Research Stash Weekly Review #45

Weekly Review #45 – Summary of the latest news In science and technology research across the world, carefully handpicked by team Research Stash

“Nanoemulsion” gels offer a new way to deliver drugs through the skin

MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to create very tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid, known as nanoemulsions. Read More

Scientists Have Found Evidence a Strange Group of Quantum Particles Are Basically Immortal

Nothing lasts forever. Humans, planets, stars, galaxies, maybe even the Universe itself, everything has an expiration date. But things in the quantum realm don’t always follow the rules. Now, scientists have found that quasiparticles in quantum systems could be effectively immortal. Read More

An anti-ageing compound from pomegranates proves promising in human clinical trials

Since ageing is a key driver of many diseases, targeting that process could be a handy catch-all for treating a range of diseases and improving the quality of life for pretty much everybody. Read More

This one, newly discovered cell can remake a whole animal

Though often no bigger than an apple seed, planaria are the envy of the animal kingdom. Cut them into a dozen pieces, and each piece will regrow into a full new worm—a remarkable feat of regeneration beyond the ability of most other animals. Now, researchers have pinpointed the cell—and a key protein—that kick-starts this process. Read More

Powerful CRISPR upgrade uses ‘jumping genes’ to directly insert DNA

The CRISPR genome editing technology currently revolutionising biology may soon become even powerful. A new variant of the method based on “jumping genes” could make it much easier to insert pieces of DNA into genomes. Read More

Astronomers Detect an Eerie Ring of Gas Around Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers peering into the dark heart of the Milky Way galaxy have seen a vast, rotating disc of cool gas, circling the supermassive black hole that therein resides. Long has this disc been hypothesised; now, it is revealed in all its turbulent glory. Read More

‘Pumping heart patch’ ready for human use

A “pumping” patch containing millions of living, beating stem cells could help repair the damage caused by a heart attack, according to researchers. Read More

Astronomers Detect Extremely Rare ‘Undead’ Star, Born in a Fantastical Collision

Death, for stars, isn’t always a straightforward affair. In fact, it can get downright weird. Astronomers have just identified a star made from the remnants of two dead stars that fused together, which reignited fusion in the core – bringing the new star back to life. Read More

Medieval manuscript code ‘unlocked’ by Bristol academic

Academic claims to have deciphered a medieval manuscript which countless scholars including Alan Turing had been unable to decode. Read More

Stanford Scientist Says In-Ear Gadgets Will Monitor Our Brains

Personal gadgets known as “hearables,” which communicate with the neural signals passing through our ears in order to monitor and interact with our brains, are on their way. Read More

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