Human hearts kept 'asleep' in a box can survive outside the body
10 October 2017
A new way of storing hearts outside the body for a day or more could bring an end to people dying while awaiting an organ for a heart transplant
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Giant black hole seen flickering on and off after galaxy snack
9 October 2017
Active Galactic Nuclei occur when a black hole devours a cloud of gas and dust and shines really brightly. Now one has been seen doing it twice
Smartphone lets you see round corners by light flicker on floor
9 October 2017
Tracking tiny variations in light reflected at the base of a wall can let you count people in a room and see where they are moving
Evolution’s rules mean life on Earth isn’t that varied after all
9 October 2017
While there are millions of species on Earth, many of them have almost identical lifestyles, suggesting nature is more regular and rule-based than we thought
Exploding stars could have kick-started our ancestors’ evolution
9 October 2017
The savannahs early hominins occupied might have appeared thanks to a spate of wildfires 8 million years ago – which might in turn be linked to a nearby supernova
Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found
9 October 2017
About half the normal matter in our universe had never been observed – until now. Two teams have finally seen it by combining millions of faint images into one
Light-filtering paint cools your home when exposed to hot sun
9 October 2017
Laser cooling has been applied to paint, which could mitigate urban heat islands and solve the problem of how to cool objects in space
Lunar volcanoes and lava lakes gave the early moon an atmosphere
6 October 2017
The same volcanic eruptions that made the dark patches we can see on the moon spewed out enough hot gas to create an atmosphere billions of years ago
Little-known drug keeps climbers’ minds sharp at high altitude
6 October 2017
An obscure drug, oxiracetam, seems to boost the brain's blood supply and reduce cognitive deficits caused by altitude, according to a study at 4000 metres
Protein injection could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy
6 October 2017
A hair-promoting protein can stop mice from losing fur when given chemo, raising the hope that cancer patients will be able to avoid this side effect
