Science Weekly


This Week In Science

January 3 - 10, 2016

Physics

Cornell scientists verify that atoms will not move when someone is observing them (aka the Zeno Effect)

Space

SpaceX announces that the Falcon 9 will land on a mobile drone ship for its next launch on Jan 17th

Medical

Scientists develop a new class of sound wave that are gentle enough to manipulate stem cells without damage

Space

Scientists observe dim flickers of visible light coming from a black hole for the first time

Biology

Scientists teach bacteria to perform artificial photosynthesis to convert sunlight into valuable chemical products

Medical

A new implantable "shock absorber” for knees has been developed to delay costly knee replacement surgeries

This Week In Science

December 27, 2015 - January 3, 2016

Neuroscience

Scientists identify clusters of genes in the brain that are believed to be linked to human intelligence for the first time ever

Space

US Congress instructs NASA to design and implement a space habitat by 2018

Medical

A doctor invents a voice prothesis for cancer patients that is 300x cheaper than commercial ones

Space

Musk says the Falcon 9 is ready to fire again just eleven days after its historic launch

Space

Putin dissolves Russia’s federal space agency Roscosmos prior to a restructuring occurring in Jan 2016

3D Printing

Researchers develop a new approach for 3d printing strong flawless ceramics devoid of pores

This Week In Science

December 20 - 27, 2015

Material

Researchers revive plutonium production and create enough material to power space missions for NASA until 2020

Biology

New research shows that the tardigrade (water bear) turns into a special type of bioglass when they dry out

Space

A new paper claims that black holes found in the center of galaxies may reach a maximum size of about 50 billion Suns 

Space

SpaceX successfully completes Falcon 9’s first soft landing in a major step towards developing fully reusable rockets

Medical

Stanford researchers develop a microscope that allows the first ever look at live muscle units in action

Space

Congress grants NASA an unexpectedly large $19.3B budget, the highest its been in over a decade

This Week In Science

December 13 - 20, 2015

Physics

Two experiments produce evidence of a new elementary particle at Cern's Large Hadron Collider

Space

NASA is now accepting applications for astronauts in preparation of manned Mars missions

Space

Astronomers discover the closest alien planet that lies in the habitable zone of its parent stay just 14 light years away

Physics

Researchers demonstrate the requirements for secure quantum teleportation using quantum steering

Biology

Researchers begin using CRISPR-Cas9 to eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitos in Africa by making them unable to reproduce

Material

Scientists create borophene, a new 2-dimensional material that is 100 times stronger than steel and extremely flexible

This Week In Science

December 6 - 13, 2015

Energy

The world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor comes to life and achieves a temperature of one million degrees Celsius

Space

Scientists find a distant object in our solar system that might be a Super-Earth, but is more likely a smaller ice world

Material

Australian scientists develop a super absorbent material capable of dramatically lowering the environmental impact of oil spills

Medical

The FDA approves a new sponge-filled syringe capable of blocking blood flow from a gunshot wound in just 20 seconds

Medical

Parkinson’s researchers develop a way to ramp up the conversion of skin cells into neurons that can produce dopamine

Physics

For the first time, scientists prove that a fundamental problem of particle and quantum physics is mathematically unsolvable

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