Beyond Dome City colonies to Shell Worlds or Paraterraforming as a shortcut to making planets habitable

Existing covered areas and domes on Earth are in the 30-40 acre ranges and with costs of $400 million to 1 billion. There is also strong material (EFTE) which is 100 times lighter than glass and which can lower costs by 4 times. Very large geodesic domes could cover several square miles on Mars. Mars …

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Genome Editing of Pluripotent Stem Cells could forecast the next decade of biotech

It is extremely rare for a single experiment to be so impactful and timely that it shapes and forecasts the experiments of the next decade. Researchers review how two such experiments—the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the development of CRISPR/Cas9 technology—have fundamentally reshaped our approach to biomedical research, stem cell biology, …

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Asthma pill could reduce symptoms in severe sufferers

“This new drug could be a game changer for future treatment of asthma” – Professor Chris Brightling, NIHR Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leicester The first new asthma pill for nearly 20 years has the power to significantly reduce the severity of the condition, a study led by the University of Leicester has …

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