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 This Week's Total Solar Eclipse: Science of the Celestial Event Read More » 'Unbelievable Event': Uterus Transplanted in a First for US A 26-year-old woman who learned at age 16 that she would be unable to have children now has a chance to do so, thanks to the first uterus transplant in the U.S. The transplant provides hope for women who are unable to have babies due to uterus-related issues, said the doctors who completed the transplant. A condition called uterine factor infertility — in which a woman is unable to get pregnant because she either does not have a uterus, or the uterus does not function properly — affects an estimated 50,000 women in the United States, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Read More »Orbital eyes first customer for in-space satellite servicing Read More » Mysterious 'Area 6' Landing Strip in Nevada Desert Baffles Experts Read More » A 35-Inch Waist and Your Health: What's the Link? In reaction to model Ashley Graham gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated's latest swimsuit issue, former Sports Illustrated cover girl and supermodel Cheryl Tiegs sounded not so positive about women with larger waistlines. "I don't like it that we're talking about full-figured women, because it's glamorizing them, and your waist should be smaller than 35 [inches]," Tiegs said in an interview with E! on the red carpet of the 13th Annual Global Green USA pre-Oscar party. Celebrity feuds aside, Tiegs' reaction left many people curious about whether a 35-inch waist is a true marker of health. Read More »Bionic fingertip gives sense of touch to amputee By Matthew Stock A bionic fingertip has given an amputee the sensation of rough or smooth textures via electrodes implanted into nerves in his upper arm. Scientists from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) and SSSA (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy) successfully allowed amputee Dennis Aabo Sørensen to receive this sophisticated tactile information in real-time. The research, published in science journal eLife, says Sørensen is the first person in the world to recognize texture using a bionic fingertip connected to electrodes surgically implanted above his stump. Read More »Microbial Manifesto: The Global Push to Understand the Microbiome (Kavli Roundtable) Read more perspective pieces on the Kavli Expert Voices landing page. With a unified focus, researchers hope to learn how microbiomes could not only cure infectious diseases and reduce antibiotic drug resistance, but also reclaim exhausted farmland, cut fertilizer and pesticide use, and produce new fuels and carbon-based chemicals. Such analyses show that microbial communities can be incredibly diverse , including hundreds of thousands of different microbial species, all interacting with one another. Read More »A Demon Ate the Sun: How Solar Eclipses Inspired Superstition Read More » The World's Most Innovative Research Institutions Topping the list is France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), for its research into areas including renewable power, public health, and information security. On a country-by-country basis, the United States leads the list, with six organizations ranked (France and Japan each have four, and Germany has three). Read More »Slippery Asteroid Surprises Scientists With Early Earth Flyby Read More » | ||||
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