SCIENCE
WEEK
17/08/2014 – 24/08/2014
A GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED PIG
HEART SUCCESSFULLY
SURVIVES MORE THAN
A YEAR IN A BABOON
HOST
Source
RESEARCHERS
UNEXPECTEDLY
DISCOVER THAT HIV
TREATMENT DRUGS
PROTECT AGAINST
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS,
REDUCING THE RISK UP
TO 80%
Source
SCIENTISTS PROPOSE
USING LASERS TO MODIFY
THE EARTH’S CLIMATE
AND FIGHT GLOBAL
WARMING FROM SPACE
AT THE WORLD’S FIRST
MAJOR GEOENGINEERING
CONFERENCE
Source
THE FIRST DIRECT
EVIDENCE OF SYMMETRY
IN THE MAGNET
PROPERTIES OF ATOMS IS
OBSERVED, CONFIRMING
THE SPIN SYMMETRY
THEORY IN QUANTUM
PHYSICS
Source
SUPERCOMPUTING
CALCULATIONS
PROVIDE FIRST
EVIDENCE OF NEVER
BEFORE OBSERVED
HEAVY STRANGE
BARYON PARTICLES
Source
SPACEX’S FALCON
9R ROCKET
EXPLODES MIDAIR
DURING A TEST
FLIGHT AFTER AN
ANOMALY WAS
DETECTED
Source
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