Solar nano-panels to make yeast “work” more
Solar nano-panels added to the surface of yeast, so that these single-cell microorganisms are more efficient at synthesizing the substances then used by the pharmaceutical industries to produce drugs.
Electrodes from the nose to the brain to recover sense of smell
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston (USA) have managed to activate the sense of smell in three volunteers with a state-of-the-art technique, using the principle of cochlear implants.
Monoclonal antibodies to diagnose (and cure?) Zika
The fight against the zika virus has taken a potentially significant step forward, thanks to a study by virologists from the Stritch School of Medicine of the Loyola University of Chicago (USA).
The formula that makes science fascinating
“7 Brief Lessons on Physics” by Carlo Rovelli is a publishing success story. Released in October 2014, it has sold more than 300,000 copies in Italy alone and has been translated in dozens of [...]
The thyroid “switches on” the color-sensing cells in the eye
In order to understand how the cells that enable us to perceive color are created, researchers from Baltimore created an organoid of the eye: they grew stem cells in the lab, differentiating them [...]
Viruses that will be transmitted from animals to humans
The spill-over, i.e. the transmitting of a virus from one species to the other (in particular, from an animal species to humans), is one of the phenomena most feared by the health authorities, [...]
Welcome to the philosophical breakfast club
The story told by the historian of science Laura Snyder is one that starts a long time ago. To be precise, it begins on June 24, 1833, when the British Association for the Advancement of Science [...]
