Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a way to grow and maintain adult stem cells in large amounts for weeks. Until now it was impossible to keep stem cells ‘alive’ for more than 4-5 days. this discovery can lead to applications for regeneration of organs, inhibition of cancer cell growth and more.
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is on its way to be fully functional as it was restarted last night. The 5.6 billion dollars project which is built inside a 27-kilometer tunnel is aimed at understanding the origins of the universe by recreating the conditions that followed the Big Bang.
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Extrenely rare 1,300-year-old fragments of Hebrew biblical manuscripts existed separately and with their relationship unknown until an accidental discovery found the link between them. Together, they make up the text of the Song of the Sea which is shown now at Israel’s national museum.
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Scientists from Monash University discovered new effective way of treating prostate cancer – the second most common cancer for men in the world. The new treatment deals with resistent cells which cannot be cured using existing treatments by activating the beta estrogen receptor in the prostate.
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Scientists discovered new method to manufacture efficient piezoelectric materials cheaply. The new material PZT has efficiency of 80% for converting mechanical energy into electricity and this new discovery can lead to development of medical devices like pacemakers that do not require periodic surgical battery replacement.
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For the first time, scientists have shown great improvements on memroy tests and cognitive functions in mice with Alzheimer’s disease after injecting stem cells to those mice.
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A large scale clinical trial performed at the institute for research in immunology and cancer located in Montreol, Canada, has acheive improved results at treating Cancer patients with Ribavirin – a common anti-viral drug. The new treatment can be useful in 30% of Cancer diseases include the most common ones.
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Google and NASA will soon launch a new university which will teach all aspects of future technologies. This university, Singularity University, will first allow 30 students this summer.
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Hydramacin-1 , a new family of antibacterial agents was found, this is nothing like other kind of antibiotics and has been proven to be very effective. Finding new antibiotics is highly important these days due to the resistance of germs to older versions of antibiotics.
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A group of British engineers have designed a flying car which took off last Wednesday from London to Mali, in West Africa while passing Spain, France, Morocco and the Sahara desert. The car itself contain standart car parts, a big fabric wing and a rare propeller.
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