169 articles from WEDNESDAY 8.6.2022

How are environmental chemicals affecting vultures? 

Vultures are long-lived birds, and because they are scavengers, they're vulnerable to chronic chemical exposure through the food chain. An article published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry reviews the primary chemical hazards faced by Old World vulture populations, which are undergoing rapid declines in Africa. 

Does media exposure influence an individual's risk of radicalization?

A recent analysis in Campbell Systematic Reviews examined the effects of media on two aspects of radicalization: the support of the use of radical violence in the name of a cause or ideology (called cognitive radicalization) and the actual involvement in such violence (called behavioral radicalization).

Japan to let in foreign tourists, but only if masked and accompanied by chaperone

Visitors from select countries will be allowed to return to Japan from Friday but will only be allowed to travel under strict conditionsSee all our coronavirus coverageForeign tourists visiting Japan will be required to wear masks and spend their entire stay chaperoned by local guides, as the country prepares to open up to international travellers after two years of Covid-19 border...

FDA advisers greenlight Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Some content has been removed for formatting reasons. Please view the original article for the best reading experience. A key committee of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today recommended nearly unanimously that the agency grant an emergency authorization to a COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax, opening the way for the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine to become...

Gel that repairs heart attack damage could improve health of millions

Injectable, biodegradable technology developed by UK team works as a scaffold to help new tissue growBritish researchers have developed a biodegradable gel to repair damage caused by a heart attack in a breakthrough that could improve the health of millions of survivors worldwide.There are more than 100,000 hospital admissions every year due to heart attacks in the UK alone – one every five...

Nasa to launch rockets from the Northern Territory for scientific research

Missions will study heliophysics, astrophysics and planetary science phenomena only observable from southern hemisphere, Nasa saysFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingNasa rockets will be launched into space from the Northern Territory in June and July under an agreement announced on Thursday.The prime minister and the NT...

As monkeypox threat grows, scientists debate best vaccine strategy

Some content has been removed for formatting reasons. Please view the original article for the best reading experience. In 1959, German microbiologist Anton Mayr took a strain of vaccinia, a poxvirus used to inoculate against smallpox, and started to grow it in cells taken from chicken embryos. After several years of transferring the strain to fresh cells every few days, the virus had...