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Recycling plastics from research labs

Apr 21, 2023

In 2019, MIT’s Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Office collaborated with several research labs in the Department of Biology to determine the feasibility of recycling clean lab plastics. Based on...

‘Queue jumpers’ who opt to retire early are catching companies off guard

Apr 21, 2023

“Retirement intentions are no longer linked to a fixed age, when pensions become available,” Prof Kulik says. Relationships with family and friends also become more important.”But that awareness is greatest...

Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?

Apr 21, 2023

Vikings occupied Greenland from about 985 to 1450 A.D., farming and building communities before they abruptly abandoned their settlements. Why they disappeared has long been a puzzle, but a new...

Preventing genetic diseases in dogs, our best friends

Apr 20, 2023

Testing alongside breedingMellersh’s research group identifies the genetic variants and mutations that underpin these serious inherited diseases and develops tests to spot which dogs carry these. To date the researchers...

Optica Women Scholars program honors undergraduate for work on solar cells

Apr 20, 2023

Obstacles such as bulky panels and sunlight availability have stymied solar energy's impact, but the way solar cells are constructed also plays a role. Solar cells rely on the photovoltaic...

Not so sweet after all: are candy-striped spiders a threat to ecosystems across North America?

Apr 20, 2023

Even in their sleep, pollinating insects cannot catch a break – for fear they’ll be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Most likely accidentally introduced...

Minority ethnic doctors less likely to get specialty NHS training posts while some specialties show gender bias

Apr 20, 2023

During this period, there were just under 12,500 successful applicants to Health Education England for training posts – a success rate of one in three (32.7%). But the skew in...

MIT Energy Conference grapples with geopolitics

Apr 20, 2023

As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, this year’s MIT Energy Conference spotlighted the role of geopolitics in the world’s efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the worst...

The NDIS is set for a reboot but we also need to reform disability services outside the scheme

Apr 20, 2023

The government seems committed to disability services reform but it won’t be quick or easy. Getting the NDIS back on track, Shorten said, will require reform across all disability services....

Joint Chair aims to leverage AI and IoT to improve animal welfare in Canadian dairy farms

Apr 20, 2023

McGill University and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) announced today the creation of the Research and Innovation Chair in Animal Welfare and Artificial Intelligence (WELL-E). A growing body...