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Heritage science investment to unveil secrets of Cambridge University collections

Jan 7, 2021

A consortium of five institutions - the Fitzwilliam Museum, Hamilton Kerr Institute, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Cambridge University Library - will benefit from...

Response to infection therapy better understood thanks to a new technique

Jan 7, 2021

Now, researchers at the University of Helsinki have, together with their collaborators at the Helsinki University Hospital, developed a new sequencing-based approach for pathogen discovery from challenging samples. The approach...

Ivanka Trump describes violent MAGA protesters as 'American Patriots'

Jan 6, 2021

Protesters stormed the Capitol just moments after President Trump urged them to 'march on Congress' at the 'Save America' rally in Washington DC. Other Trump supporters could be seen sitting...

InEnTec: Turning trash into valuable chemical products and clean fuels

Jan 6, 2021

Spun out of MIT in 1995, InEnTec uses a process called plasma gasification to turn any kind of trash — even biological, radioactive, and other hazardous waste — into valuable...

‘Virtual biopsies’ could replace tissue biopsies in future thanks to technique developed by Cambridge scientists

Jan 6, 2021

Most cancer patients undergo one or several biopsies to confirm diagnosis and plan their treatment. High grade serous ovarian (HGSO) cancer, the most common type of ovarian cancer, is referred...

Professor and astrophysicist Sara Seager appointed officer to the Order of Canada

Jan 6, 2021

MIT’s Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Sciences Sara Seager has been named an officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honors. She joins 114...

Identifying Canada’s key conservation hot spots highights problem

Jan 6, 2021

“Most research that studies the benefits people get from nature only evaluates where nature has the potential to supply these benefits. To read: “Identifying key ecosystem service providing areas to...

Georgia Senate runoff: Live election day updates

Jan 5, 2021

But Dale Washburn, a Republican state legislator who introduced Ms. Loeffler at the event, had another warning. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump on Twitter pushed for the resignation of Gov. Mr....

Early Voting Numbers in Georgia Senate Races Put G.O.P. on Edge

Jan 5, 2021

But Dale Washburn, a Republican state legislator who introduced Ms. Loeffler at the event, had another warning. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump on Twitter pushed for the resignation of Gov. Mr....

In deadliest week so far, U.S. loses more than 18,400 lives to COVID-19

Jan 5, 2021

The country reported nearly 1.5 million new infections last week, up 16.5% from the previous seven days. (For a state-by-state interactive, open tmsnrt.rs/2WTOZDR in an external browser)Many testing centers were...