Author - Marcílio Santos

This Biohacker Became the First Person to Edit His Own DNA

Credit: CI Photos/ShutterstockJosiah Zayner is the first individual known to have modified his personal DNA and he revealed the planet just how easy it is to do, live-streaming the process on his blog, "Science, Art, Beauty". Zayner claims this was the second time he has genetically changed himself.Utilizing CRISPR, a fairly new gene-editing method,...

Scientists Invent “Profound” Quantum Sensor That Can Peer Into the Earth

"This Is An 'Edison Moment' In Sensing That Will Improve Society."Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainGravitationalA significant breakthrough in quantum sensing technology is being explained as an "Edison moment" that could, scientists expect, have embracing implications.New research in Nature explains one of the first practical applications of quantum sensing, a largely theoretical technology that weds quantum...

Potential Alien Sign Coming From an Earth-like Planet

But do not be too thrilled-- the researchers say it might easily just be a misidentified transmission from us humans.Credit: NASA.A group of Chinese and American researchers put their reputation on the line with a bold claim: that, with many caveats, a recently identified narrowband signal could indicate intelligent extraterrestrial life.The uncommon signal-- captured...

Bees and Hoverflies Gobble False Pollen, Profiting Both Insect and Plant

A hoverfly exits the blossom of a Cypripedium wardii orchid after having fed on its pseudopollen (whitish powder visible at the lip of the pouchlike blossom). Credit: ZHENG CHEN-CHENResearch suggests pollinators, like bees and hoverflies, find the fake pollen of at least one orchid species delicious.Orchids are among the most untrustworthy flowering plants on...

Height Increases Risk of Certain Diseases

A multi-population phenome-wide organization research of genetically predicted elevation in the Million Professional Program.In a current research study published in the Journal PLoS Genetics, scientists checked out just how elevation established a number of typical professional traits in grownups by contrasting organizations of those traits with real- as well as genetically-predicted-height. They utilized the...

Studying the Magnetic Properties of Helium-3

Fig. 1: Schematic view of the 3He+ ion’s external and internal magnetic interactions. Background: microwave radiation. Credit: MPIIn joint experimental-theoretical research published in Nature, physicists at the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), together with collaborators from RIKEN, Japan, investigated the magnetic properties of the isotope helium-3. For the first time, the electronic and...

DeepMind Has Taught an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion. Credit: The Conversation.The reinforcement learning algorithm, which controls the scorching plasma within a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor, was developed by an AI company backed by Google.The interior of a tokamak– the doughnut-shaped vessel created to include a nuclear fusion reaction– presents a unique type of chaos. Hydrogen atoms are shattered together at...

Scientists Develop Cement Completely Out of Waste Material

Scientists who discovered the biocement. Credit: bioplasticsnews.Creating renewable biocement entirely out of waste materialCement is a binder, a substance utilized while building that hardens, sets, and sticks to other materials to bind them together. When sand and gravel are blended with cement, concrete is made.Cement is classified as non-hydraulic or hydraulic. Hydraulic cement needs...

The Earth’s Turns Far Under Our Feet: A New Research Reveals the Inner Core Oscillates

Scientists have discovered evidence that the Earth’s inner core oscillates, contradicting previously held beliefs that it consistently rotates at a faster rate than the planet’s surface.A groundbreaking study by USC researchers challenges the previous model that the Earth's inner core rotates continuously faster than the planet's surface.According to their research, published in Science Advances,...

One Plug and Done: EU Demands Universal Changing Cable

EU commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton shows his mobile phone during a press conference on a common charging solution for electronic devices at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on Sept. 23, 2021. Credit: NBC News.European Union officials have actually settled on brand-new rules requiring a uniform charging cable for smartphones and other devices.LONDON...