Weekly Review #23 – Summary of the latest news in science and technology research across the world, carefully handpicked by team Research Stash
‘Reprogrammed’ stem cells to be tested in people with Parkinson’s
Doctors in Japan are poised to implant neural cells made from ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells into the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease. Read More
Keto Diets Might Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk—at Least in Mice
Ketogenic diets (keto for short) have become the fad health trend of the moment, with adherents claiming that they can help you lose and keep off weight faster than anything else, as well as provide a bevy of health benefits. Read More
Chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness
Scientists from the University of Toledo in the US now understand precisely how this toxic effect works, which could be good news for anybody at risk of degenerative eye conditions. Read More
World’s first graphene-skinned airplane unveiled in the UK
At the recent Farnborough Air Show 2018, aerospace engineers from Britain’s University of Central Lancashire presented what they state is the world’s first graphene-skinned aircraft. Read More
Gene editing technique allows silkworms to produce spider silk
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has succeeded in using a gene editing technique to get silkworms to produce spider silk. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes the technique they used and the quality of the silk produced. Read more
Chinese Scientists Used CRISPR to Make a New Species With ‘One Giant Chromosome’
For the last 20 million years, the species of yeast used to brew beer has had 16 chromosomes. Now scientists have created a new species with just one. Read More
Physicists Have Invented an Essential Component Needed For Quantum Computers
In a collaboration with Stanford University in the US at the end of last year, a team of scientists from the University of Sydney and Microsoft used the phase of matter – topological insulator – in shrinking an electrical component called a circulator 1,000 times smaller. Read More
The brightest celestial object in the early universe has been spotted
A faraway galaxy is blasting out the brightest radio emissions ever detected from 13 billion light-years away, and astronomers say this ultra-luminous celestial object — what’s known as a quasar — could unlock clues about our universe’s early beginnings. Read More
Engineers develop technology to pull specific contaminants from drinking and wastewater, pipelines
Rice University scientists are developing technology to remove contaminants from water—but only as many as necessary. Read more
A Soviet-Era Fox Experiment May Finally Reveal The Genes Behind Domestication
In 1959, Soviet scientists embarked on an audacious experiment to breed a population of tame foxes, a strain of animals that wouldn’t be aggressive or fearful of people. Read More
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