Research News Capsule
Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School, the Singapore Eye Research Institute, and the Karolinska Institute have developed a method to produce photoreceptor progenitor cells, the light-detecting cells found in the eye,…
A new study by UC Davis shows that having high blood pressure in your 30s is linked to worse brain health around age 75, particularly for men. The research found…
Researchers are advocating for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20, which is a forum for the world’s largest economic powers to discuss and propose solutions to…
Scientists from Boise State University have developed a new kind of plastic made from poly(ethyl cyanoacrylate) or PECA, which is derived from the monomer used to make Super Glue.…
Researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) have published a peer-reviewed analysis of swabs collected at a wet market in Wuhan, China, in the…
The Web of Science database has delisted nearly two dozen journals from two of the fastest growing open-access publishers, Hindawi and MDPI. The delisting has stripped the journals of…
Digital twin models, similar to those used in aerospace engineering and manufacturing, could be utilized to inform global food policy and help predict and respond to systemic shocks in…
H3N2 influenza, a subtype of the influenza A virus, has been spreading fast in India, causing fever, a prolonged cough, and cold among others. The disease is usually mild but…
An international team of physicians and researchers from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and the United States has identified a third case in which HIV infection has been cured by…
A new study published in Nature Communications has used the reverberations from earthquakes to reveal new details about the structure of the Earth’s inner core. For decades, there has been…
Plastic waste that is often difficult and costly to recycle may be upcycled into valuable carbon nanotubes and hybrid nanomaterials using a new flash Joule heating technique, according to…
Prof Dame Angela McLean, an expert on the spread of infectious diseases, will replace Sir Patrick Vallance as the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, becoming the first woman to hold…