Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email A federal grand jury indicted a trio of Iranian nationals for what prosecutors say was a long-running government hacking campaign that targeted U.S. officials, including … Read more
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their colleagues have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which are a group of disorders that damage the eye’s light-sensing retina and threatens vision. Though IRDs affect more than 2 million people worldwide, each individual disease is rare, complicating efforts to identify … Read more
Intracellular H2 S accumulation regulates iron uptake activity via YgaV and is crucial for antibiotic resistance in E. coli. Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Antibiotic resistance and oxidative stress response are important biological mechanisms that help bacteria thrive, especially pathogenic bacteria like Escherichia coli. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a chemical messenger molecule, regulates several intracellular activities … Read more
Starmer warns Israel-Hezbollah clashes risk triggering wider regional war 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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails At least two people have been killed as Israeli military strikes … Read more
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have discovered a potential “pause button” in the earliest stages of human development. Whether humans can control the timing of their development has long been debated. The new study suggests that this “pause … Read more
Graphical summary of the coupling of environmental and digital policies. Credit: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (2024). DOI: 10.1177/25148486241258046 The European Green Deal is a package of political initiatives to ensure that the EU reaches climate neutrality by 2050. Faced with this challenge, the parallel goals of the green and digital transitions are … Read more
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The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit in 2027 to watch it get wrecked as it reenters the atmosphere. The project is intended to help understand how exactly satellites break apart so that scientists can learn how to prevent the creation of more space debris. Space junk is becoming … Read more
Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and polyethylene, found in plastic bags, bottles, toys, and even mulch. Polypropylene and polyethylene can be recycled, but the process can be difficult and often … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The GCHQ has issued a new alert to warn of a threat from targeted phishing attacks being carried out by hackers working on behalf of … Read more
Scientists may have uncovered the root cause of psoriasis, a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global population. The condition is characterised by red, scaly patches that impact the quality of a patient’s life and can sometimes be life-threatening. New research strongly suggests the hormone hepcidin may trigger the onset … Read more
