Three-quarters of US scientists are considering leaving the country thanks to DOGE cuts, poll finds Scientists are considering moving abroad amid major funding cuts from the Trump administration The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2025
'World’s smallest LEDs' could lead to accurately lit screens with 127,000 pixels per inch and much more immersive VR A stunning display. PC Gamer · Mar 26, 2025
New super-thin '2D' metal sheets could enable ultra-low power chips and can you guess how they're made? Yup, by squishing stuff really hard Apparently single-atom thickness is possible with a plain old hydraulic press PC Gamer · Mar 18, 2025
Microsoft's controversial quantum claims This discovery could change the computing world entirely. But many are skeptical of their claims Salon · Mar 17, 2025
Can an aspirin a day keep cancer at bay? A new study finds that aspirin may disrupt the protective shield cancer cells use to evade the immune system. Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2025
Fragments of a million-year-old face found in Spain shed new light on ancient human migrations In a system of caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain, nearly 50 years of systematic archaeological excavations have unearthed evidence of increasingly ancient human occupation. The Conversation · Mar 13, 2025
Return of the gigahertz wars: New Chinese transistor uses bismuth instead of silicon to potentially sock it to Intel and TSMC with 40% more speed 7 GHz-plus computing here we come...? PC Gamer · Mar 12, 2025
Chinese university designed 'world's first silicon-free 2D GAAFET transistor,' claims new bismuth-based tech is both the fastest and lowest-power transistor yet Peking University has published its findings on a wafer-scale 2D GAAFET in Nature, pointing a new path into the Angstrom era Tom’s Hardware · Mar 12, 2025
Human ancestors arrived in Western Europe much earlier than previously thought, fossil face fragments reveal Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest human ancestor ever discovered in Western Europe. LiveScience · Mar 12, 2025
Journal indexation: The misconception of guaranteed quality Higher education institutions and research institutes are no strangers to commercial scientific journal indexers such as Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). These platforms serve as primary benchmarks for academic success and research performance evaluation. Within the scientific community, indexers function as a credibility currency for research’s perceived prestige and… The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025
Hidden immune system part uncovered by scientists and it could crush antibiotic resistance In a new breakthrough against fighting infectious diseases and antibiotic-resistant infections, scientists have discovered a hidden part of the immune system which was previously not known, and which could become a new source of natural antibiotics. The findings were published in Nature journal. The Times of India · Mar 6, 2025
Wastewater sampling could be key to early warning of new disease outbreaks Monitoring pathogens in sewer systems would be ‘major improvement’ on current techniques, new research shows The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025
mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer shows promise in early trial “The latest data from the Phase I trial are encouraging,” said the study’s lead author. Fortune · Feb 27, 2025
Microsoft just claimed a quantum breakthrough. A quantum physicist explains what it means Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores information in an exotic state of matter, in what may be a significant breakthrough for quantum computing. The Conversation · Feb 20, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025 Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber Consumption in wealthy countries including US and UK is responsible for 13% of global forest loss beyond their borders, study finds
InsideEVs · Feb 10, 2025 How Tesla Can Help The U.S. Government Slash Millions In EV Charger Spending The electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the U.S. is growing, but charging deserts continue to exist, especially in the rural heartland of America and non-coastal states.
The Conversation · Feb 10, 2025 What you need to know about the new implants to patch up failing hearts – is it really a ‘breakthrough’? There are many difficulties in converting any biological research into a medicine that will treat patients. Because of the complexity involved, these difficulties apply especially to translating cell research in the laboratory to a successful treatment for heart failure, where the heart is unable to pump blood around the body…
Fortune · Feb 5, 2025 AI has struggled with spreadsheets and tables. A German startup's breakthrough could change that Prior Labs secures $9.3 million in 'preseed' funding to build foundation models for handling this common, but complex data type.
LiveScience · Jan 30, 2025 'Breakthrough' stem-cell patches stabilized woman's heart as she awaited transplant A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts.
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025 Why mushroom oil has become the drug of choice for cool middle-class parents in London A growing tide of women, often battling early parenthood, are replacing alcohol with a drug that comes in a little brown bottle with a pipette. Jessica Salter reports
Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025 Quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction, conservationists warn A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp.
Salon · Jan 3, 2025 Lessons from infecting people with COVID Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks
The National (Scotland) · Dec 23, 2024 Record numbers of rare species reported at Scottish nature reserve A NATURE reserve in Scotland has reported record numbers of one of the UK’s rarest moth species...
LiveScience · Dec 12, 2024 Modern human ancestors and Neanderthals mated during a 7,000-year-long 'pulse,' 2 new studies reveal An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with Neanderthals in one period between 43,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Laptop · Dec 9, 2024 AI supercharged the sciences in 2024, revealing a major breakthrough in Alzheimer's diagnosis A surge of AI-powered breakthroughs reminds us of the good that artificial intelligence can do, when placed in the right hands.