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This could one day help in developing regenerative medicine therapies and new infertility treatments. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists grow human eggs to full maturity in a lab

Scientists had developed mouse eggs in a laboratory to the stage where they produced live offspring.

12 Feb 2018 7:33 PM

Hanson Robotics has made about a dozen copies of Sophia, who like any human is a work in progress. A multinational team of scientists and engineers are fine tuning her appearance and the algorithms that enable her to smile, blink and refine her understanding and communication. (Representational image)

Lifelike robots made in Hong Kong meant to win over humans

Hanson Robotics are combining AI with China's expertise in toy design, electronics and manufacturing to craft humanoid "social robots."

16 Jan 2018 3:27 PM

The team proved the reservoir computing concept using a test of handwriting recognition, a common benchmark among neural networks. (Photo: Pixabay)

New system can help machines think like humans

This contrasts with typical computer systems, where processors perform logic separate from memory modules.

24 Dec 2017 2:04 PM

The skeleton, dubbed Little Foot, was discovered in the Sterkfontein caves, about 40 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg when small foot bones were found in rock blasted by miners. Photo:AP

Rare human ancestor skeleton from 3.6 million years ago found

The researchers say it has taken 20 years to excavate, clean, reconstruct and analyse the fragile skeleton.

07 Dec 2017 9:30 AM

The record-breaking attempt to build a 51-meter-long and 51-meter-wide QR code involved people holding colourful umbrellas. (Photo: Facebook/China Plus News)

2500 Chinese students come together to form Guinness record-breaking human QR code

The world's biggest QR code made up with individuals was assembled at Sias International University, China.

13 Nov 2017 6:28 PM

It turns out that horses too can tell the difference between dominant and submissive body postures in humans, even if the person is not familiar to them.

Study shows that horses too can read our body language

Research find horses can tell the difference between dominant and submissive body postures in humans, even when they don’t know the people.

04 Nov 2017 9:14 AM

New AI system can read your mind!

Each type of information is processed in a different brain system - which is how the brain also processes the information for objects.

24 Oct 2017 7:38 PM

Brow raising, which makes the eyes look bigger - so- called puppy dog eyes - was the dogs' most commonly used expression in this research. (Photo: Pixabay)

Dogs more expressive when someone is looking, says study

Scientists at University of Portsmouth in UK are first to find clear evidence dogs move their faces in direct response to human attention.

21 Oct 2017 10:22 AM

Humans can already receive pig heart valves and pancreases, but scientists have long sought to make their entire organs, which grow to around human size, available for harvest. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists genetically edit viral infections from piglets

Researchers place edited embryonic cells into chemical cocktail that encourages growth without destructive effects of modification.

12 Aug 2017 10:41 AM

Participants in a study were able to memorise sound patterns played to them during two phases of sleep called Rapid Eye Movement (Photo: Pixabay)

Humans maybe able to learn while asleep, says study

According to researchers the human brain can learn new things while asleep, but only in certain phases of shut-eye.

09 Aug 2017 8:39 AM

Study is the first to show that an engineered skin graft can survive long term with intact immune system (Photo: Pixabay)

Now, gene therapy may treat diabetes and obesity via skin, say experts

According to researchers, new therapy could be used to deliver therapeutic proteinsfor people with a genetic defect.

05 Aug 2017 11:23 AM

Men not crying has nothing to do with societal expectations but has a lot more to do with male hormones (Photo: Pixabay)

Reason behind men not crying revealed

According to research, there is less of society involved behind men not shedding tears and more of them lacking emotional hormone.

04 Aug 2017 10:44 AM

The embryos, tested in the laboratory, were allowed to develop for only a few days. (representational image)

Scientists correct disease-causing mutation from genes in human embryos

US scientists have succeeded in altering the genes of a human embryo to correct a disease-causing mutation.

03 Aug 2017 8:38 AM

This is possible because the zebrafish retina contains cells called Muller glia that harbour a gene that allows them to regenerate. When these cells sense that the retina has been injured, they turn on this gene, called Ascl1.

Retina cells successfully regenerated in mice

According to researchers zebrafish have a remarkable ability to regenerate damaged tissue, including neural tissue like the retina.

27 Jul 2017 5:27 PM

Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the DNA code. Now, they’re taking the more radical step of starting over, and building redesigned life forms from scratch.

Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life's blueprint

The research may reveal basic, hidden rules that govern the structure and functioning of genomes.

27 Jul 2017 12:44 PM

The European Space Agency, or ESA, has described its "Moon Village" as a potential international launching pad for future missions to Mars.

China in talks with European Space Agency about moon outpost

China has ramped up its space program since its first manned spaceflight in 2003

26 Apr 2017 1:20 PM

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