Paris, France - Since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians, people across the world have gazed up in awe at Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars blazing in the night sky. Now astronomers have discovered that this red supergiant, known to many as the hunter's shoulder in the...
Human brain cells implanted in rats offer research gold mine
Researchers implanted the groupings of human brain cells, called organoids, into the brains of young rats. The rats' age was important: human neurons have been implanted into adult rats before, but an animal's brain stops developing at a certain age, limiting how well implanted cells can integrate.
US scientist, dubbed ‘modern-day Darwin,’ dies
Edward O Wilson, an award-winning biologist and longtime Harvard professor, died on Sunday at the age of 92.
Bird flu outbreak in Israel results in death of 2,000 cranes
More than 40,000 cranes are estimated to have remained in the area of northern Israel as 2000 have been dead in the Bird flu outbreak.American scientist duo wins Nobel in medicine
They will share the Nobel Prize cheque for 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million, €1 million).
Former housing minister Iran’s new atomic energy chief
Mohammad Eslami, who previously served as housing and transport minister, replaces the country’s most prominent nuclear scientist Ali Akbar Salehi
