How do stars form in distant galaxies? Now researchers from Montreal and India have captured a radio signal from the most distant galaxy so far at a specific wavelength known...
It’s ‘lights out’ for antibiotic-resistant superbugs as next-generation light-activated nanotech proves it can eradicate some of the most notorious and potentially deadly bacteria in the world. Developed by the University...
The discovery of government secrets at two locations associated with Joe Biden appears to have produced one big political winner: Donald Trump. The justice department appointed a special counsel to...
Stephen Fried Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry "If proteins misfold, we are taught that chaperones are supposed to be able to fix them. "The most surprising finding is that there...
The Gold Medal is the Royal Astronomical Society’s highest honour and can be awarded for any reason, but usually recognises outstanding lifetime achievement. It is wonderful to have this formally...
Key drivers of this include habitat loss due to agriculture, declining prey populations, conflicts with livestock farmers, illegal poaching, and (in some cases) unsustainable trophy hunting. Trophy hunting is widely...
The way electrons interact with photons of light is a key part of many modern technologies, from lasers to solar panels to LEDs. Now, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have...
About a quarter of the world’s electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas. These contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (amounting to 10% of energy-related emissions...
Rent assistance is only $10-14 per day, well below rent levels. Rent Assistance is in place, but too lowCommonwealth Rent Assistance is already available to Australians on pensions and benefits...
Ordinarily, blood sugar levels are controlled by the release of insulin, but in type 2 diabetes insulin production is disrupted. Researchers from the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the...