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A computer scientist pushes the boundaries of geometry

Oct 17, 2024

Comparing them using geometric tools can bring insight, for example, into whether the same model will work on both datasets. So, geometers have a lot to contribute to abstract problems...

360-degree head-up display view could warn drivers of road obstacles in real time

Oct 17, 2024

Researchers have developed an augmented reality head-up display that could improve road safety by displaying potential hazards as high-resolution three-dimensional holograms directly in a driver’s field of vision in real...

Gene editing has arrived

Oct 17, 2024

A new gene therapy has just been approved as a treatment for the inherited blood disease, sickle cell disease, in the UK and the US. They just have a second...

Housing and the Albanese government: a mid-term report card

Oct 17, 2024

Media attention has focused mainly on the legislative stoush with the Greens over the Housing Australia Future Fund. Direct assistance for low-income groupsThe Housing Australia Future Fund is the largest...

Angela Belcher delivers 2023 Dresselhaus Lecture on evolving organisms for new nanomaterials

Oct 17, 2024

“How do we get to making nanomaterials that haven’t been evolved before?” asked Angela Belcher at the 2023 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture at MIT on Nov. 20. Imaging tools and...

Supporting the Newest New Yorkers

Oct 17, 2024

More than 130,000 people seeking asylum have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022, looking to start a new life in the United States. Many of the...

Could an electric nudge to the head help your doctor operate a surgical robot?

Oct 17, 2024

The exercises mimicked moves needed during surgical procedures on organs in the belly, the researchers said. "The groups that received brain stimulation were better at those tasks." Noninvasive brain stimulation...

McGill launches Canada Award to offset tuition increase for Canadian undergraduate students

Oct 17, 2024

McGill University is launching a $3,000 Canada Award to offset tuition increases for Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec in certain disciplines. Approximately 80% of new Canadian students from outside...

Sexually transmissible infections on the rise, syphilis triples in a decade: report

Oct 17, 2024

Syphilis rates of concernThe number of syphilis cases has more than tripled in the past 10 years, and even though most cases remain in men, there has been a six-fold...

Bank bashing is a popular past-time. But is it justified?

Oct 17, 2024

This represents a significant increase with more than 700,000 more households at risk of mortgage stress after a year of interest rate increases. Interest rate rises have a knock-on effect...