104 articles from FRIDAY 24.9.2021
Sponges, blood cells and sound-art: the exhibition hoping to cure my cancer
The UK’s first ever cancer research exhibition pairs up patients with researchers to show the creative paths taken on the cutting edge of human discoveryShortly before the pandemic hit, I found myself dressed in a red lab coat, trying to find a cure for blood cancer. Although that might be overstating things a little. It’s Professor Dominique Bonnet who is at the cutting edge of cancer...
‘We haven’t finished the job’: JVT reflects on 18 months of Covid
Exclusive: Listen to the experts, says deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam, not the celebritiesThey didn’t ask for the spotlight, and sometimes they didn’t always seem comfortable under the media glare.But the scientists who came into our lives at the start of the coronavirus pandemic became household names. None more so than Prof Jonathan Van-Tam. Continue...
The US is about to kick-start its controversial covid booster campaign
The news: The White House is set to kick off its booster shot campaign today, after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky overruled her own agency’s advisors in favor of recommending third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for frontline workers.
Who gets it: There are three groups of Americans now eligible for a booster shot: those 65 and older, some adults...
Machine learning uncovers 'genes of importance' in agriculture and medicine
Machine learning can pinpoint "genes of importance" that help crops to grow with less fertilizer, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. It can also predict additional traits in plants and disease outcomes in animals, illustrating its applications beyond agriculture.
A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century review – sciencey self-help
Evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein show how human nature is at odds with modern society, in a study soaked in pseudoscienceImagine discovering a fence in the middle of a desert. Not immediately seeing its purpose, you might think: “Let’s get rid of this useless fence!” But are you sure about that? Maybe you’re at the edge of a field of angry wildebeest, and by...
How old is that lobster in the sea? It's now easier to find the answer
Scientists in England have come up with a new way of figuring out the age of lobsters. They say their findings could help maintain healthy lobster stocks and manage fisheries more...
These students are taking action to improve climate change education in schools
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how climate change is being taught in Canadian classrooms and a study that says more birds flocked to cities during the pandemic.
Why I resigned from my tenured position teaching climate science in college
Our students deserve a livable future, and they deserve our apology, immediate action and emotional support to navigate a very uncertain future, writes Heather...
Guatemala volcano erupts but no evacuations yet
Guatemala's Fuego volcano began a strong eruptive phase on Thursday, spewing lava and ash in a series of explosions that have not yet forced any evacuations, authorities said.
Systems approach helps assess public health impacts of changing climate, environmental policies
A team co-led by a Washington State University scientist offers an alternative way to understand and minimize health impacts from human-caused changes to the climate and environment in a new study published in the journal One Earth.
Ageing the unageable: Researchers develop new way to age lobsters
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have identified a way of determining the age of a lobster based on its DNA.
Return of the common cold: infections surge in UK as autumn arrives
After 18 months of social distancing, scientists believe people’s immune defences have weakenedThe return of schools and the arrival of autumn means common colds and other respiratory infections are firmly on the rise, spreading coughs and sneezes, more severe illnesses, and prompting some to report their worst colds ever.According to Public Health England, there is no particularly nasty new...
UN summit calls for climate-friendly food systems
Sustainable food systems needed to solve the world’s hunger crisis, controversial UN summit hears.
Covid: Cancer backlog could take a decade to clear
Research identifies 20,000 missing patients in England - and warns more staff and equipment are needed.
Stop knocking down buildings, say engineers
Britain’s top engineers are urging the government to stop buildings being demolished.
How thinking inside the box solved shortage of ship time for ocean researchers
Ocean scientists based at Dalhousie University in Halifax have solved a shortage of ship time for at-sea research by thinking inside the box — a modular metal box, that...
Systems approach helps assess public health impacts of changing climate, environmental policies
- ScienceDaily
- 21/9/24 01:28
Scientists offer an alternative way to understand and minimize health impacts from human-caused changes to the climate and environment.
Novel small molecule potently attenuates neuroinflammation in brain and glial cells
- ScienceDaily
- 21/9/24 01:11
In a preclinical study show that their small molecule drug, SRI-42127, can potently attenuate the triggers of neuroinflammation. These experiments in glial cell cultures and mice now open the door to testing SRI-42127 in models of acute and chronic neurological injury.
If endangered primates disappear, so will their parasites. That's actually a problem
- ScienceDaily
- 21/9/24 01:11
People are more aware of the plight of endangered gorillas than of gorillas' gut worms, and are understandably more enamored with mouse lemurs than their mites. Half of the world's roughly 500 primate species are at risk of extinction due to human activities such as hunting, trapping and deforestation. But the demise of the world's threatened primates could also trigger even more extinctions for...
Aging the unageable: New way to age lobsters
- ScienceDaily
- 21/9/24 01:11
Researchers have developed a new way of determining the age of a lobster based on its DNA. Lobsters are notoriously difficult to age. Nobody knows exactly how old they can get, and some experts have estimated they could live on the ocean floor for as long as a century or more. Until now, a lobster's age has usually been estimated using its size - but this is inaccurate as individual lobsters grow...