Nations must ‘act together, urgently and with solidarity’ to end crisis of food insecurity
Hunger levels around the world are at “a new high”, the UN chief said on…
Month: May 2022
Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have…
Surveillance pathway tells cells when they run low on lipids
Researchers have discovered a molecular pathway that allows cells to sense when their lipid supplies…
How plants colonize the base of an active stratovolcano
New research in plants that colonized the base of an active stratovolcano reveals that two…
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Keeping buildings cooler with a wood-based foam
Summertime is almost here, a time when many people try to beat the heat. But…
For wetland plants, sea-level rise stamps out benefits of higher CO2
Wetlands across the globe are in danger of drowning from rising seas. But for decades,…
Both nature and nurture contribute to signatures of socioeconomic status in the brain
Researchers found that a person’s genetics and the environment in which they live contribute to…
Component for brain-inspired computing
Researchers have developed a new material for an electronic component that can be used in…
Native plant gardening for species conservation
Declining native species could be planted in urban green spaces. Researchers now describe how to…
STAT+: Pharma wins a court battle over an HHS rule that would have penalized them for offering copay coupons
In a notable win for the pharmaceutical industry, a federal court judge tossed a rule…
STAT+: ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison
Martin Shkreli, the infamous ‘pharma bro’ who was sentenced to prison for securities fraud, was…
Scientists hone long-range forecasting of US tornadoes, hail
New research identifies three specific orientations of atmospheric phenomena occurring near the equator over the…
On the road to cleaner, greener, and faster driving
Researchers have developed a technique to control a fleet of autonomous vehicles as they approach…
New ALS ‘drug’ is more effective than existing ones
New preclinical research on the experimental drug, NU-9, to treat ALS shows it is more…
Teaching physics to AI makes the student a master
Researchers have demonstrated that incorporating known physics into machine learning algorithms can help the inscrutable…
Health screening, genetic tests might identify people at risk of premature heart disease
Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who have…
Physicists explain how type of aurora on Mars is formed
Researchers have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. The physicists report…
Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change
Tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the…
New weight-loss intervention targets instinctive desire to eat
People who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and kept it off using…
Oat reference genome: Insights into a uniquely healthy cereal crop
Cultivated oat (Avena sativa L.) is an old crop thought to have been domesticated over…
Researchers create photonic materials for powerful, efficient light-based computing
Researchers are developing new photonic materials that could one day help enable low power, ultra-fast,…
Spain, Portugal report monkeypox cases, raising specter of wider outbreak
Two more European countries reported unusual monkeypox cases on Wednesday, a development that suggests an…
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It’s a female bonobo’s world: Ecologists propose new tools to assess sex and power among wild animals
In the wild, it might seem like male animals run the show. But researchers have…
Researchers use galaxy as a ‘cosmic telescope’ to study heart of the young universe
A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature,…
Scallops swim into illuminated fishing pots
Scallops are drawn to illuminated fishing pots like moths to a flame. The study examined…
Rising cost of living is damaging people’s health, says royal college
Over half of UK people in a survey commissioned by the Royal College of Physicians…
First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that…
Nuclear physics and extreme environments of cosmic explosions
Researchers have helped peer inside a nova — a type of astrophysical nuclear explosion —…
Key to reducing defects in multimaterials
Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are high-performance materials with expected applications in aerospace, automobiles, defense, and…
New model could improve matches between students and schools
Simultaneous and uncoordinated school admissions in situations where students have multiple options can lead to…
Viral infections during pregnancy affect maternal care behavior
Viral infections during pregnancy affect the mother’s brain and her postpartum care behavior. These are…
Dopamine makes you feel happy, but we probably still have to rewrite the textbooks
Researchers have discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain’s ‘feel good’ substance,…
Reporting guideline for the early stage clinical evaluation of decision support systems driven by artificial intelligence: DECIDE-AI
The prospect of improved clinical outcomes and more efficient health systems has fuelled a rapid…
Bringing order to the chaos of sea level projections
In their effort to provide decisionmakers with insight into the consequences of climate change, climate…
Reliable diagnostics at the tip of your finger
Biomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples and are related to specific…
How the brain changes during depression treatment
Researchers have shown what happens to the brain when a person receives a depression treatment…
Energy-efficient AI hardware technology via a brain-inspired stashing system?
Researchers have proposed a novel system inspired by the neuromodulation of the brain, referred to…
Private practitioners should treat, not just assess
I agree with Salisbury on the fallout from the rise in private referrals.1 As a…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna chair defends executive hiring process; analysis finds monopoly tactics preserve inhaler revenues
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you….
Robert Kenneth Jackson
bmj;377/may18_9/o1238/FAF1faAfter national service in the Royal Air Force Robert Kenneth Jackson trained in orthopaedics under…
Medical schools must do more to open the door to first generation and low income students
For first generation and low income (FLI) students the path to medical school does not…
Type 2 diabetes: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowWhen assessing or reviewing adults with type 2 diabetes, include an…
Pigmented macules on the hands and lower lip
This is the left hand and lower lip of a man in his 60s with…
Why are there shortages of HRT and other drugs in the UK?
How big is the problem of drug shortages in the UK?Shortages of drugs are “becoming…
David Oliver: Protecting healthcare workers in future pandemics
Early in the pandemic, neither the NHS’s clinical or ancillary staff nor social care workers…
Discoloured finger in a young girl
A 3 year old girl presented with a one month history of progressive skin discoloration…
Future reporting of vaccine uptake needs to include any change in ethnic or socioeconomic disparities
We welcome Bedford and Donovan’s recent call for a greater focus on routine childhood vaccinations1…
Opinion: Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!
As a primary care doctor in New York City, I am grateful to drug companies…
Opinion: Listen: The faces of Covid at 1 million deaths and counting
When Covid-19 began tearing across the U.S. in March 2020, Alex Goldstein started posting on…
Cancer experts hail a molecular ‘black box’ that records how cells fly into tumor territory
Biologists Tyler Jacks and Jonathan Weissman’s mice may look like any other lab mice —…