First Programmable Quantum Computer Created - Science News

First Programmable Quantum Computer Created - Science News: "Using a few ultracold ions, intense lasers and some electrodes, researchers have built the first programmable quantum computer. The new system, described in a paper to be published in Nature Physics, flexed its versatility by performing 160 randomly chosen processing routines."

Turritopsis nutricula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turritopsis nutricula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The ability to reverse the life cycle is probably unique in the animal kingdom, and allows the jellyfish to bypass death, rendering the Turritopsis nutricula biologically immortal."

How to Extract DNA from Anything Living

How to Extract DNA from Anything Living: "For this experiment, we like to use green split peas."

Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces canc... [Am J Clin Nutr. 2007] - PubMed result

Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces canc... [Am J Clin Nutr. 2007] - PubMed result: "Numerous observational studies have found supplemental calcium and vitamin D to be associated with reduced risk of common cancers."

“Longevity Genes” -Why Some of Us Live Longer

“Longevity Genes” -Why Some of Us Live Longer: "Scientists have long been baffled as to why some people live so much longer than others. Diet and exercise account for some of it, but researchers have found that genetics also factor heavily into the equation, and that long life is somewhat hereditary as it is with living bristlecone pine that were alive when Caesar ruled Rome."

Medical News: Gene Therapy based on reversed engineering HIV Arrests ALD Progression: "In what appears to be a first, European researchers have used gene therapy to arrest the progress of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, a fatal brain disease. In two 7-year-old boys, the gene therapy -- using a viral vector derived from HIV -- stopped the progressive demyelination characteristic of the disease"

Why dolphins are deep thinkers | Science | The Guardian

Why dolphins are deep thinkers | Science | The Guardian: "When people drop paper into the water she hides it under a rock at the bottom of the pool. The next time a trainer passes, she goes down to the rock and tears off a piece of paper to give to the trainer. After a fish reward, she goes back down, tears off another piece of paper, gets another fish, and so on. This behaviour is interesting because it shows that Kelly has a sense of the future and delays gratification. She has realised that a big piece of paper gets the same reward as a small piece and so delivers only small pieces to keep the extra food coming."