biology

Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species

Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study.

Scientists turn skin cells into heart and brain cells using only drugs; no stem cells required

Posted in Medicine on 2nd May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Closer to the natural regeneration that happens in animals like newts and salamanders and no medical-safety and embryo concerns.

Scientists Discover How to Grow Life-Saving Blood Stem Cells

Posted in Science on 1st May, 2016
by Alex Muller

A protein called Musashi-2 discovered by scientists can regulate the function and development of important blood stem cells.

Climate change will noticeably reduce oxygen in oceans by 2030

Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

There might be plenty of fish in the sea, but what about oxygen for those fish?

Brain's 'atlas' of words revealed

Posted in Science on 28th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists in the US have mapped out how the brain organises language.