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Tuesday, 7 March 2017   Cambridge University scientists have successfully created a living mouse embryo from stem cells, a technique that could be used to create an artificial human embryo in the future. After 2 kinds of mouse stem cells were mixed in the lab, they formed a mouse embryo …

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 A prototype for a 3D printer capable of producing human skin has been presented by Spanish scientists. The fully-functional skin could be used for medical procedures including transplants, as well as chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic testing. Researchers from the Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research …

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 Brazilian chemist Priscila Kosaka is one of a group of scientists at the Institute of Microelectronics Madrid (IMM) who have come up with a quick new test for HIV. The test can detect the virus after a week, which is much faster than conventional HIV testing. …

Friday, 6 January 2017 CHANGCHUN: Chinese scientists are drawing a 1:2.5 million scale geological map of the moon. Ouyang Ziyuan, first chief scientist of China’s lunar exploration programme, said five universities and research institutes have set standards for digital mapping and drawing of the moon’s geological structure. A sketch version …

Tuesday, 13 December 2016 A team of experts, led by Moshe Alamaro, a scientist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Iyyanki V Muralikrishna, a former professor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, is pursuing an idea to improve Delhi’s winter air quality. The scientists plan to pilot a project under …

Friday, 25 November 2016 A team of scientists at the University of Central Florida (UCF) may have found the right formula for making long-lasting, super-powerful supercapacitors that work with existing battery materials and are small enough and stable enough for use in mobile electronic devices. Supercapacitors are batteries that can …

Tuesday, 1 August 2017 Prospects for defeating HIV, once considered an invincible killer, look brighter with major advances against the AIDS-causing virus discussed at an international conference last week. One of those pieces of good news comes from The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla. In collaboration with the International …

Saturday, 6 May 2017 A Chinese researcher has put his health on the line by passing 71,000 volts of static electricity through his own body in an experiment. Liu Shanghe is an academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and one of the aims of the experiment was to test …

Wednesday, 3 May 2017 BEIJING: Scientists around the world are striving for effective detection of cancer in the early stages, and a Chinese scientist may have found a quick way of knowing whether malignant tumours exist in a patient’s body with just one drop of blood. Luo Yongzhang and his …