Scientists use stem cells to create synthetic mouse embryos Scientists have created synthetic mouse embryos from stem cells without a dad's sperm or a mom's egg and womb The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022
Coffee geniuses use lasers to make cold brew in just three minutes The method was outlined in a paper published in Nature and cuts what would otherwise be a 12- to 24-hour process down to just three minutes. Input · Aug 19, 2022
Earth Educators set to take lessons on Nature to children across India 20 people from across India are doing this through a fellowship constituted by the non-profit Youth Conservation Action Network The Hindu · Aug 19, 2022
Boreal forests approaching tipping point A new study warns that boreal forests are fast approaching a tipping point Salon · Aug 17, 2022
The world's biggest ice sheet is more vulnerable to global warming than scientists previously thought The eastern two thirds of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet so large that if it melted the sea would rise by 52 metres. Most scientists had once thought this ice sheet was largely invulnerable to climate change, but not any more. And our new research, published in Nature,… The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022
Climate change may push North America’s forests to a “tipping point” A trio of studies in the journal Nature highlights the serious threat global warming poses to boreal and deciduous forests in North America. Inverse · Aug 10, 2022
Clear results elusive in long COVID studies Studies struggle to even pin down how commonly it occurs. Axios · Aug 10, 2022
Photographer Rewarded For Picture Of Speedy, Diving Bird Smashing through the water at 60 miles per hour, this shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands in Scotland has scooped a British photographer the Grand Prize in an international photo competition. Zenger · Aug 10, 2022
Why children have better COVID-19 outcomes … by a nose Australian researchers have found that "the lining of a child's nose may be better at fighting off COVID-19 than that of an adult's". The New Daily · Aug 4, 2022
What is Paxlovid rebound? ‘Antivirals change the dynamics of symptoms, change the dynamics of the immune response and change the dynamics of how you shed’ the virus The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022
Covaxin booster safe, fights SARS-CoV-2 sub-variants: Nature HYDERABAD: A third dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, is safe and increases the concentration of neutralising antibodies against the ancestral vaccinated individuals, according to the results of a study published in reputed scientific journal Nature. The Times of India · Jul 18, 2022
Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use In 2016, experts writing in Nature listed seven breakthroughs in how we process chemicals that could change the world for the better. We believe we’ve just ticked one of those off the list. The Conversation · Jul 14, 2022
Large Hadron Collider: What the Higgs boson revealed to physicists. The elusive particle may show physicists a world beyond the Standard Model. Inverse · Jul 6, 2022
Male voices dominated South African COVID reporting: that has to change The onset of the COVID pandemic and the many months of uncertainty, anxiety and push for scientific breakthroughs sent journalists all over the world on the hunt for expert voices. They wanted sources who could explain to audiences what was happening and why. The Conversation · Jun 26, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022 Female scientists less likely to be given authorship credits, analysis finds Disparities extend to lower chance of being named on patents and to areas such as healthcare where women dominate
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022 Queen of the corvids: the scientist fighting to save the world’s brainiest birds A pioneering research laboratory in Cambridge proves that corvids are delightfully clever. Here, its founder reveals what the crow family has taught her – and her heartbreak at the centre’s closure
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 19, 2022 Saudi Arabia 1st Among Arab States, 30th Globally in Quality of Scientific Research The Kingdom’s education is the best among Arab countries and ranked 30th globally, according to the British ‘Nature Index’ that assesses countries, universities, and public and private institutions’ performance and the quality of their scientific research each year. The Kingdom’s ranking is based on the number of scientific journal articles…
ABC News · Jun 16, 2022 How climate change could be exacerbating the spread of diseases like monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis A new study predicts the changing climate will provide increased opportunities for the spread of novel viruses.
Salon · May 27, 2022 Did our solar system lose a planet? A new study relying on simulations explains how the gas giants migrated outwards as the solar system evolved
The Conversation · May 27, 2022 Small step for Nature, giant leap across the gender gap: leading journal will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research Like in many aspects of life, there remains an undercurrent of sex bias against women in the STEM fields. And this bias has a negative impact on not only women, but men too – and those who don’t fit within a binary category.
Tribune News Service · May 16, 2022 Editorial: Vaccines during pregnancy? Here's reassurance A new analysis in a prestigious journal offers timely reassurance about the COVID-19 shots' safety and effectiveness to a vitally important but vaccine-hesitant group: expectant mothers.
Reason · May 5, 2022 Stop Using 'Too Hot' Climate Models, Says Nature Commentary And avoid implausible, worst-case scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions too.
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2022 Google Faces Internal Battle Over Research on AI to Speed Chip Design Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it had recently fired a senior engineering manager after colleagues, whose landmark research on artificial intelligence software he had been trying to discredit, accused him of harassing behavior. The dispute, which stems from efforts to automate chip design, threatens to undermine the reputation of…
Salon · May 2, 2022 Climate change is good news for viruses As the climate changes, wild animals and humans are apt to cross paths more often — opening the door for disease
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Zoom meetings generate fewer creative ideas, study finds Results are driven by differences in physical nature of video conferencing and in-person interactions