Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mathematicians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have set a critical threshold for global ocean carbon sequestration. Exceeding this threshold will lead to the sixth mass extinction of species on Earth, LIFE said, quoted by BTA.

Oxford University has again topped the world's top universities ranking according to the Times Higher Education magazine covering 1,000 universities in 77 countries, BTS quoted TASS as saying.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who heads Tesla and SpaceX, responded critically to Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg for his perception of the future of artificial intelligence. Musk argues that "his understanding of the subject is limited." Reports Investor.

American scientists have managed to turn small "seeds" from liver tissue into fully functioning organs in mice. Reports ChronicleBG. 

If the method is also applicable to humans, long waiting lists for transplants will be reduced. It will also benefit people with hepatic insufficiency who can not undergo such surgery.

By Constantine Tzanos, Contributor Nuclear engineer, PhD*

July 7, 2017, marked the failure of another effort to solve the over 40-year-old problem of the division of Cyprus. Turkey, in defiance of the international law, refused to terminate its military occupation of Northern Cyprus.

Meet the high flyers who soared above a record number of rivals to be chosen as Nasa’s new apprentice astronauts.

The seven men and five women saw off around 18,300 other applicants to earn a place on the two-year elite space training programme.

Bitcoins are taking over the crypto-currency marketplace. They’re the largest and most well-known digital currency. Many large companies are accepting bitcoins as a legitimate source of funds. They allow their online products to be bought with bitcoins. With the extreme facilitation of transfer and earning of bitcoins, it would be a mistake not to accept these new-found online coins as cash.

We applauded Turkish scientist Bilge Demirköz at the cosmetic giant L'Oreal and UNESCO's "For Women in Science" award ceremony this year.   

The European Union (EU) is to open asylum processing centres in West Africa and countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean because the continent “need[s] six million migrants”, Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos has said.

Turkish Professor Mehmet Toner has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the United States' most prestigious organizations and among the highest such professional distinctions accorded to an engineer, along with 105 other new U.S. and foreign members.