A team of scientists from the United States and Europe, led by New York University (USA), has managed to create the first 100% artificial chromosome in history in a laboratory. The chromosome in question is from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that is, from the fungus that makes bread, beer and wine.
Seven times bigger than human. This is the genome of the most important commercial tree species in the United States, the taeda pine (Pinus taeda), which has just been sequenced by a team of scientists from the University of California. "It's a great genome. But the The challenge has not been only to collect the sequence data.
A team of researchers from the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii and the Carnegie Institute for Science in Washington (USA) has discovered a new dwarf planet, called 2012 VP113 and provisionally named Biden, which is located at the limits of the solar system, 80 times ( in astronomical units or AU) further from the Sun than Earth is, making it the farthest object in our solar system.
A team of astronomers from the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has discovered that a remote asteroid located on the periphery of the Solar System called Chariklo, is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings, which make it the smallest object ever found. so far owning this ring system.
White dwarfs are, along with red dwarfs, the most abundant stars in the universe. Now, thanks to research carried out by a team of astronomers from the University of Leicester (United Kingdom) and the University of Arizona (USA), one of the great mysteries of celestial archeology has been solved for more than 20 years: the Hot white dwarfs are contaminated by debris of planetary material.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have detected abnormal neural activity in the parts of the brain that are activated with anticipatory functions in young occasional users - 18 to 24 years old - of stimulant drugs such as cocaine or amphetamines.
Our species has left an indelible mark on the planet. So much so that when we disappear our distinctive fossil footprint will last for a long time. That is what, at least, a team of researchers from different British and American institutions maintains in the magazine 'The Anthropocene Review'.
Although it may seem a lie, given the state of war the country is in, work continues in Syria on some of the multiple archaeological sites that dot its territory.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
