Science Archives - Page 8 of 26 - McK Books n Things

13 Oct

Stool test could provide a simpler way to diagnose endometriosis

October 13, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Endometriosis tissue viewed under a microscopeBIOPHOTO ASSOCIATES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Low levels of a particular compound in faeces c...

12 Oct

Science

Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air

October 12, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this weekDirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A childre...

11 Oct

Science

Starship: When will SpaceX’s next ‘chopstick’ test flight go ahead?

October 11, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

SpaceX’s Starship rocket before its first test flight in 2023SpaceX SpaceX has had a Starship ready and waiting for its fifth test flig...

10 Oct

Science

Living microbes found deep inside 2-billion-year-old rock

October 10, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Cells found inside ancient rocks, their DNA stained with a green fluorescent dyeY. Suzuki, S. J. Webb, M. Kouduka et al. 2024/ Microbia...

09 Oct

Science

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins

October 9, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

The Nobel prize committee announce the chemistry prize winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in StockholmJONATHAN NACKSTRAND...

08 Oct

Science

Slowing growth in life expectancy means few people will live to 100

October 8, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Few people get to celebrate their 100th birthdayCometary/Getty Images/iStockphoto Will you live to 100? For the average person, the ans...

07 Oct

Science

Nobel prize for medicine goes to the pair who discovered microRNA

October 7, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are announced as the winners of the 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicineJonathan Nackstrand AFP via...

06 Oct

Science

Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids

October 6, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Samples from asteroid RyuguJAXA Future astronauts could eat a nutritionally perfect diet made from bacteria reared on ground-up asteroi...

05 Oct

Science

Will semiconductor production be derailed by Hurricane Helene?

October 5, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Constructing a semiconductor chipIM Imagery/Shutterstock The deadliest hurricane to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina has ...

04 Oct

Science

Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss

October 4, 2024
By mcknight.bg
0 comments

Holes in the retina can make vision patchy or blurredCHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A transplant of human stem cells sealed ...