5 Amazing 2014 Science Breakthroughs

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30-12-2014 | 10:14
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5 Amazing 2014 Science Breakthroughs

As we prepare ourselves to bid farewell to 2014, here’s a brief roundup of the most interesting science breakthroughs of the year.


1.Landing on a Comet


 

European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft achieved the impossible by successfully landing on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12.

2.A Recipe for Curing Diabetes


 

Scientists were able to turn human stem cells into ones into insulin-secreting pancreatic β cells that are usually missing in people with type 1 diabetes through a complex recipe after more than a decade of experiments, which could hopefully bring about a potential cure for diabetes.

3.Erasing Memories


 

Researchers of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology were able to manipulate memory in mice by using light to erase specific memories.

4.Pluto is a Planet Again


 

A Pluto debate was held in September at the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics where voters decided that Pluto, which was declared a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union in 2006, is indeed a planet after listening to three scientists who presented different insights on the topic.

5.Bionic Arm Man


 

Nigel Ackland was given a new human-like high-tech bionic limb, so sensitive that it actually allows him to type, dress up and peel vegetables again after losing his arm in an accident six years ago.

 

 


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