A new report recommends screening be introduced for lung and prostate cancers, and that existing programmes for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer be improved.  Such changes across Europe will detect more cancers, earlier. © Stokkete, Shutterstock Don’t underestimate the lifesaving ability of cancer screening. For lung cancer and prostate cancer, screening is recommended across the […]

The European ExoMars rover that was due to launch aboard a Russian rocket in September will almost certainly be delayed because of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. The rover, which was due to land on the red planet in June 2023 and search for traces of life beneath the surface, is part […]

As Russia’s offensive on Ukraine continues, manufacturing activities and exports from Ukraine are severely impaired or have ceased. Russia itself is subject to a growing list of economic sanctions from dozens of countries, and companies with operational links to Russia are evaluating their options. London-listed shares of Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom tumbled 50% on […]

As climate change nudges the global temperature higher, there is rising interest in the maximum environmental conditions like heat and humidity to which humans can adapt. New Penn State research found that in humid climates, that temperature may be lower than previously thought. It has been widely believed that a 35°C wet-bulb temperature (equal to […]

Counterfeit medications and pharmaceutical products are just a click away from being purchased from online pharmacies via smartphone. However, new anticounterfeiting technology can turn a smartphone into a lifesaver by simply taking a picture of a cyberphysical watermark and confirming if the medication is real or not. The technology was developed by a team of […]

A human cell being infected by a coronavirus is a crowded place as the virus turns its host into a virus-replicating machine. Now, for the first time, Stanford scientists have used super-resolution light microscopy to sift through the crowd and determine where in the cell viral molecules lie. W.E. Moerner, professor of chemistry, and Stanley Qi, […]

Industrial scale carbon-negative production of two commodity chemicals has been achieved for the first time using a genetically modified bacterium that can turn waste carbon dioxide into acetone and isopropanol. The work, which offers a blueprint for making other chemicals, holds promise for a more sustainable, renewable and environmentally-friendly chemical industry as the world strives […]

The government has announced a package of higher education reforms, which it claims will provide a fairer deal for students, graduates, universities and the taxpayer. However, critics argue that changes to student loans will hit new graduates on lower and middle incomes, while universities are faced with further financial pressures, as tuition fees are frozen […]

Bible chronology is a fascinating Early Modern intellectual phenomenon that combines science, history, and theology. Put simply, it is basically the attempt, assuming the Old Testament to be true and historically accurate, to develop the time frame of that history bringing into accord with what was known of the histories of the ancient cultures and […]

Perhaps computer vision and human vision have more in common than meets the eye? Research from MIT suggests that a certain type of robust computer-vision model perceives visual representations similarly to the way humans do using peripheral vision. These models, known as adversarially robust models, are designed to overcome subtle bits of noise that have […]