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CRISPR-carrying nanoparticles edit the genome
In a new study, MIT researchers have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes, eliminating the need to...
First proper motions measured of stars in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way
The movement of stars depends mostly on the invisible dark matter halo around a galaxy.
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
By combining data from the Hubble...
Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds
Monkeys were trained to use their thoughts to move a robotic arm and grasp a ball.
Credit: Nicho Hatsopoulos, Karthikeyan Balasubramanian
A new study by neuroscientists...
Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers
Origami-inspired artificial muscles are capable of lifting up to 1,000 times their own weight, simply by applying air or water pressure.
Credit: Shuguang Li /...
Worldwide increase in methane bubbles due to climate change
Tephras -- rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of Leeds
Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic...
Investing in conservation pays off, study finds
Conservation funding works.
Credit: © kate / Fotolia
Governments and donors have spent billions of dollars since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit attempting to slow the...
Frictional heat powers hydrothermal activity on Enceladus
Surface, ocean and core of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The illustration shows the ice shell, which is thinner at the polar regions, with the ocean...
Dark matter and dark energy: Do they really exist?
View of Milky Way (stock image).
Credit: © 1xpert / Fotolia
For close on a century, researchers have hypothesised that the universe contains more matter than...
Could playing Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’ and other music improve kids’ brains?
Children who play the violin or study piano could be learning more than just Mozart. A University of Vermont College of Medicine child psychiatry...
Quantum internet goes hybrid
Schematic illustration of a hybrid information network with two quantum nodes composed by a cold cloud of Rubidium (left red cloud) and a doped...
Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays
A "navigational map view" of a section of a mouse brain. Like the map view of an Earth imaging program, this image of a...
