From the bronze age to food cans, here's how tin changed humanity

Apr 01, 2019 17:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements were taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Todays its tin, a chemical that has little use by itself, but mix...

Discovered: the earliest known genetic condition in human evolution

Apr 01, 2019 17:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Genetic diseases are fairly common today, with more than one in 25 children being born with one. But the evolutionary history of such conditions is mysterious. Which genetic disorders were common in our ancestors and why?...

Cancer Cure: Medical Research Explains How Worms Are Causing Cancer and Can Potentially Cure Them

Mar 26, 2019 09:24 am UTC| Science

A recently published medical paper explains how a number of worm species are causing cancer to many people in underdeveloped countries. But, on the other hand, the researchers also explained how some worms might actually...

HIV/AIDS Cure: Third Patient Now in ‘Long-Term Remission’ From HIV Following Stem Cell Treatment

Mar 26, 2019 08:22 am UTC| Science

Hopes are up that stem cell treatment could eventually lead to the cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A third HIV patient has reportedly been on remission from the...

We did a breakthrough 'speed test' in quantum tunnelling, and here's why that's exciting

Mar 21, 2019 13:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

When you deal with things at the quantum scale, where things are very small, the world is quite fuzzy and bizarre in comparison to our everyday experiences. For example, we cant ordinarily walk through solid walls. But...

A case against a moratorium on germline gene editing

Mar 21, 2019 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Should researchers put the brakes on genetically engineering babies? Leading scientists and ethicists recently called for a moratorium on clinical applications of germline gene editing: inheritable alterations to the DNA...

Six images reveal how we ‘see' data and capture invisible science

Mar 21, 2019 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

As an experimental video-maker working at scales smaller than molecules, I surround myself in a variety of scientific visualisations. In reading popular media on scientific discoveries, I sometimes encounter claims that...