Leo Wilson 
VLITE 340 MHz image of GLIMPSE-C01 from February 27, 2021. Credit: McCarver et al., 2023. Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have discovered a millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster GLIMPSE-C01 as part of the VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE). This is the first pulsar ever detected in this … Read more
2024 will be a landmark year: dozens of elections across the world, unresolved conflicts in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza to address, and further milestones expected in everything from global temperatures to space exploration and artificial intelligence. Here are some of the major events scheduled for the year. January 1 January Energy price cap takes effect UK … Read more
Cari Siestra first learned about menstrual regulation when they were working on the Myanmar-Thailand border. At the time, abortion was broadly criminalized in both countries. But if a person’s period was late, it was relatively easy to get access to pills that would induce menstruation in just a few days. In Bangladesh, where abortion is … Read more
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservative Party is facing claims of cronyism after at least seven of its political donors were handed top gongs in the New Years Honours list. There were knighthoods for Wetherspoon’s boss Tim … Read more
Researchers at Uppsala University, together with colleagues at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, the University of Gothenburg, and institutions in seven other countries, have studied the relationships between five closely related species of larks that occur in Africa south of the Sahara. Two of these have not been observed for decades, so the researchers … Read more
Travel deep enough below Earth’s surface or inside the center of the sun, and matter changes on an atomic level. The mounting pressure within stars and planets can cause metals to become nonconducting insulators. Sodium has been shown to transform from a shiny, gray-colored metal into a transparent, glass-like insulator when squeezed hard enough. Now, … Read more
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Top legal adviser David Pannick is said have warned Rishi Sunak’s government that its Rwanda bill may not get deportation flights started as planned. The leading constitutional lawyer was asked by the government … Read more
With human bias removed, organizations looking to improve performance by harnessing digital technology can expect changes to how information is scrutinized. The proliferation of digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) within organizations risks removing human oversight and could lead institutions to autonomously enact information to create the environment of their choosing, a new study has … Read more
Schematic image of NK cell-engaging nanodrones (NKeNDs). Credit: UNIST A study led by Professor Sebyung Kang and Professor Sung Ho Park in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST has unveiled a remarkable breakthrough in cancer treatment. The research team has successfully developed unprecedented “NK cell-engaging nanodrones” capable of selectively targeting and eliminating cancer cells, … Read more
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Every New Year’s Eve, many of us will come to the realisation that we don’t actually know the words to “Auld Lang Syne”. Belting out the song as … Read more
