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Study Finds Weather-Related Disasters May Have Accelerated Aging in Monkeys

Feb 8, 2022

Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico in 2017, may have accelerated the aging process in rhesus monkeys living on the region’s Cayo Santiago island, a team of scientists has concluded....

Spotlight on the unseen: MOD. launches new exhibition Invisibility

Feb 8, 2022

On now, INVISIBILITY features a number of interactive exhibits on topics ranging from climate change and lessons from Country, through to data privacy and Australia’s foster care system. “The interactive...

The 1918 flu didn't end in 1918. Here's what its third year can teach us.

Feb 8, 2022

The 1918 flu lasted far beyond 1918. The flu pandemic seemed to affect young people in particular, for reasons that historians and scientists are still debating. Yang noted that the...

Plotting a land grab

Feb 8, 2022

Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of William Clark (oil on paper mounted on canvas, 1807). Independence National Historic Park Collection, Philadelphia, PA. Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of William Clark (oil on...

ANU grads get their moment in the spotlight

Feb 7, 2022

The 2,000 graduates who will attend in-person are part of a 6,000 strong cohort of students who completed their ANU studies in 2021. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt offered his...

The COVIDSafe app was designed to help contact tracers. Here's what really happened

Feb 7, 2022

Early in the pandemic, the COVIDSafe app was designed as a tool to improve contact tracing. Most (61%) contacts the app registered as “close contacts” turned out not to be...

Payrolls show surprisingly powerful gain of 467,000 in January despite omicron surge

Feb 5, 2022

The stunning gain came a week after the White House warned that the numbers could be low due to the pandemic. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 467,000 for the month, while...

U.S. gains 467,000 jobs in January and hiring was much stronger at end of 2021 despite omicron

Feb 5, 2022

And employment rose by 647,000 in November compared to the prior estimate of 249,000. By every measure, the labor market is bursting at the seams. The economy is missing as...

New device detects heat strain in military trainees

Feb 5, 2022

A new device from MIT Lincoln Laboratory can now alert trainees when they are heading toward injury. The device continuously estimates a person's core body temperature to determine their risk...

Research collaboration launched to focus on repurposing existing anti-viral therapies to treat COVID-19

Feb 5, 2022

The team will use a data-driven approach to identify novel drug combinations that are effective in tackling SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Despite the development of vaccines and drugs...