A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers from the California Institute of Technology questions whether a long-standing theory about Mars still has water. In their research, the team of …
Read More »First complete model of the human embryo
A proper understanding of early human development is crucial if we are to improve assisted reproductive technologies and prevent pregnancy loss and birth defects. However, studying early development is challenging: few human …
Read More »Who thinks they know where COVID-19 originated?
After months of investigation, the World Health Organization (WHO) found that wildlife farms in China are likely the source of COVID-19. pandemic. These wildlife farms, many of them in or around southern …
Read More »Scientists create the first living models of human embryos
Scientists have grown live human embryo replicas in the laboratory for the first time, with all cell types, biochemical activity, and general structure of real embryos. The research, which aims to help …
Read More »Scientists create the first living models of human embryos
Scientists have grown live human embryo replicas in the laboratory for the first time, with all cell types, biochemical activity, and general structure of real embryos. The research, which aims to help …
Read More »Scientists unearth a meteorite from the birth of the solar system
The meteor, known as Erg Chech 002, was discovered in May 2020 by researchers working in the Algerian Sahara desert. Scientists believe they have identified a meteorite formed in the first million …
Read More »What the Perseverance Mars rover has achieved so far
Almost a month has passed since the Perseverance Mars rover successfully landed on the Red Planet to the cheers of scientists and onlookers millions of miles away. The rover has been kept …
Read More »How a metal with memory will shape our future on Mars
A rover on the Moon has metal wheels that can bend around rocky obstacles and then return to their original shape. On Earth, surgeons install tiny mesh tubes that can dilate a …
Read More »Antarctic seabed exposed after 50 years of ice cover
Life gets busy where it can, even under thick ice in Antarctica. German scientists have inspected an area of the seafloor recently exposed by the detachment of the mega-iceberg A74 and have …
Read More »Scientists grew tiny tear glands in a dish and then made them cry
Organoids in the lacrimal gland produce a tear-like fluid (red).Credit: Yorick Post / Hubrecht Institute At first, it took a long time, up to a day, to make the cells cry. But, …
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