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Dr Pengyi Yang wins National Stem Cell Foundation Metcalf Prize

Nov 17, 2021

Dr Pengyi Yang has received one of two annual $55,000 Metcalf Prizes from the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia in recognition of his leadership in the field. Dr Yang...

Worlds next door: looking for habitable planets at Alpha Centauri

Nov 17, 2021

Alpha Centauri is our nearest star system, best known in the Southern Hemisphere as the bottom of the two pointers to the Southern Cross. "Our TOLIMAN mission will launch a...

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second: analysis

Nov 17, 2021

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from their highly successful COVID-19 vaccines while the world's poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated, according...

Germany plans curbs for unvaccinated as Europe battles Covid-19 spike

Nov 17, 2021

BERLIN (BLOOMBERG) - Germany is heading toward stiffer restrictions on people who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine, as authorities across Europe seek to rein in a renewed surge in the...

Dr. Fauci says Covid cases are starting to climb in some areas of the U.S.

Nov 17, 2021

Covid-19 cases are starting to climb again in select regions across the U.S. after stabilizing at a high level following this summer's delta surge, White House chief medical advisor Dr....

New program deciphers genetic code of genome sequences

Nov 17, 2021

She wondered how genetic code, once thought to be universal, could evolve and change. But scientists have discovered a handful of outliers — organisms that use alternative genetic codes —...

Q&A: Options for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

Nov 17, 2021

The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California, the only one still operating in the state, is set to close in 2025. Q: Your report suggests co-locating a major desalination plant...

New Melbourne, Manchester and Toronto alliance for post-COVID university landscape

Nov 16, 2021

The new alliance will allow the Universities of Melbourne, Manchester and Toronto to collaborate more closely than ever. Student exchanges, joint research projects and mutual bids to work with some...

Uncovering the secrets of a model plant genome

Nov 15, 2021

A Johns Hopkins engineer co-led a team that has sequenced the genome of the world's most widely used model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana, at a level of detail never previously...

Healing our planet and peoples to navigate Indigenous futures: Papaarangi Reid’s Narrm Oration

Nov 15, 2021

Professor Papaarangi Reid's 2021 Narrm Oration – Navigating Indigenous Futures. Internationally-recognised advocate for Indigenous health equity, Professor Papaarangi Reid, will explore how Indigenous futures can be redefined through a constructive...