Scientists have converted skin cells from healthy adults directly into motor neurons without going through a stem cell state. The technique makes it possible to study motor neurons of the human central nervous system in the lab. Unlike commonly studied mouse motor neurons, human motor neurons growing in the lab […]
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A discovery about muscular dystrophy disorders has been made that suggests new possibilities for treatment. Researchers found that stem cells in the muscles of muscular dystrophy patients may, at an early age, lose their ability to regenerate new muscle, due to shortened telomeres.
WASHINGTON — An EchoStar satellite that stopped obeying commands this summer has since been boosted into a graveyard orbit 350 kilometers above the geostationary belt, EchoStar said Sept. 6. EchoStar-3 undergoing testing prior to launch. Credit: Lockheed Martin. EchoStar-3, a 20-year-old television broadcast satellite from Lockheed Martin, stopped responding to […]
View photos A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (AFP Photo/HO) More Washington (AFP) – SpaceX successfully launched a secret US Air Force space plane on Thursday ahead of the arrival in Florida of Hurricane Irma. Live images […]
WASHINGTON — With Hurricane Irma looming off the Florida coast, SpaceX beat unfavorable weather odds Thursday morning to send the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable spaceplane back into orbit for its fifth classified mission. A Falcon 9 carrying the Boeing-built X-37B hidden inside its protective shroud lifted off a 10:00 […]
Things might get weird on Earth over the next few days, following some intense solar activity. Even though the sun is reaching the point in its 11-year cycle of activity during which it is supposed to have the least activity, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted solar flares this week that […]
View photos Britain’s HMS Ocean is departing for the Caribbean from the Mediterranean carrying a number of helicopters, a defence ministry source told AFP (AFP Photo/Carl COURT) More London (AFP) – Britain is sending two military vessels to help victims of Hurricane Irma and is earmarking £32 million ($41.8 million, […]
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and MIT are teaming up on a Watson AI lab. IBM, MIT to Team Up on Watson AI Lab More Source: Atomic Taco via Flickr The effort will have IBM spending $240 million over a 10-year period to create a Watson AI lab. The facility will […]