2017 was the year of innovation: NASA put reusable rockets into operation for the first time, patients can start curing cancer using their own cells, and scientists Scientists discovered the 8th lost continent of Earth.
Here are the craziest, most impressive and most promising innovations of 2017, as voted by Business Insider:
This continent lies on the ocean floor between New Zealand and New Caledonia.
This lost land, called Zealandia, lies on the ocean floor between New Zealand and New Caledonia. It didn’t always sink to the bottom of the sea, because researchers have found fossils that show a variety of strange plants and creatures that once flourished here.
Many people think that Zealandia should be included in the list of 7 existing continents of the Earth.
Scientists say they have invented a new, unnatural pair: XY.
Living organisms have two types of amino acid pairs: AT (adenine – thymine) and GC (guanine – cytosine). Together, they write our DNA and form the basis of all genetic information in nature.
But scientists say they have invented a new, unnatural pair: XY.
In November, they showed how these synthetic cell sections can function perfectly alongside the natural pairs in E.Coli’s DNA.
Floyd Romesburg – head of research at Scripps Research Institute (California) – said his new invention could help improve the way we treat diseases. For example, it can change degraded proteins inside the body, helping drugs stay in our system longer. Romesburg says his team is exploring how the invention could help in cancer treatment and autoimmune diseases.
The formation of 0 trillion trillion worth of gold took place when two stars collided.
The formation of 0 trillion trillion worth of gold happened when two super-small, super-dense stars collided 130 million light-years from Earth. This collision also produced a large amount of silver and platinum, and this is also the first time in history that scientists have witnessed the collision of two neutron stars.
These two stars collide at about one-third the speed of light, creating gravitational waves; Scientific instruments on Earth have picked up these waves, which astronomers say occur only once every 100,000 years.
In the pyramid of Giza, it is 99.9999% certain that this vast empty space exists.
The researchers found a cave about 30.5 meters long using an advanced imaging technology based on high-speed particles called muons . These particles are created when cosmic rays from supernovae, re-entering neutron stars, black holes, and other high-energy objects hit Earth and interact with air molecules.
The researchers used these cosmic rays to “see” through the millions of tons of rock in the pyramid and discovered a hidden hollow space through particle detectors. They are 99.9999% sure that this large empty space exists, but do not think it is a special tomb, or a certain room.
The CAR T-cell therapy costs 5,000 per patient.
The therapy, called CAR T-cell therapy , treats cancer in a whole new way by taking cells in a patient’s body, reprogramming them, and then reintroducing them back into the body to hunt down new cells. cancer cell.
In August, the FDA approved Kymriah, a method that uses the body’s immune system to attack acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children. This method costs 5,000 per patient.
In October, another CAR-T therapy, Yescarta, was approved for use in adults to treat a blood cancer called non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma.
This is the third largest iceberg in the world ever recorded.
In July, an iceberg the size of Delaware (USA) broke away from the large Larsen C iceberg in Antarctica and began to drift in the sea. This is the third largest iceberg in the world ever recorded.
Scientists are also worried about the Arctic glacial tundra: in December, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said , “The Arctic shows no signs of returning to the glacial age it once was. decades ago”.
These 7 planets are satellites of a star in our “neighbor” solar system.
These 7 planets are satellites of a star in our “neighbor” solar system, known as TRAPPIST-1. At least 6 of them are rocky planets like Earth.
Scientists think that these planets are in the Goldilocks Zone state – ie not too hot, not too cold, just enough for life to multiply. They are also quite close to Earth: only about 4 light years.
According to NASA scientists, this distance is close enough to be able to conduct further research steps.
This probe crashed into the clouds of Saturn and burned up completely.
Before the Cassini probe crashed on September 15, it managed to take and send back a wonderful picture of Saturn, because we have never seen a picture of this planet before. !
After 13 years as a satellite orbiting Saturn, Cassini’s final mission began with a flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan, then a 1931km launch between Saturn and its ice belt.
Eventually, the probe crashed into the clouds of Saturn and burned up completely – an event that scientists had planned in advance to avoid the spacecraft running out of fuel and crashing into one of the planets. moon of Saturn.
This scanner looks like the pneumatic tube systems at drive-thru banks.
Embrace is the first MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system that is safely certified to be placed in the same room as infants being treated in the hospital.
Before the babies are scanned, they’ll be wrapped in a special suit and MRI earplugs. The doctor will then insert them into a tube to collect information about the child’s condition.
This scanner looks like the pneumatic tube systems at America’s drive-thru banks. The system is fully enclosed, meaning babies don’t have to worry about being affected by radiation or the large magnets inside.
Musk first recovered one of the aforementioned reusable rockets on March 30.
The propulsion system is usually the most expensive part of a multi-stage rocket launch system, and usually they will “rest” on the ocean floor after only one use.
But SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has found a way to build reusable propulsion systems for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, allowing them to be reused fairly quickly and cheaply, saving up to million each. launch times.
Musk first recovered one of these reusable rockets on March 30, when a Falcon 9 rocket put a satellite into orbit, after which its stage 1 propulsion system crashed. descended into the atmosphere and landed on a ship docked in the Atlantic Ocean.
This will be the first step towards the day when we can edit and eliminate diseases caused by genes.
If successful, the process of transplanting some pig organs into humans would be a big step forward for the more than 118,000 patients waiting for transplants in the US.
In August, Cambridge biotech startup eGenesis announced that the company was using the gene editing tool CRISPR to treat pigs that would not allow them to transmit dangerous viruses to humans, a barrier. in an effort to safely use pig parts on the human body.
Another CRISPR achievement this year was biologists in Oregon successfully editing the DNA of human embryos. This will be the first step towards the day when we can edit and eliminate genetic diseases, correct mutations in human fetuses. However, many fear that if passed, it will lead to effects on human evolution, or lead to a future where babies are “designed”.
Scientists in China have experimented with teleporting light particles (photons) from the ground to space.
Scientists in China have experimented with teleporting light particles (photons) from the ground into space using mirrors and lasers. This is a huge success for quantum physicists, who say the discovery will radically change the way we transport energy and information around the world.
However, this technique is more beneficial to the field of computers, because it can create a whole new kind of quantum computer, which works in ways we cannot imagine. This kind of superfast quantum internet will be safer, faster, and unhackable.