The most impressive, 'crazy' scientific discoveries in 2017

Business Insider has launched a list of the most crazy, impressive and most promising innovations in 2017, from the discovery of the 8th missing continent of the Earth, the secret room in the Giza pyramid for to cancer patients can use their own cells to treat .

1. Find the 8th continent in the South Pacific

This missing land is called Zealandia. 75 million years ago, it used to connect New Zealand and New Caledonia.

According to the researchers, they have discovered fossils that show many kinds of exotic plants and organisms that have grown here. This proves that Zealandia does not always sink under the sea.

Many people believe that Zealandia has achieved 4 criteria to be considered a geographic location and classified into the list of 7 existing continents of the Earth.

2. Scientists create "things closest to the latest life form" that no one has ever done

Our DNA is like the foundation of all genetic information in the natural world made up of two types of amino acids: AT (adenine - thymine) and GC (guanine - cytosine).

But scientists have invented a new, unnatural pair: XY can work perfectly alongside natural pairs in E.Coli's DNA. This new invention may be helpful in treating diseases like cancer and autoimmune medicines.

3. Scientists witnessed gold and platinum forming in the universe

For the first time in history, scientists witnessed the collision of two neutron stars. In a place 130 million light-years from Earth, two super-small, super-compact stars collide, creating gold worth 100 billion billion billion dollars and a large amount of silver and platinum.

These two stars touch each other at about 1/3 of the speed of light. Scientific devices on Earth have obtained gravitational waves produced after this collision. According to astronomers, this extreme phenomenon rarely occurs, once in 100,000 years.

4. Detecting a secret room in the Giza pyramid

Using advanced imaging technology based on high-speed particles called muons, researchers discovered a cave about 30.5 meters long in the Giza pyramid.

Muons are formed by cosmic rays from supernovae, black holes, re-entering neutron stars and other high-energy objects interacting with air molecules in the Earth's atmosphere. These particles can penetrate rocky soil like X-rays but deeper.

The researchers used a device to shoot cosmic rays to "see" through millions of tons of rocks in the pyramid and discovered a hidden, empty space.

5. Patients who treat cancer with their own blood cells

The cure for cancer by taking cells from patients, reprogramming them and then reintroducing them into the body to hunt for cancer cells is called CAR T-cell therapy.

6. Ice melts at the two poles of the Earth

In July, an iceberg labeled A68, about the size of the state of Delaware (USA), weighed about 1,000 billion tons, separated from the large ice block of Larsen C in Antarctica and began to drift over the sea. This is the third largest iceberg in the world ever recorded.

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7. NASA finds 7 new planets capable of life

Astronomers have discovered seven planets of the same mass and size as the Earth and co-located in the stellar system TRAPPIST-1, "Solar System version 2.0", about 40 light-years from Earth. Scientists believe that these planets are in the Goldilocks Zone condition - ie not too hot, not too cold, just enough for life to multiply.

8. Cassini probe 'suicide' ended 13 years of Saturn exploration and its moons

On September 15, the Cassini probe crashed into "suicide" Saturn's atmosphere to prevent the ship from running out of fuel and crashing into one of the planet's moons. Before that, it was promptly taken and sent back to Earth with wonderful photos of Saturn. This is the first time humans have seen a picture of this planet.

9. The MRI system is safe for babies in the intensive care unit

Embrace is the first safety-certified MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system that can be placed in the same room with babies being treated in the hospital without fear of being affected by radiation or large magnets in the machine. Babies will be wrapped in a special suit and put on MRI ears before being placed in the machine to scan the body.

10. SpaceX successfully launches re-used missiles

Elon Musk's SpaceX succeeded in successfully launching the space ship and the used Falcon 9 rocket and landing it safely on the landing platform in the sea.

For the first time in history, a rocket was reused and successfully launched back into space. This is a major breakthrough that significantly reduces the cost of traveling into space, $ 18 million each launch.

11. Scientists are about to transplant pig parts onto humans

PERV viruses, the viruses available in the pig genome, are the biggest barrier to pig organ transplantation to humans. But last August, EGenesis, a biotech company in Cambridge, USA, announced that it could handle pigs that did not allow them to transmit dangerous viruses to humans thanks to the CRISPR gene editing tool.

This year, Oregon biologists also used CRISPR to successfully repair human embryonic DNA. This is the first stepping stone so that we can move on to correct and eliminate gene-induced diseases, modify mutations in future fetuses.

12. China 'successfully teleported' successfully into the universe

Scientists in China successfully teleported light particles (photons) from the ground into space, specifically on the Micius satellite with distances up to 500,000m using mirrors and lasers. .

This success will radically change the way we transport energy and information around the world. At the same time it can create a completely new kind of quantum computer, which works in ways we can't imagine.

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