There is a tremendous variety of life beneath the surface of the earth. A new analysis of two large groups of subsurface microorganisms has now revealed that their evolutionary path to life in the dark has been more bizarre than we expected. During the first 2 billion years of our …
Read More »For the first time, human cartilage has been designed in space
If we’re going to take long-term space travel seriously, it will be essential to be able to repair injuries, and that is no longer a distant concept. A cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station has just designed human cartilage in microgravity from space for the first time. Bioprinters that can …
Read More »This is how scientists know that the coronavirus was not produced in a laboratory
One of the conspiracy theories that has plagued attempts to keep people informed during the pandemic is the idea that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. But the vast majority of scientists who have studied the virus agree that it evolved naturally and crossed humans from an animal species, …
Read More »Study finds dominant strain of coronavirus appears to be mutated, more virulent version
According to a new study published in the journal, the genetic variation of the new coronavirus that dominates the world today infects human cells more easily than the original one that emerged in China. Cell Thursday. Laboratory-based research suggests that this current mutation is more communicable between people in the …
Read More »For the first time, scientists have captured a video of brains cleaning dead neurons
We already know that our brains have a waste disposal system that prevents dead and toxic neurons from obstructing our biological pathways. Now, scientists have managed to capture a video of the process for the first time, in laboratory tests on mice. There are still a lot of things we …
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