Weekly Review #52 – Summary of the latest news in science and technology research across the world, carefully handpicked by team Research Stash
Nobel Prize in Medicine Won For Profound Discovery of How Cells Sense Oxygen
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to three physician-scientists from the United States and Britain – William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Gregg L. Semenza – “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” Read More
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Studies of Earth’s Place in the Universe
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to an astrophysicist who came up with sweeping ideas to explain how matter in the young universe swirled into galaxies, and to two astronomers who showed that other stars similar to the sun also possess planets. Read More
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for the development of lithium-ion batteries – as it happened
And there we leave the chemistry prize for another year. Huge congratulations go to John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Read More
Scientists observe mysterious cosmic web directly for the first time
The cosmic web, a vast, mysterious structure that links up far-flung galaxies, has been observed directly for the first time. Read More
Plastic Particles Released Into Your Brew by Some Teabags
Many people are trying to reduce their plastic use, but some tea manufacturers are moving in the opposite direction: replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have discovered that a soothing cup of the brewed beverage may come with a dose of micro- and nano-sized plastics shed from the bags. Possible health effects of ingesting these particles are currently unknown, the researchers say. Read More
Controversial Paper Suggests We Could Just ‘Infect’ Mars With Life
What do you imagine the first settlers on Mars will look like? Maybe they’ll be the best and brightest our world has to offer: people from countries around the world with multiple degrees and decades of training in astrophysics. Read More
Scientists discover a worm that has three sexes, pouch like a kangaroo, can survive toxin that kills humans
There’s a new species of worm, and this one has three different sexes, can survive 500 times the dose of arsenic it would take to kill a human and keeps its young in a pouch, not unlike a kangaroo. Read More
Major error undermines study suggesting change introduced in the CRISPR babies experiment shortens lives
A scientific study published this past spring came with damning implications for Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who created the world’s first gene-edited babies: People with the rare genetic variants that He tried to engineer into embryos, the study asserted, had an increased death rate. Read More
Scientists finally find superconductivity in place they have been looking for decades
Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory say they have found the first, long-sought proof that a decades-old scientific model of material behavior can be used to simulate and understand high-temperature superconductivity - an important step toward producing and controlling this puzzling phenomenon at will. Read More
Scientists find the earliest signs of life from 3.5 billion years ago
Scientists have discovered microbial remains in rocks that are 3.5 billion years old, showcasing some of the earliest signs of life on the planet. The organic matter was discovered in stromatolites, Earth’s oldest fossils, in the Pilbara region in Western Australia, scientists at the University of New South Wales said on Thursday. Read More
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