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
https://telegra.ph/D-Wave-01-24
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D Wave
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
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
For decades, scientists have been toying with the idea that our Universe is - or once was - a giant hologram, where the laws of physics require just two dimensions, but everything appears three-dimensional to us
https://telegra.ph/Universe-02-01
https://telegra.ph/Universe-02-01
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Universe
This could be the first observational evidence that our early Universe was once a hologram
π‘This Beautiful 'Jewel Ice' Is So Rare, It Only Washes Up in Japan π https://goo.gl/1u1n4T
Researchers Just Found Evidence of an Ancient 'Lost Continent' Under Mauritius
https://telegra.ph/Lost-Continent-02-01
https://telegra.ph/Lost-Continent-02-01
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Lost Continent
Newly discovered crystals expelled from volcanic eruptions on the island of Mauritius are billions of years older than the island itself, and are thought to be the remnants of an ancient microcontinent known as Mauritia.