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UBC research shows wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern within a region

Jul 14, 2021

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)UBC research shows wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern within a region Q&AsWastewater testing can accurately...

Pfizer, Israel agree: New COVID vaccines coming August 1

Jul 12, 2021

A new shipment of Pfizer vaccines will be delivered on August 1 instead of September, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced Sunday. All the current supply of vaccines Israel possesses is...

DTU researchers tighten grip on quantum computer

Jul 12, 2021

Friday 09 Jul 21In a new groundbreaking work, researchers from DTU have now realized the complete platform for an optical quantum computer. In fact, the researchers at DTU are not...

Governance innovation boot camp culminates in pitch night

Jul 12, 2021

As the culmination of a two-week workshop on governance innovation, Sierra Leonean civil servants presented project proposals to audience members and a panel of judges at a June 18 pitch...

Microscopy technique makes finer images of deeper tissue, more quickly

Jul 12, 2021

However, scanning deep within the brain can be difficult because light scatters off of tissues as it goes deeper, making images blurry. Two-photon imaging is also time-consuming, as it usually...

Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time

Jul 12, 2021

This law is Hawking’s area theorem, named after physicist Stephen Hawking, who derived the theorem in 1971. Fifty years later, physicists at MIT and elsewhere have now confirmed Hawking’s area...

Danish researchers find a way to make faba beans safe for all to eat

Jul 12, 2021

This has restricted the wider adoption of faba beans, despite the fact that they are considered a key source of sustainable protein for the future. Faba beans are considered a...

Cell structure previously associated with disease actually improves brain function

Jul 12, 2021

Researchers at McGill University have shown that a brain cell structure previously thought to be pathological in fact enhances cells’ ability to transmit information and correlates with better learning on...

Understanding our perception of rhythm

Jul 12, 2021

Scientists have long known that while listening to a sequence of sounds, people often perceive a rhythm, even when the sounds are identical and equally spaced. But why does our...

In the health lab of the future

Jul 12, 2021

So what can be done to ensure that healthcare systems continue to function in the future? Together with ETH professor Nicole Wenderoth, she is responsible for setting up the new...