What happens when governments crack down on scientists just doing their jobs?
On a sunny day in March 2016, Turkish forensic physician Şebnem Korur Fincanci drove into Cizre, a town in southeastern Turkey. The government had just lifted a 79-day curfew meant to help the Turkish military rout out members of the separatist PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Turkey has long fought to keep insurgents from creating […]
A Dallas museum hosts rare hominid fossils from South Africa
For the next few months, visitors to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas will have a rare opportunity to see fossils of ancient hominids up close. A new exhibition, “Origins: Fossils from the Cradle of Humankind,” open through March 22, brings to the museum Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi. The discoveries of these South African […]
Malaysian Scientist Wins the ‘Nobel Prize for Cancer Research’ With Breakthrough in Treatment
UK-based Malaysian scientist Dr. Serena Nik-Zainal was given the Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Prize 2019 for her work in advancing cancer genome interpretation. Originally also known as the “Nobel Prize for Cancer Research,” the award was given to Dr. Nik-Zainal along with her collaborators Dr. Paul Calleja and Dr. Ignacio Medina from the University […]
Clumps of cells in the lab spontaneously formed brain waves
By Laura Sanders AUGUST 29, 2019 AT 11:00 AM It’s baby’s first brain wave, sort of. As lentil-sized clusters of nerve cells grow in a lab dish, they begin to fire off rhythmic electrical signals. These oscillations share some features with those found in the brains of developing human babies, researchers report October 3 in Cell Stem Cell. […]
A predicted superconductor might work at a record-breaking 200° Celsius
The hydrogen-rich material would still need to be squeezed to extremely high pressures Share this: Facebook Twitter Pocket Reddit Print By Emily Conover 9 HOURS AGO The steamiest summer day would be no sweat for this potential superconductor. Scientists have calculated that a hydrogen-rich compound could conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures up to about 200° Celsius — […]
Fly fossils might challenge the idea of ancient trilobites’ crystal eyes
By Susan Milius 7 HOURS AGO Fossil crane flies found in Denmark have crystals in their eyes — individual, see-through mineral pieces where the living eyes’ lenses once were. Those little crystals of calcium carbonate are renewing a fuss about more mysterious ancient animals, the trilobites. Fossils of those extinct, shield-shaped invertebrates also have crystalized mineral […]