Italian health officials are allowing a handful of patients to continue with a controversial stem cell therapy amid protests from scientists that the treatments are unproven and unsafe. The Stamina Foundation has been administering the therapy at the public hospital Spedali Civili of Brescia to people with a range of degenerative diseases Continue reading
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Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days
WITHIN just eight days of starting a novel gene therapy, David Aponte’s “incurable” leukaemia had vanished. Continue reading
Don’t let US knee-jerk secrecy slow down space flight
US government red tape threatens to deprive the fledgling space-flight community of important technical insights ONE of the more unorthodox ornaments that adorns New Scientist’s London office is a large model of an inflatable space station that might one day be put into Earth orbit. Not long ago, a film-maker wanted to borrow it. We were fine with that, as was its inventor Continue reading
Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs
Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes, with two of them still alive more than four years later. Continue reading
Nanotechnology-Mad Scientist Mike 2012 – Video
Nanotechnology-Mad Scientist Mike 2012 music made with audiotool.com By: unfoundbassist Continue reading
NASA’s Curiosity and Orion Shine at Presidential Inaugural Parade
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Video caption: Preview of Mars Curiosity Parade Float. Jim Green, Director of the Science Mission Directorate Planetary Systems Division at NASA Headquarters, describes the replica of the Mars Curiosity Rover on the second NASA float in Mondays (Jan 21, 2013) presidential inaugural parade. Continue reading
NASA May Try to Capture Asteroid, Fix It in Lunar Orbit
NASA is reportedly backing a plan to capture a near-Earth asteroid with an unmanned spacecraft and drag it into lunar orbit for study. The project, cooked up by scientists at California’s Keck Institute for Space Studies, could potentially deliver an asteroid to the vicinity of the Moon by next decade. Continue reading
NASA's NEXT Ion Engine Achieves 43,000 Hours of Continuous Operation
According to Gizmag, NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT), the latest ion engine, has clocked a record 43,000 hours of continuous operation at NASA’s Glenn Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Ion engines propelling space exploration NASA, which has been developing ion engines for decades, has used a version called NSTAR for deep space missions Continue reading
Aliens R Truth – Video
Aliens R Truth ?Fake NASA Scientist and Fake Art Bell Caller ..But are the Right?From:AR15Truther3Views:0 0ratingsTime:08:47More inEducation Continue reading
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa: How I Became a Scientist – Video
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa: How I Became a Scientist At age 19, Quiones-Hinojosa jumped the fence from Mexico to become a farm worker in California. Thanks to his own determination, hard work and discipline and a lot of support from family and friends, he left farm work, completed university and medical school, and ultimately became a highly successful physician-scientist and brain surgeon. About the speaker: Alfredo Quiones-Hinojosa is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology, Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Director of the Brain Tumor Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins University. Continue reading
Scientists Reset the Molecular Clock For Human Origins
Last week's New Scientist cover story argued that a new consensus on dating the key stages in human evolution is in the offing. Continue reading
AGU 2012 Fall Meeting: Science
AGU 2012 Fall Meeting: Science Technology at Extreme Depths, with James Cameron Science Technology at Extreme Depths, with James Cameron and DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Scientists Tuesday, 4 December 2:30 pm Journalists can follow up on special session U22C with questions for James Cameron and three scientists from the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Expedition. Continue reading
V. Nagarajan, National Aerospace Laboratories, India Aviation 2012 – hybiz.tv – Video
India Aviation 2012, Air Show 2012, V. Nagarajan – hybiz.tv – Video
India Aviation 2012, Air Show 2012, V. Nagarajan – hybiz.tv V. Nagarajan, Scientist'G' Head, NTAF, National Aerospace Laboratories, India Aviation 2012From:hybiztvViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:22More inScience Technology Continue reading
Let's make sure he WON'T be back! Cambridge to open 'Terminator centre' to study threat to humans from artificial …
Centre will examine the possibility that there might be a Pandoras box’ moment with technology The founders say technologies already have the ‘potential to threaten our own existence’ By Amanda Williams PUBLISHED: 08:00 EST, 25 November 2012 | UPDATED: 03:03 EST, 26 November 2012 A centre for ‘terminator studies’, where leading academics will study the threat that robots pose to humanity, will open at Cambridge University A centre for ‘terminator studies’, where leading academics will study the threat that robots pose to humanity, is set to open at Cambridge University. Continue reading
ISS Update: Packing and Preparing Space Food – Video
ISS Update: Packing and Preparing Space Food Public Affairs Officer Amiko Kauderer talks with NASA Food Scientist Vickie Kloeris at Johnson Space Center's Space Food Laboratory. They talk about preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for the residents of the International Space Station.From:BasriMusaViews:0 0ratingsTime:14:51More inScience Technology Continue reading
ISS Update: Packing and Preparing Space Food (Part 1) – Video
ISS Update: Packing and Preparing Space Food (Part 1) Public Affairs Officer Amiko Kauderer talks with NASA Food Scientist Vickie Kloeris at Johnson Space Center's Space Food Laboratory. They talk about preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for the residents of the International Space Station.From:nvdktubeViews:0 0ratingsTime:14:51More inScience Technology Continue reading
Beautiful Earth – Biosphere Filmed from Oct 2001 till Sep 2006 – Video
Beautiful Earth – Biosphere Filmed from Oct 2001 till Sep 2006 On land, the dark greens show where there is abundant vegetation and tans show relatively sparse plant cover. Continue reading
USC Scientist Cracks Mysterious Copiale Cipher and Discovers a Secret Society? – Video
USC Scientist Cracks Mysterious Copiale Cipher and Discovers a Secret Society? USC Scientist Cracks Mysterious Copiale Cipher and Discovers a Secret Society? Like or Follow at .. Continue reading
New movie (the sims 3) – Auditions [OPEN] – Video
New movie (the sims 3) – Auditions [OPEN] Hi guys ! Send me your auditions here : olasajk@gmail.com , or upload a video on youtube 
Characters : EARTH AND SPACE SHUTTLE : (english) * Astrid Wine – very smart and clever girl. She's 17 years old. Only she surrvived in space shuttle crash. Continue reading