Magnetic Universe. New discoveries – from everyday use to neutron stars
Scientists smashed atom against atom and unleashed a magnetic monster. A groundbreaking experiment has created a field so strong it could eclipse the grip of a neutron star. Rotating magnets can create levitation that is almost impossible to physics. For the first time, physicists had a clear understanding of how individual atoms behave like waves.
Carbonaceous materials from an asteroid, chelates and soda lakes: scientists are closer to understanding the origin of life
The research results may explain how life arose on Earth and can also be applied to other planets and bodies in the solar system and to exoplanets.
Getting closer to Jurassic Park – Harvard scientists clone mammoths
The woolly mammoth shares 99.6% of its DNA with the Asian elephant, leading scientists to believe they are well on their way to achieving their goal. “In the minds of many, this animal has disappeared forever. But not in the minds of our scientists and not in the laboratories of our company. We are already in the process of resurrecting the woolly mammoth. Our teams have collected viable DNA samples and are editing genes that will allow this remarkable megafauna to roam the Arctic again.” The long-extinct woolly mammoth will return from oblivion by 2027, according to Colossal, a biotech company actively working on the reincarnation of the ancient beast.
Scientists are really into animal cloning
Cloning is a reality of our time; similar scientific activities are carried out all over the world; most often, pets are cloned. For example, to date, ViaGen Pets has produced more than a thousand completely healthy individuals of various species. However, although the cloned animals are raised in the United States, the company ships cloned pets to other countries.
Scientists from Shanghai are developing a method for growing mammalian offspring from a single egg
It is still very difficult to carry out the “virgin fertilization” procedure on a large scale in practice – it is impossible to edit with equal efficiency all the regions in the genome responsible for suppressing part of the genome, that is, for genomic imprinting. There is a high probability that at least one of them will not be “corrected” – and this immediately reduces the viability of the resulting new organism.
Canadian scientists have achieved that 80 percent of organs for transplantation have become universal
The new technology involves replacing the second blood group of a donor organ with the first. The article says that this is already enough for 80% of organs selected for transplantation to become universal.
Heredity determines the age at which old age sets in
Humans, giant tortoises, and other animals have genes responsible for DNA repair, namely for the correct repair and self-destruction of cells that have received severe mutations.
The next breakthrough in the field of genetics – obtaining offspring of a certain sex and an artificial form of life
A new type of artificial life is called a “living programmable organism”: xenobots, millimeter-sized.
Nobel laureates in chemistry and medicine 2021 – nature-like technologies and a new understanding of sensations
Scientists have replicated the natural synthesis of organic molecules and discovered new touch receptors.