For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Russia is being allowed to make significant advances in Ukraine because of delays in arms deliveries from Western nations, the besieged country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky warned. Russia has … Read more
Researchers have discovered more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants, identified from data shared by nearly 250,000 participants of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program. Half of the genomic data are from participants of non-European genetic ancestry. The unexplored cache of variants provides researchers new pathways to better understand the … Read more
Kristine Birkeli is one of the biology students at the University of Bergen who has provided significant assistance in the project. Credit: Pål Thorvaldsen Climate change has resulted in increasingly extreme weather events worldwide. NIBIO research scientist Pål Thorvaldsen is among the many scientists who participated in a large international drought experiment initiated by the … Read more
Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter The popular puzzle game from The New York Times, Connections, has once again sparked outrage over one category that was assumed to be easy … Read more
New research from the University of Kansas might resolve a mystery in the “aging process” in species — or, how a species’ risk of a going extinct changes after that species appears on the scene. For years, evolutionary biologists believed older species lacked any real advantage over younger ones in avoiding extinction — an idea … Read more
Hack attack. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you’re a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found. According to the research, women tend to respond positively to this kind of messaging, but men typically increase their piracy behaviors by 18%. The study … Read more
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Families will be able to request an urgent review from hospitals if they are worried about the condition of a loved one in critical care as the NHS plans to roll out … Read more
From fizzy drinks to cereals and packaged snacks to processed meat, ultra-processed foods are packed with additives. Oil, fat, sugar, starch and sodium, as well as emulsifiers such as carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides, carboxymethylcellulose, polysorbate and soy lecithin continue to strip food of healthy nutrients while introducing other ingredients that could also be detrimental to … Read more
Concept of mask/wafer co-optimization by moving the shot with mask and wafer double simulation to minimize wafer error. VSB shot configurations and its corresponding pattens on mask. MWCO mask and its wafer print. Wafer Process Windows shows MWCO improved process window by 2x. Process window is a key measurement of wafer print quality. Credit: Journal … Read more
Combining three healthy behaviours can reduce the risk of irritable bowel syndrome by 42%, a study suggests. IBS affects the digestive system and its symptoms include stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation. People can suffer for days, weeks or months at a time, and symptoms can come and go. IBS is thought to affect up … Read more
