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Hospitals are at risk of flooding as climate changes. We need evacuation plans

Jan 31, 2022

With hospitals under strain from COVID-19, we need to safeguard them against another threat set to increase as the world warms. We believe new approaches to mathematical modelling can help...

Joni Mitchell joining Neil Young in protest over Spotify

Jan 31, 2022

Joni Mitchell said Friday she is seeking to remove all of her music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young, who ignited a protest against the streaming service for airing...

Incredible video shows Nantucket UNDERWATER as winter storm barrels through New England

Jan 30, 2022

AdvertisementParts of the Massachusetts island of Nantucket are underwater following a winter storm that lashed the Northeast with deep snow and gusts of wind close to hurricane force. Dangerous wind...

Vibrating atoms make robust qubits, physicists find

Jan 30, 2022

MIT physicists have discovered a new quantum bit, or “qubit,” in the form of vibrating pairs of atoms known as fermions. Most qubits are notoriously fickle, either unable to maintain...

Blizzard buffets East Coast with deep snow, winds, flooding

Jan 30, 2022

The storm thrashed parts of 10 states, with blizzard warnings that stretched from Virginia to Maine. Philadelphia and New York saw plenty of wind and snow, but Boston was in...

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon

Jan 29, 2022

It was a very public rebuke of a company that had in many ways become the crown jewel of the Israeli defense industry. They also allowed the Mossad and the...

The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states

Jan 29, 2022

There are already dozens of cases across almost half of the U.S. of a new Covid subvariant that's even more contagious than the already highly transmissible omicron variant. The subvariant...

Live cells discovered in human breast milk could aid breast cancer research

Jan 29, 2022

The paper, published today in the journal Nature Communications, focuses on the changes that take place during lactation by investigating cells found in human milk. The researchers collected voluntary breast...

A new vaccine may provide better treatment for tuberculosis

Jan 29, 2022

A new vaccine may provide better treatment for tuberculosisA new vaccine against tuberculosis may also be used as treatment. a vaccine used as treatment, to patients who have ongoing tuberculosis...

Sarah Gilbert elected as RA Honorary Fellow

Jan 28, 2022

She joins a list of eminent individuals from beyond the art world who are nominated by the Academy's President - currently Rebecca Salter PRA. Saïd Professor of Vaccinology Sarah Gilbert...