Tests could show the probability of illnesses occurring in future years, with huge moral and ethical implications, says immunology professor Daniel M Davis.
Experiments now online or being built in Japan, South Korea, Italy, Canada and the United States are an order of magnitude more sensitive than the previous generation, and planned future detectors would improve on that by another two orders of magnitude (see ‘Experiments around the world’). In 2015, an advisory committee to the US Department of Energy identified such a project as a priority and a commitment to fund an experiment to detect Majorana neutrinos — estimated to cost up to/around US$250 million — is thought to be imminent.
The search for exotic ‘Majorana’ particles that could solve a big antimatter mystery is ramping up around the world.
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India looks like the future. Even as China and other Asian nations contract, economically or otherwise, India continues to expand, with…
A century of science has pushed the boundaries of human reproduction even beyond writers’ imaginations.
Europe’s largest battery storage project – and the first to reach 100 megawatts of capacity – has begun operations at Minety in Wiltshire, UK.
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Microsoft is overhauling its emoji to make them 3D. The new design includes the return of Clippy to replace the paperclip emoji in Office and more.
In this podcast we chat about a new biography of Stephen Hawking and catch up with the director of Latin America’s only synchrotron light source.
