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A Gene Therapy, Successful In Beta-Thalassemia, Might Lead To Treatments For Other Genetic Disorders

French researchers presented the positive results of a gene therapy obtained in patients with a very common and often fatal genetic disorder of the blood- beta-thalassemia. The therapy consisted of genetically modifying blood stem cells. The encouraging results of this…

April 20, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

April Lyrids Will Reach Their Peak This Weekend – Expect An Astonishing “Shooting Stars Show”

As every year, a shower of shooting stars, the Lyrids, will be visible, with the naked eye, the night of Sunday to Monday, April 23rd. On the night of Sunday, April 22nd, to Monday, April 23rd, early risers (or the…

April 20, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Protection Against A Virus Similar To HIV Was Obtained – Are There Hopes For A Possible HIV Vaccine In Humans?

Scientists in the United States have genetically modified two antibodies to protect monkeys from a virus similar to HIV, according to a study published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The research, developed by the National Institute of Allergy…

April 20, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Hubble Space Telescope Celebrates 28 Years Of Activity With A Stunning Photo Of The Young Herschel 36 Star From Lagoon Nebula

NASA marked the 28th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a gorgeous image of an active “stellar nursery”, Lagoon Nebula. Resembling a vivid watercolor, the photo released Thursday captures an immense star emerging from its cosmic nest in an…

April 20, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

A Biomedical Tattoo Able Of Detecting 4 Forms Of Cancer Has Been Developed By Swiss Researchers

When “inked” under the skin, a type of tattoo can detect four different types of cancer. It is a cancer-detecting biomedical tattoo that comes to nestle under the epidermis. Invented by Swiss researchers, it could revolutionize the detection of cancer.…

April 19, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

The Moon’s Influence On The Life On Earth – Between Myth And Science

Surely, the Moon is one of the most loved space objects out there. During history, many have attributed it to the mystery, magic, and hidden powers. In reality, its importance for the creation of the life on Earth and how it…

April 19, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

A Proton-M Rocket Deployed A Russian Military Satellite, The Blagovest No. 12L, On Wednesday

A Russian rocket Proton-M, with a military satellite on board, the Blagovest No. 12L, has taken off on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, the largest and oldest space launch facility in the world, as reported by the Ministry…

April 19, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Osmotic Or Blue Energy Made Possible By Nanotechnology, After 50 Years Of Research

The osmotic or blue energy arises from taking advantage of the difference in salinity between the water of the rivers and that of the sea. The progress in nanotechnology science has given a second chance to osmotic or blue energy,…

April 19, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

NASA Detected A Huge Asteroid Right Before It Flew By Earth Last Weekend

A space rock, flying at a velocity of 106,000 kilometers per hour (about 66,000 mph), passed next to Earth, at a chillingly short distance, in spatial terms. Last Saturday, when everybody was focused on the news about the situation in…

April 18, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 1

The Water On Earth Existed Before The Collision That Led To The Formation Of The Moon

Much of the water on Earth was present before the cataclysmic collision between two planets, which led to the formation of the Moon, according to an international team of scientists. The impact between Earth and the other planet would have…

April 18, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Cosmic Webs Present Filaments Of Dark Matter Which Serve As “Rivers Of Light And Matter”

An international team of researchers from the University of Berkeley and the Berkeley Lab has managed to decode the faint distortions in the pattern of the first light of the Universe and reveal the enormous, but invisible for the naked…

April 18, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Protoplanets Populated Our Early Solar System, According To A Recent Study On The 2008 Nubian Desert Asteroid

In 2008, an asteroid was found in the Nubian desert, in Sudan, and presented diamond inlays. European researchers have proven that this extraterrestrial space rock comes from one of the protoplanets, larger than Mercury, that existed in our early solar system.…

April 18, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

As The TESS Mission Was Postponed, Let’s Recap The Most Important Exoplanets Hunters In History

NASA’s TESS mission, whose launch has been delayed until Wednesday, April 18th, will be responsible for detecting exoplanets and Earth-like planets. But it isn’t the first one with this mission. Let’s remember together some of the most important exoplanets “hunters”.…

April 17, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

A Cancer Detection Method Based On Urine Samples Has Been Developed By Japanese Researchers From Hitachi

A Japanese laboratory will launch what it presents as the first trials in the world aimed at detecting cancer through the analysis of urine samples, a diagnosis which could ease up the cancer detection. The giant Hitachi has been developing this…

April 17, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Oldest Rocks On The Earth Have Been Discovered In Western Australia

A scientific team of researchers from two universities, the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the University of Technology of Queensland, found the oldest rocks on the Earth, in Western Australia. The finding revealed the formation of the Australian continent before…

April 17, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0