Superpowered Salamanders
How do superpowered salamanders regenerate their brains and can humans do it too? Jennifer investigates.
Category: Life Sciences
Unlocking Beethoven’s DNA with locks of hair
A team of researchers from University of Cambridge — led by doctoral student Tristan Begg[1] — recently used five strands of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair to sequence the musician’s genome. Although ancient DNA studies...
Lithium – from batteries to synthetic-Knex
A finite resource, we rely upon lithium for the majority of our rechargeable technology. However, to a synthetic chemist, lithium has a much deeper connection.
Juice is set to journey to Jupiter’s icy moons
The European Space Agency’s Juice mission is set to launch this month towards Jupiter, exploring the potential for life on its subsurface ocean moons.
What happens when wildlife crime meets the forensic zoologist?
A cross between ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ and ‘Life on Earth’, wildlife forensics is the emerging force that is driving the investigation of wildlife crime.
Neurofeedback: When the brain gives us feedback on how we feel
Being able to see what our brain does when we don’t feel so well shows promising results in treating depression and anxiety. How does this treatment tool called neurofeedback work and why is it even more useful in the post-COVID-19 era?
Tomato- Tomahto: How the Purple Ones Are Different
Nowadays, people are obsessed with everything natural, outvoting the GMO goods. But perhaps our next contestant can shift the paradigm: an awesome-looking purple tomato!
