Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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