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Pricing carbon, valuing people

Jan 21, 2022

At greatest risk are low- and middle-income Americans who may lack sufficient financial reserves to absorb such economic shocks. To garner support from policymakers, carbon-penalty proponents have advocated for policies...

An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

Jan 20, 2022

More than 1.2 million people – and potentially millions more – died in 2019 as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to the most comprehensive estimate to date...

SA leads on green energy with new project to benefit industry

Jan 20, 2022

20 January 2022Professor Drew Evans who will lead the UniSA project in collaboration with PhosEnergy. The $314,000 research project, based at UniSA’s Future Industries Institute (FII) in Adelaide, will leverage...

Federal government slashes COVID payment when people need it most

Jan 20, 2022

With Australia now in the worst stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, there couldn't be a worse time to restrict Pandemic Leave Disaster Payments. With Australia’s official COVID-19 infection numbers topping...

Review highlights risk factors associated with violence in schizophrenia

Jan 20, 2022

The systematic review, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at 24 studies which covered more than 50,000 people with schizophrenia across 15 countries over four decades. Professor Seena Fazel...

Israeli trial, world’s first, finds 4th dose ‘not good enough’ against Omicron

Jan 20, 2022

“However, we see many infected with Omicron who received the fourth dose. AdvertisementPrime Minister Naftali Bennett has pushed ahead with expanding Israel’s fourth dose program, despite the lack of data....

US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say

Jan 20, 2022

COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents started rising slightly two weeks ago , although still at a rate 10 times less than last year before most residents were vaccinated. But...

Q&A: Dolapo Adedokun on computer technology, Ireland, and all that jazz

Jan 20, 2022

I am also really inspired by the work of Louis Stewart, an amazing jazz guitarist who was born and raised in Dublin. Learning about this unique intersection combining music and...

Uncovering the underlying patterns in contemporary evolution

Jan 20, 2022

For more than fifty years, scientists have described instances of “rapid evolution” in specific populations as their traits (phenotypes) change in response to varying stressors. But until now it hasn’t...

Danish expertise to spread renewable energy in East Africa

Jan 19, 2022

Researchers will develop technology to exploit a greater share of geothermal energy in Kenya and other East African countries. Geothermal energy—that is exploitation of underground heat—is already well known in...