Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae bacteria, which infect the digestive system. Credit: Ronald Taylor, Tom Kirn, Louisa Howard/Wikipedia A deadly strain of cholera bacteria that emerged in Indonesia back in 1961 continues to spread widely to this day, claiming thousands of lives around the world every year, sickening millions, and with its persistence, … Read more
When Great Ormond Street hospital (Gosh) published the results of its gene therapy trial for “bubble baby” syndrome it was hailed as a medical breakthrough. The treatment had a more than 95% success rate for treating the life-threatening disorder in which children have no immune system. But less than a year later, the therapy had … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed a major change to Universal Credit rules which it says will affect more than 180,000 claimants. Starting on 13 May, thousands who claim the … Read more
A NIMS research team has demonstrated for the first time ever that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse thermoelectric effect — energy conversion between electric and heat currents that flow orthogonally to each other within it — than existing magnetic materials capable of exhibiting the anomalous … Read more
Response curves of urchin-like ZnO and NaZnO1 sensors to 5 ppm HCHO at 225℃, 50% RH. Credit: Journal of Advanced Ceramics, Tsinghua University Press Developing high-performance gas sensors for the detection of lung cancer markers at low concentrations is a crucial step towards achieving early lung cancer monitoring through breath tests. Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) … Read more
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 At least 14 people were killed and over 60 injured after an advertising billboard collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai during a rainstorm. The billboard, measuring 70m … Read more
The Giant Hummingbird of western South America is not one species but two, according to an international group of researchers. The northern population stays in the high Andes year-round while the southern population migrates from sea level up to 14,000 feet for the nonbreeding months. The two species appear identical. But looks deceive — their … Read more
by KeAi Communications Co. This was obtained using the ape package and the contMap function in R, assuming Brownian motion as a model for trait evolution, and then interpolated along the branches of the tree. The color gradient at the lower-left corner corresponds to the variation of color on the branches in the phylogenetic tree. … Read more
(NEXSTAR) — The northern lights defied expectations over the weekend by appearing in night skies as far south as Florida and Hawaii. We have solar storm activity to thank – and that activity isn’t done just yet. Solar flares and eruptions will likely increase as we reach “solar maximum,” explained Nicola Fox, the director of NASA’s … Read more
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 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to … Read more
