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Faulty BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers

Jan 26, 2022

Since these genes were discovered in the mid 90s, numerous studies have explored possible links between BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and other cancers. However, these studies had small sample sizes,...

Men who paid for sex more likely to live with HIV

Jan 26, 2022

Too often epidemiological research and HIV prevention efforts have neglected men who pay for sex. Instead, sex workers are often assigned a greater responsibility and burden for preventing HIV transmission....

Avian-inspired engineering

Jan 26, 2022

When Sung Hoon Kang looks out his office window and sees a pigeon or a blue jay fly by, he sees a feat of engineering. An assistant professor of mechanical...

How to combat urban heat islands

Jan 26, 2022

Meredith McCormack Pulmonologist "A heat wave can be really scary for people with asthma and COPD who can't escape into a cool, indoor environment." Such breathing problems are particularly common...

The mathematic mind of Emily Riehl

Jan 26, 2022

She has established herself at the forefront of theories that are galvanizing higher mathematics: category theory and infinity category theory and homotopy type theory. Eilenberg and Mac Lane did not...

Johns Hopkins online programs in engineering again ranked among nation's best

Jan 26, 2022

Overall, the Whiting School's online graduate programs in engineering occupy the No. 12 spot, and its online computer information technology programs maintained their place at No. 6U.S. News' Best Online...

Wall Street plunges through ‘white knuckle’ zone before closing slightly higher

Jan 26, 2022

The Dow closed at 34,365, up more than 99 points; after a day of frenzied trading, investors were left pretty much where they stood at breakfast. Fed policymakers, set to...

'Crypto winter' fears send chills to battered Bitcoin faithful

Jan 26, 2022

"It looks likely to be a fairly difficult and potentially prolonged period and therefore, the crypto winter analogy is quite good. Remember, the crypto winter in 2018 wasn't just over...

Innovative PhD programme becomes official UN Ocean Decade Action

Jan 25, 2022

This announcement came as part of the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030, which ties in with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with...

Prioritise children’s wellbeing amid a COVID return to school

Jan 25, 2022

25 January 2022As a split return to school remains on the cards for South Australian families, early childhood experts are encouraging parents to focus on their child’s wellbeing, especially in...