1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges
During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for more action and leadership to tackle the climate crisis, warning that efforts to keep the rise…
Yemen: Marking ‘significant milestone’, UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin
The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said on Wednesday, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.
Smoking to blame for most of England’s socioeconomic disparity in cancer incidence, study finds
The majority of the socioeconomic disparity, or deprivation gap, in cancer incidence could have been prevented in England between 2013 and 2017 if nobody had smoked, according to a new study.
In-home wireless device tracks disease progression in Parkinson’s patients
Researchers can track the severity and progression of Parkinson’s disease, as well as how a patient responds to medication, using an in-home device that passively monitors the patient’s gait speed by bouncing radio signals off their body.
Ocean scientists measure sediment plume stirred up by deep-sea-mining vehicle
Scientists measured a sediment plume stirred up by a protoype of a deep-sea-mining vehicle to help gauge the impact of such vehicles if they are used to mine minerals like nickel and cobalt. The vehicle created a dense sediment plume that remained rela…
Mosquitoes that can’t spread malaria engineered by scientists
Scientists have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their gut, preventing transmission of the disease to humans.
When the EU and US score climate points off China, Africa suffers
Frans Timmermans and John Kerry are downplaying historic responsibility for the climate crisis. That’s a red flag for Africa
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Improved air quality accelerates global warming in recent decades
An international research team has used satellite data to demonstrate that concentrations of pollutant particles have decreased significantly since the year 2000. This is desirable due to their impact on health. But it is also of great significance for…
Now you don’t have to wait for smoke to know where fires are likely to occur
Scientists have developed a way to forecast which of the Great Basin’s more than 60 million acres have the highest probability of a large rangeland fire. The forecasts come from a model developed by the researchers that combines measures of accumulated…
Greek volcano mystery: Archaeologist narrows on date of Thera eruption
Archaeologists hope to settle one of modern archaeology’s longstanding disputes: the date of a volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini, traditionally known as Thera.
Researchers identify potential biomarker to distinguish two aggressive types of brain tumors in children
It may soon be possible to identify Group 4 medulloblastomas –t he most common malignant brain tumor in children — from more aggressive Group 3 tumors. Research based on a little-explored part of RNA, which creates proteins, could lead to the develop…
Hibernating bears’ ability to regulate insulin narrowed down to eight proteins
Feeding honey to hibernating bears helped researchers find the potential genetic keys to the bears’ insulin control, an advance that could ultimately lead to a treatment for human diabetes. Every year, bears gain an enormous amount of weight, then bare…
Scientists test new vaccine strategy to help the body target HIV
Researchers have discovered how the immune system can transform into an antibody-making machine capable of neutralizing one of the most elusive viruses out there: HIV. This finding is an important step toward developing effective, long-lasting vaccines…
Newly discovered barrier prevents immunity from reaching smell-sensing cells
Scientists have identified a previously unknown barrier that separates the bloodstream from smelling cells in the upper airway of mice. But this barrier ends up keeping some of the larger molecules of the body’s immune system out, and that may be hinde…
Attention and running influence individual brain cells independently
Neuroscientists have explored how individual neurons in mice are influenced by two different cognitive and behavioral states — attention and running. These two states were once thought to share a common mechanism. However, in a new study published tod…
The anglo-saxon migration: New insights from genetics
In the largest early-medieval population study to date, an interdisciplinary team consisting of geneticists and archaeologists analyzed over 400 individuals from ancient Britain, Ireland, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The results show in detail…