Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Nexus Price Drop, China's Mission to the Moon, and Researchers Grow Tissue

The latest articles discuss a price drop in Google's Nexus 4 and a breakthrough in growing brain tissue top today's stories.

Latest Articles on Space

-China plans for an unmanned Moon mission by the end of this year.
China plans to land an unmanned exploratory rover on the moon by the end of 2013. The launching rocket and other components for the Chang’e-3 lunar probe, named after a goddess in Chinese mythology who flew to the moon just a few years ago.

The United States is also sending a unmanned spacecraft to study lunar dust. That is expected to launch early next month.

Latest Articles onTechnology

-Google's Nexus 4 gets a price cut.
The Nexus phone now costs only $200 for the 8 GB model and $250 for the 16 GB model. That is a $100 reduction of both smartphones. They did this amid the recent price rumors of Apple's new iPhone. The Nexus phone is now very cheap for the market. It runs on Google's newest Android operating system. The only problem with the Nexus is the LTE data speeds are significantly lower than other smartphones of 2013. The rumored Nexus 5 is expected to be up to date with current technology when it comes to LTE data.

Latest Articles on Health

-Researchers grow human brain tissues.

petri dish brain

Researchers at the Institute of the Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria have grown 3-D human brain tissue using stem cells. Why is this such an important finding? This could lead to many new innovations in the near future. The team is working with more lifelike tissue to see how certain diseases occur and develop. Now that the team in Austria would like to use the brain tissue to study disorders such as  autism. Knowing more information about our brains could lead scientists to cures that could help us live longer and healthier lives.

Credit to Technologyreview.com for the image.

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