Category: Milestones
Texas Petawatt.
LASER was turned on Monday that is brighter than the surface of the sun.
Post date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2008.
Admixed embryos.
UK scientists have engineered a part-human part-animal cell in the lab.
Post date: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.
Nanoimpeller.
Researchers have designed a nanomachine that releases anticancer drugs directly into cancer cells.
Post date: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.
Au clair de la lune.
Recording of the earliest known sound is now online.
Post date: Thursday, March 27th, 2008.
HD 189733b.
Astronomers detect the life-forming molecule methane on a planet 63 light years away.
Post date: Wednesday, March 19th, 2008.
Organic light-emitting diode.
GE has manufactured the first ‘roll-to-roll’ flexible lighting device. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, March 12th, 2008.
You Make It, We Play It.
Advertisement contest that will broadcast the winning entry into outer space.
Post date: Friday, March 7th, 2008.
Reservoir-triggered earthquakes.
Scientists have reportedly predicted an earthquake. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 31st, 2006.
RUES1.
Scientists grow human stem cells inside of a mouse embryo. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Disease listed as the official cause of death for the first time is also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Gene expression.
Scientists observe a single gene transfer DNA information into RNA in the lab. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 13th, 2006.
Beating-heart transplant.
British doctors keep a donor heart alive and pumping blood for five hours before successfully transplanting it into the patient.
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
Quantum Critical Point.
Scientists observe matter lose a dimension in the lab and go from 3D to 2D. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 1st, 2006.
Paramutation.
Scientists discover that RNA allows mice to pass on physical traits without the offspring inheriting the genes. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 25th, 2006.
Chromosome 1.
Final chromosome of the human genome is sequenced.
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Homo neanderthalensis.
Scientists have successfully extracted nuclear DNA sequences from a Neanderthal.
Post date: Wednesday, May 17th, 2006.
A galaxy far, far away.
Astronomers discover molecular hydrogen 12.3 billion light-years away. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Neuron-powered CPU.
Rat nerve cell has been used to successfully ping a semiconductor computer chip. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
Drilling expedition has recovered an igneous rock called gabbro in a fossil magma chamber 1.4 km beneath the seafloor.
Post date: Thursday, April 20th, 2006.
Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks.
Project designed to make Rhode Island the first state to offer a border-to-border wireless network. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Precision Implantable Stimulator for Migraine.
Neurostimulation device designed to help migraine sufferers implanted into first patient.
Post date: Wednesday, April 19th, 2006.
Predictive Quantities Indicator.
Algorithm predicting that the English language is nearing one million words. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Cell cycle control.
Scientist has discovered how to reverse the process of cell division. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Tiktaalik roseae.
Fossil remains of a crocodile-like fish discovered that may be the missing link explaining how life transitioned from water to land.
Post date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2006.
Chronic granulomatous disease.
Incurable illness has been eradicated in two afflicted patients using gene therapy treatment. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Furanones.
Compounds that block cholera microbes from switching on their virulence factors and inhibit further development of the disease. (via)
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Ring oscillator.
Researchers create the first transparent integrated circuit.
Post date: Tuesday, March 21st, 2006.
Expanded Programme on Immunization.
Vietnam has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus as a public health problem.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Embryonic stem cells.
Scientists grow a human prostate inside of a mouse.
Post date: Friday, February 24th, 2006.
Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
World Health Organization says that polio virus has been eradicated from Egypt and Niger. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Lenticular printing process.
The Netherlands has used a specialized printing process to produce the first video postage stamp. (via)
Post date: Monday, February 20th, 2006.
Quantum telecloning.
Scientists have successfully cloned and teleported an entire beam of laser light.
Post date: Thursday, February 16th, 2006.
Faux gristle.
Scientists successfully produce synthetic human collagen. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
Double crystal fusion.
Researchers have successfully produced tabletop fusion at room temperature.
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
What’s up, doc?
Chinese surgeons successfully transplant a rabbit’s face. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 1st, 2006.
Fluid turbulence.
Scientists have solved the last great unsolved problem of classical physics.
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
Offensive odors.
California declares secondhand smoke a toxic pollutant.
Post date: Friday, January 27th, 2006.
Electron tomography.
Scientists discover how the influenza virus organizes and replicates.
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Freeze frame.
Japanese researchers recover ice sample from Antarctica believed to be one million years old. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 24th, 2006.
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