Breakthroughs are expected

With the Virgin Galactic Company, 2014 is the year in which they will make the first space tour. It is just one of many events, ideas, trends in the field of science and technology that are considered breakthrough this year.

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Exploring the universe

The European Space Agency's spacecraft called Rosetta can carry out the exploration mission on a comet. If all goes well, it will land on comet Churyumov - Gerasimenko in November. This year, Mars is also a bustling place as it welcomes a series of exploration ships from Earth: India's spacecraft arrives. This is in September, around the same time as NASA's MAVEN probe. Meanwhile, NASA's Curiosity self-propelled robot will carry out a final test to climb the 5.5km Aeolis Mons high on Mars to find evidence of water.

Another interesting event is the end of 2014, Virgin Galactic Company is expected to launch its first commercial flight into space. Up to now, this is still the only company in the world to create conditions for ordinary people to visit the universe. There are currently about 650 registered passengers, each worth $ 250,000.
Miracle in neuroscience

Neurologist Miguel Nicolelis at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA has developed a support framework that the brain can control. With this project, the scientist hopes to make a person with spinal cord injury able to kick the first ball at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Meanwhile, regarding paralyzed patients, a large European project called 'Human Brain' also attempts to target the patient's brain with the paralyzed area, not Robot arm or skeleton.

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New prospects for HIV treatment

In 2013, two research groups showed that 'neutralized' antibodies quickly eradicated HIV-related viruses in monkeys. This therapy will be tested in people with HIV, expected results will be announced this fall. In addition, last year the world witnessed a baby born to mother's HIV virus but was cured. This method will be tested on a broader scale by using high-dose antiviral drugs at birth.

Genetically modified monkeys

The most prominent in this field is the group led by geneticist Erika Sasaki and the stem cell biologist Hideyuki Okano of Keio University in Tokyo. They hope to create primates with the first immune defect or genetically modified brain disorder. This helps people get closer to the treatment method for humans (the mouse test was successful). The genetic modification method is called CRISPR.

Regeneration of stem cells

Biotechnology company Advanced cell technology in Santa Monica, California, USA said this year, they will publish data on two trials using human embryonic stem cells - the only two works Approved by the US Drug Administration. These studies involved injecting retinal cells derived from stem cells into the eyes of about 30 irreparable degenerative blinds.

Information transmission by laser

In January 2013, NASA's latest lunar exploration ship received images of the famous Mona Lisa by laser technology. This is a historic event because for the first time scientists used lasers to send data to the Moon. This year, this feat promises to increase the amount of transmission information exponentially, as compared to the radio waves used during the past 50 years, laser light maintains the signal strength over large distances therefore, the information obtained - more and more quality, more important will save more costs.

It is expected that in 2014, the European Space Agency's Alphasat satellite will use lasers to relay data from other Earth observation satellites. NASA engineers have also begun to build the next generation laser communication system to launch in 2017.