122 articles from FRIDAY 12.8.2022

Breast cancer cells use force to open channels through tissue

Researching how cancers grow and spread has conventionally been done on two-dimensional, flat cultures of cells, which is very different to the three-dimensional structure of cells in the body. 3D cell cultures that incorporate tissue material have been developed, but the methods to measure how cancer cells use force to spread have been lacking.

‘It doesn’t need to be a setback’: how elite athletes return from pregnancy

Serena Williams says she does not want to be pregnant again as an athlete – she got back to the top before but it can take its tollSerena Williams has never liked the word “retirement”. Her move away from tennis, announced in an essay in the September issue of Vogue, is an “evolution”, she says. In her transition she will shift focus from tennis to “other things” that are important...

Hubble Peers at Celestial Cloudscape

Portal origin URL: Hubble Peers at Celestial CloudscapePortal origin nid: 481920Published: Friday, August 12, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505.Portal image: clouds of blue,...

Predicting the climate bill’s effects is harder than you might think

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which marks the US’s largest-ever investment in climate and clean energy at nearly $400 billion, is a clear environmental victory. But just how far that funding will go in cutting carbon emissions is yet to be seen, and the results are far less certain that some have claimed.  Estimates predict that the bill’s mix of tax credits, grants, and loan...

A scientist in the public eye has killed herself. This has to be a wake-up call | Devi Sridhar

Health workers are leaving the field because of the abuse they’ve received over Covid. They urgently need support Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, an Austrian GP, was a doctor who dedicated her life to her patients and was vocal about the risks of Covid-19 on Twitter and in the media. She had endured months of death threats from Covid conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers. Colleagues expressed frustration...

August full moon: how to take a good photograph of the Sturgeon supermoon on your phone or camera

Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the celestial spectacle, the last super moon of of 2022Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWith a ‘sturgeon’ supermoon rising, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the full moon is really challenging...

Drought tightens its grip on Morocco

Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn't bear it any longer.