Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954) was one of the greatest computer geniuses in history, which is why he is known as the “father of computing”. This mathematician, philosopher and scientist, whose contributions in the field of cryptography prevented thousands of deaths in World War II, shortening it by several years thanks to his decoding of Nazi secrets, has a lesser-known but no less important aspect: that of the field of biology and chemistry.
A team of scientists from the University of California and the Gladstone Institute in the US has achieved a milestone in cell reprogramming: transforming skin cells into functional cells for the liver. The results have been published in the journal Nature.
Who says animals can't have a sense of rhythm? Despite the fact that until now it was believed that only parrots (and similar birds) had the capacity for rhythm and that this musical ability was the exclusive preserve of human beings, a sea lioness that goes by the name of "Ronan", from the laboratory Long Marine of the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the United States, has defeated this thesis.
The common bumblebee or blowfly, that robust, hairy insect, black or with yellow, white or orange bands and that can sometimes bother us so much, can also surprise us.
George Church, born in 1954, is a geneticist, molecular and chemical engineer, and a renowned professor in genetics at Harvard University (USA). He is considered a pioneer in synthetic biology, a discipline whose goal is to create synthetic organisms and DNA in the laboratory.
A group of researchers from the Goethe University of Frankfurt (Germany) has discovered a new species of snail with a translucent shell and minuscule size. The scientists found a single living specimen and seven empty lakes deep in a cave in Croatia, which helped them determine the existence of a new land snail named Zospeum tholussum.
A group of Spanish researchers has described a new species of marine worm that feeds on the skeleton of whales after finding the first specimen in Antarctica in 2010. This new species of ghoul (Osedax) is the sixth to be documented, and has been Unlike the previous ones in that it inhabits less depth and in colder latitudes.
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.
