Leo Wilson

Where you live matters: A first-of-its-kind study illustrates how racism is interrelated with poor health

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A team of health equity researchers from several institutions has leveraged a complex web of data to test a hypothesis: That structural racism is associated with resources and structures at the neighborhood level that are closely associated with poor health. What they found in an analysis of highly localized, community level data illustrates how racism … Read more

Developing nanocatalysts to overcome limitations of water electrolysis technology

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Manufacturing process and evaluation results of high temperature water electrolysis cell with nanomaterials. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Green hydrogen can be produced through water electrolysis technology, which uses renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without emitting carbon dioxide. However, the production cost of green hydrogen is currently around … Read more

A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets

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Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence, rather than the presence, of a chemical feature in their atmospheres. The researchers propose that if a terrestrial planet has substantially less carbon dioxide in … Read more

A new era in drug development

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Graphical abstract of cyclic oral peptides. Credit: Christian Heinis/EPFL For decades, a substantial number of proteins, vital for treating various diseases, have remained elusive to oral drug therapy. Traditional small molecules often struggle to bind to proteins with flat surfaces or require specificity for particular protein homologs. Typically, larger biologics that can target these proteins … Read more

Newborn southern resident orca spotted in Puget Sound

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The J pod of endangered southern resident orcas has a new baby. Researchers Maya and Mark Sears recently spotted a new calf with J pod. The Center for Whale Research hadn’t spotted the baby in recent encounters with the orcas, likely making the calf just a few days old. The calf … Read more

Joao Pedro on the spot as Brighton thump Tottenham

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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Tottenham’s Premier League revival was halted in emphatic fashion after two Joao Pedro penalties and a stunning strike from Pervis Estupinan helped injury-hit Brighton record a thumping 4-2 win. Spurs arrived … Read more

What’s the truth behind the ‘shoplifting epidemic’? Six key questions answered

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to media reports, in 2023 the UK experienced an unprecedented wave of shoplifting. The theory goes that the cost of living crisis and poor police responses are driving a crime wave. Is that really true? Here, we assess six of the most popular assertions made about shoplifting in 2023. Are … Read more