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Rare disease research at Cambridge receives major boost with launch of two new centres

Oct 19, 2024

They will tackle barriers that ordinarily prevent new tests and treatments reaching patients with rare diseases and speed up the delivery of rare disease treatment trials. LifeArc Centre for Rare...

All systems go for Australia’s first software degree apprentices

Oct 19, 2024

23 April 2024UniSA software engineering degree apprentice Alicia Bawden on site at Osborne. Australia’s first cohort of software engineering students to combine an apprenticeship with a degree, rubbed shoulders with...

Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast cancer survivors

Oct 19, 2024

People who survive breast cancer are at risk of second primary cancer, but until now the exact risk has been unclear. There have been also suggestions that second primary cancer...

Poll: Election interest hits new low in tight Biden-Trump race

Oct 19, 2024

According to the poll, 64% of registered voters say they have high levels of interest in November’s election — registering either a “9” or a 10” on a 10-point scale...

A home where world-changing innovations take flight

Oct 19, 2024

It doesn’t take long in the tour of The Engine Accelerator to realize this isn’t your typical co-working space. After speaking with founders, they realized their converted office space would...

Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist

Oct 19, 2024

I look at it through the eyes of Scranton,” Biden said, contrasting his hometown with the Florida estate where Trump lives. He added that taxes are “how we invest in...

Q&A: Claire Walsh on how J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative tackles the twin climate and poverty crises

Oct 19, 2024

Q: According to the King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI), any attempt to address poverty effectively must also simultaneously address climate change. In fact, the World Bank estimates that up to...

Clearing the air: wind farms more land efficient than previously thought

Oct 19, 2024

However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land compared to electric power plants driven by fossil...

3 Questions: Enhancing last-mile logistics with machine learning

Oct 19, 2024

Q: What is the vehicle routing problem, and how do traditional operations research (OR) methods address it? A: The vehicle routing problem is faced by pretty much every logistics and...

EPA finalizes phase-out plan for 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS

Oct 19, 2024

On April 10, the EPA passed historic regulations on six PFAS compounds in drinking water based on their potential to cause kidney and liver cancer. While diet and dust are...