Research Stash Weekly Review #40

Weekly Review #40 – Summary of the latest news In science and technology research across the world, carefully handpicked by team Research Stash

For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Produced Fractal Light From Lasers

Two decades after the hypothetical prediction that it should be possible, scientists have been able to produce fractal light from a laser. Read More

Astronomers Have Accidentally Discovered a Tiny Galaxy Right in Our Backyard

Humanity is getting pretty good at looking deep into space. We’ve peered back over 13 billion light-years. Read More

Bacteria promote lung tumour development, study suggests

MIT cancer biologists have discovered a new mechanism that lung tumours exploit to promote their own survival: These tumours alter bacterial populations within the lung, provoking the immune system to create an inflammatory environment that in turn helps the tumour cells to thrive. Read More

Fasting ramps up human metabolism, study shows

Research uncovers previously unknown effects of fasting, including notably increased metabolic activity and possible anti-ageing effects. Read More

Virus lurking inside banana genome has been destroyed with CRISPR

Genome editing has been used to destroy a virus that lurks inside many of the bananas grown in Africa. Other teams are trying to use it to make the Cavendish bananas sold in supermarkets worldwide resistant to a disease that threatens to make it impossible to grow this variety commercially in future. Read More

Scientists Have Found a Way to Convert Human Brain Signals Directly Into Speech

In the first experiment of its kind, scientists have been able to translate brain signals directly into intelligible speech. It may sound like wild science fiction at first, but this feat could actually help some people with speech issues. Read More

Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked to Schizophrenia in Largest Study Yet

n what researchers describe as the largest study of its kind, scientists have found new evidence of a link between infection with the protozoan parasite,Toxoplasma gondii, and schizophrenia. Read More

Scientists turn Wi-Fi signals into ELECTRICITY in breakthrough

Scientists have invented a machine that converts Wi-Fi signals into electricity to power devices without the need for a battery. Read More

Israeli Scientists: We’ll Have a Cure for Cancer Within a Year – Futurism

An Israeli pharmaceutical company is claiming it will have a “complete cure for cancer” within the next year. Read More

Scientists Turned a Regular Fidget Spinner Into a Centrifuge That Separates Blood

Kids are already over fidget spinners after adults rapidly made them uncool, but a team of scientists in Taiwan has found a nifty way to repurpose these small toys. Read More

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