Soft exosuit economies: understanding the costs of lightening the load
https://telegra.ph/exosuit-01-22
https://telegra.ph/exosuit-01-22
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A Harvard team quantifies significant metabolic energy savings gained from its wearable gait-improving robot π Join @science
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It Turns Out That the Solar System Is Not at All Like We Think It Is
https://telegra.ph/Solar-System-01-22
https://telegra.ph/Solar-System-01-22
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Solar System
The Earth is round, Mercury is the hottest planet, and the Sun is yellow. It would seem that these are all simple, undeniable facts known even to those with no real knowledge about astronomy. πJoin @brightside_me
Scientists have engineered the first ever 'semi-synthetic' organisms, by breedingE. coli bacteria with an expanded, six-letter genetic code
https://telegra.ph/Organism-01-24
https://telegra.ph/Organism-01-24
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Organism
New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-letter genetic code
Below is one of the most detailed full-disk photos of Earth ever taken - and the US government is now downloading a fresh version of it every 15 minutes.
https://telegra.ph/Earth-01-24
https://telegra.ph/Earth-01-24
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Earth
The most detailed 'full disk' view of Earth ever has been released - and it's incredible π Join @science
This neutrino observatory began running experiments in April of 1996, studying solar and atmospheric neutrinos as well as searching for proton decay and supernovae in our galaxy: https://telegra.ph/Neutrino-observatory-01-24
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Neutrino observatory
If you ever find yourself hiking Mount Ikeno while in the city of Hida, Japan, just know that under your feet lies the Super-kamiokande. π Join @science
The company that makes the worldβs only commercially available quantum computers has released its biggest machine yet β and researchers are paying close attention.
https://telegra.ph/D-Wave-01-24
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D-Wave upgrade: How scientists are using the worldβs most controversial quantum computer π Join @science
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One of the greatest dilemmas in astrophysics is the black hole paradox - if black holes really do destroy every scrap of information that enters them.
https://telegra.ph/black-holes-01-26
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black holes
Shooting electron waves through plasma could reveal if black holes permanently destroy information π Join @science
Two infants with leukaemia are now in remission, thanks to a world-first treatment that uses genetically engineered T-cells from healthy donors.:
https://telegra.ph/Cancel-cancer-01-27
https://telegra.ph/Cancel-cancer-01-27
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Cancel cancer
2 infants have had their cancers disappear after being treated with genetically engineered T-cells
Physicists repeatedly tweaked a group of ions to create first example of a non-equilibrium material
https://telegra.ph/New-form-of-matter-01-28
https://telegra.ph/New-form-of-matter-01-28
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New form of matter
Scientists unveil new form of matter: Time crystals
Berkeley-led study finds law-breaking property in vanadium dioxide that could lead to applications in thermoelectrics, window coatings
https://telegra.ph/Metal-01-29
https://telegra.ph/Metal-01-29
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Metal
For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat
For the first time, researchers have successfully grown human cells inside early-stage pig embryos in the lab, creating pig-human hybrids, which the researchers describe as interspecies chimeras.
https://telegra.ph/humanpig-01-29
https://telegra.ph/humanpig-01-29
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humanpig
The first human-pig hybrid embryo has been created in the lab
A mathematician says he's found a system that could stop tsunamis in their tracks π https://telegramscience.blogspot.ru/2017/01/a-mathematician-says-hes-found-system.html
Scientists have built artificial cells that are so life-like, they've tricked natural cells into thinking they're communicating with one of their own.
https://telegra.ph/Cells-01-30
https://telegra.ph/Cells-01-30
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Cells
These artificial cells are not alive - but they just passed the Turing test
Life on Earth depends on the existence of water, but despite it covering some 70 percent of the planet's surface, scientists have never really been sure where it all comes from
https://telegra.ph/Deep-01-30
https://telegra.ph/Deep-01-30
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Deep
Who needs asteroids? Earth makes its own water deep within the mantle
π‘Earthβs magnetic poles are set to swap places - and we're totally unprepared π https://telegramscience.blogspot.ru/2017/01/earths-magnetic-poles-are-set-to-swap.html?m=1
We all know that there's no air to breathe on the Moon, but new evidence suggests that the lunar surface is continually being showered by oxygen escaping Earth β and may have been for billions of years, since Earth's atmosphere developed
https://telegra.ph/Moon-01-31
https://telegra.ph/Moon-01-31
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Moon
Solar wind is blasting Earth's oxygen onto the surface of the Moon
Turkmenistanβs Karakum Desert looks like real Door to Hell π https://goo.gl/zA0Pg4
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured some of the closest-ever views of Saturn's rings, with new images revealing unprecedented levels of detail in the massive discs of icy particles orbiting the planet
https://telegra.ph/Saturn-01-31
https://telegra.ph/Saturn-01-31
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Saturn
NASA just captured some of the most mind-blowing images of Saturn's icy rings ever