Boston (DbTechNo) - In the permafrost of Greenland, human hair has been discovered and DNA has been taken from it.
According to scientists, the DNA that they managed to derive from the hair sample marks the oldest modern day human genome to ever be sequenced.
Writing in the journal Nature, the ...
According to a recent scientific investigation, it would appear that mountaintop mining exploitations, which basically blow the top off mountains in search for precious chemicals, cause tremendous damage on the environment. In addition, they also pose considerable health risks to the populations living in their immediate vicinity, ScienceDaily reports. ... (read more)
A group of experts has recently managed to conclude a new project, which revolved around turning data on solar winds into music, or an acoustical representation of the regular graphs, charts and numbers. The goal of this investigation is to discover information that could otherwise get lost in the crowd, and to provide experts with a new angle in analyzing som... (read more)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered by some to be the most fast-spreading condition affecting children and teens today. Researchers who are involved in studying it say that it causes a host of problems, including difficulties socializing, a drop in academic performance levels, sleep disorders, as well as a predisposition t... (read more)
A team of German scientists from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (LMU) has recently developed a new animal model for studying the effects of type II diabetes, when they genetically-engineered pigs to exhibit symptoms that are associated with the condition in humans. This approach is tremendously important when considering the fact that the... (read more)
On February 25, the NASA New Horizons mission finally reached one of the major milestones of its flight – namely exceeding half the distance to its target, the dwarf planet Pluto. The spacecraft, which is one of the few being propelled by a cylindrical radioisotope thermoelectric generator, or RTG, carries with it 11 kilograms (24 pounds) of plu... (read more)
According to investigators, human teeth are extremely sensitive to recording information about past experiences we may have encountered, in the sense that they store data on the environmental pollution and radiation levels we came across at some point in our lives. Knowing this, a group of researchers is currently working on developing an advanced m... (read more)
For a long time, researchers have been puzzled at how seals rest. The marine creatures are at sea for as much as 8 months non-stop each year, and the short times they actually surface to catch a breath of fresh air are insufficient for even a nap. But now a new investigation may have uncovered the animals' rest mechanisms, Japanese experts at the Hokkaido Uni... (read more)
Everyone in the space industry knows that the private company Blue Origin is working on a new vertical liftoff and landing rocket, called New Shepard. However, official details of the space vehicle are being kept under wraps as work is progressing. But unofficial sources have published several of the functions and capabilities that the new spacecra... (read more)