Scanning electron micrograph of breast cancer cells. [Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library, Getty Images] Researchers led by a team at Tel Aviv University have found that genetic variants involved in the innate immune response are strongly linked to the onset of breast cancer (BC) in risk carriers. BRCA1 genetic modification. The team performed whole exome sequencing … Read more
The early universe is so far outside our understanding of how the world works that it is difficult to describe in words. At that time, the universe was not filled with stars and galaxies but with a boiling soup of quarks and gluons, with several black holes that were thrown, sometimes exploding like depth charges. … Read more
Modern cosmology is built on three theoretical pillars: special relativity, Newtonian gravity, and quantum mechanics. Each is supported by considerable experimental evidence, but each describes the physical world in a way that contradicts the other two. Quantum theory describes a small. Objects that are driven by electromagnetic forces, both strong and weak. The dim world … Read more