and robotics firm Boston Dynamics has released two new videos showing the new capabilities of Atlas and SpotMini robots

Robocops and robocopters It is known that the emirate of Dubai buys an army of police robots, equips its firefighters with jetpacks, and police drones patrol its streets

The cells in our body regularly die and are replaced by new ones. The mechanism of "planned" cell death is called apoptosis and is a completely normal physiological process

Scientists know almost everything about cancer. Nevertheless, specialists have not yet been able to overcome this dangerous ailment completely. But if cancer cells are so focused on destroying everything around them, why not force them to destroy their own kind?

Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve helped scientists "wake up" a man who has been in a coma for 15 years after a severe traumatic brain injury, according to an article published in the journal Current Biology

A team of researchers from Britain and Belgium has proven that it is possible to make contact with patients who are in a vegetative state and suffer from serious brain damage

Swedish and Russian scientists have conducted a joint study to create an anti-aging agent. The experiments were carried out using genetically modified mice. Now, on the basis of the study, a new medicine for old age is already being created

When a person thinks or talks about any offensive or annoying things and situations, the level of inflammation markers rises in his body, according to doctors from the University of Ohio in Athens (USA)