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USD 70 million ‘organ chips’ could recreate the human body

USD 70 million ‘organ chips’ could recreate the human body

American scientists are developing computer chips to mimic the human organs to be used for drug development and prevent the death of thousands of laboratory animals. Reportedly, the five-year long ‘Tissue Chip for Drug Testing’ programme, worth 45 million pounds (USD 70 million), is being funded by three giant US agencies. Scientists at the...

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Scientists create artificial mother of pearl

Scientists create artificial mother of pearl

Scientists have created an artificial mother of pearl by synthesising the strong, iridescent coating found on the inside of some molluscs. Researchers from Cambridge University manufactured a material which has a similar structure, mechanical behaviour and optical appearance like that of nacre found in nature. Nacre, known as mother of pearl is the iridescent...

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Spiderman adventure similar to actual science: scientists

Spiderman adventure similar to actual science: scientists

Scientists claim that the plot of spiderman movie isn’t as far-fetched as some people might have thought as they were already working on regenerating human organs. “We’re working on long-term projects to regenerate fingers and limbs,” says Koudy Williams, Professor at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine. “But we have safer...

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Space tastes like raspberries and smells of rum

Space tastes like raspberries and smells of rum

If a long term research by astronomers is anything to go by, then the centre of our of galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells of rum. According to a news report, astronomers searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way have concluded that...

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How to avoid getting wet in rain

How to avoid getting wet in rain

A physicist has put forth new ideas to the question of how best to keep dry when moving in the rain. Franco Bocci has asserted that both wind direction and a person’s stature figure into the answer. In most cases the general answer is to run as fast as possible, but the answer changes...

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Universe could end in ‘big rip’

Universe could end in ‘big rip’

Depending on the properties of dark energy that makes up about 70 percent of the current content of the Universe, researchers have proposed several possible scenarios of the ultimate fate of our world. One is that the Universe will end in a so-called big rip. Now, five researchers from the University of Science and...

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