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Proteins roll the dice to determine bee sex (www.hhu.de)
To date it has been unclear exactly how the sex of a bee is determined. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) comprising biologists and chemists has now identified a key gene and the molecular mechanism linked with it. In the current issue of the scientific journal Science Advances, they describe how...
New UCF Technology Could Reduce Lag, Improve Reliability of Online Gaming, Meetings | University of Central Florida News (www.ucf.edu)
The novel class of optical modulators can make data transfer over optical fiber communication faster and more efficient....
Tiny ‘quantum dot’ particles win chemistry Nobel (www.nature.com)
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov receive the prize for their work on glowing nanoparticles that are used in fields from electronics to surgery.
Second malaria vaccine to win global approval is cheaper and easier to make (www.nature.com)
The World Health Organization has recommended a shot called R21 to prevent the disease in children....
AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in research papers (www.nature.com)
An algorithm that takes just seconds to scan a paper for duplicated images racks up more suspicious images than a person.
Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes (news.northwestern.edu)
Large study found three genes strongly linked to vegetarianism....
Physicists Who Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time Win Nobel Prize (www.quantamagazine.org)
The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons....
Pioneers of mRNA COVID vaccines win medicine Nobel (www.nature.com)
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman developed immunizations amid an unprecedented pandemic at record-breaking speed.
No brain, no problem. Jellyfish learn just fine (www.science.org)
Despite lacking a centralized brain, the translucent creatures can learn from past experiences to avoid bumping into obstacles....
Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned....
One in 18 babies born in Australia are conceived via IVF, latest data shows (www.theguardian.com)
The 102,157 cycles of IVF performed in 2021 was a 17% increase on 2020, with an average of two cycles for each woman.
Marine Le Pen should stand trial over alleged misuse of EU funds, say prosecutors (www.theguardian.com)
The Paris prosecutor’s office has recommended that the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 23 members of her National Rally party stand trial over the alleged misuse of EU funds....
Chicago police investigated over alleged sexual misconduct with asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)
Reports that an officer allegedly impregnated an 18-year-old and another had ‘sexual contact with an underage female migrant’
Iran stops families marking anniversaries of protesters' deaths (www.bbc.com)
Relatives say they are being forced to cancel anniversary memorials for those killed last year.
Scientists Successfully Maneuver Robot Through Living Lung Tissue (news.unchealthcare.org)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Some tumors are extremely small and hide deep within lung tissue, making it difficult for surgeons to reach them. To address this challenge, UNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy...
Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar (www.nature.com)
Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....
Revealed: one in three Europeans now votes anti-establishment (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: analysis of results in 31 countries last year found 32% of votes were cast for parties that are populist, far-left or far-right.
French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims (www.theguardian.com)
The 14-year-old boy was put in handcuffs and marched out of his classroom on Monday.
Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank and Gaza (www.bbc.com)
Israeli forces killed five men during raids in Jenin and Jericho, while one died at a protest in Gaza.
South Korea raids US military bases in drugs probe (www.bbc.com)
Some 17 soldiers and five other people allegedly smuggled or used synthetic marijuana via military mail.
Placenta holds answers to many unexplained pregnancy losses, study finds (news.yale.edu)
Yale researchers have shown that placental examination resulted in the accurate pathologic determination of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses, a discovery that they say may inform pregnancy care going forward....