Science

STAT Plus: Life sciences industry rallies behind Calif. bill to prevent a nightmare scenario for clinical research

30 minutes ago | STAT

SAN FRANCISCO - Drug companies here are rallying behind legislation that they say would fix a state consumer privacy law that threatens to jeopardize the integrity of clinical...
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Opinion: Rethinking innovation in maternal and child health in Africa: five case studies

30 minutes ago | STAT

It was a typical yet astonishing scene in Wandi village in northeastern Nigeria: a traditional barber known as a wanzam ceremonially shaved Abubakar Nafisatu's hair on his...
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New Dundee medical centre to feature robot doctors and VR headsets

44 minutes ago | The Courier

A hi-tech medical science centre which will use surgical robots and virtual reality headsets to teach future doctors was unveiled on Wednesday.
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STAT Plus: Gawande-led venture taps consulting giant to hone strategy for chronically ill

1 hour ago | STAT

The health venture led by Dr. Atul Gawande is working with a global consulting powerhouse to hone its strategy for improving care of chronically ill patients who account for...
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East Hokkaido Part 1: Lake Akan || 道東１：阿寒湖

1 hour ago | Harvard

※The recent earthquake was such a disaster in Hokkaido... But amidst the avalanches, broken roads, collapsed houses, the...
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RAF encouraging Moray children to develop science skills to boost their future career aspirations

3 hours ago | Press and Journal

School pupils have been enjoying some hands-on work experience at the RAF Lossiemouth this week as part of an event to promote the Stem subjects. About 1,200 children have...
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About

4 hours ago | Harvard

Alla Baranovsky-Dewey is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University. Alla is interested in the politics of the contemporary Russian state...
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About

4 hours ago | Harvard

Alla Baranovsky is a Ph.D. Candidate in Government at Harvard University. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Drew University and an A.M. in Regional Studies from Harvard. Alla...
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Spring/Summer 2018 Academic Talks

8 hours ago | Harvard

June: “The Global Rise of Nationalism," Aspen Foreign Ministers Forum, Versailles, France. June: Keynote address: “The Mobilization of Resentment: Populism, Nationalism, and...
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Science news in brief: From rolling water droplets to plastic and sea turtles

10 hours ago | The Independent

And a roundup of other stories from around the world
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Sea levels could rise by FOUR METRES if ice sheet 60 TIMES size of Britain melts

SEA levels could rise by a staggering FOUR METRES if an ice sheet which is 60 times the size of Britain continues to melt. Read more ...

Who is Terry? Meet the Great British Bake Off 2018 contestant

Terry is one of the 12 contestants taking part in The Great British Bake Off 2018. And yes, he's sporting quite the crumb catcher. But there's more to Terry than his... Read more ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX reveals Big Falcon Rocket to send first person to fly...

ELON Musk's SpaceX has announced the first private passenger which it will take to the moon in a massive breakthrough for space exploration. Read more ...

East Hokkaido Part 1: Lake Akan || 道東１：阿寒湖

※The recent earthquake was such a disaster in Hokkaido... But amidst the avalanches, broken roads, collapsed houses, the... Read more ...

RAF encouraging Moray children to develop science skills to boost their...

School pupils have been enjoying some hands-on work experience at the RAF Lossiemouth this week as part of an event to promote the Stem subjects. About 1,200 children have... Read more ...

Catherine

Riley I studied food science at Leeds University and all of my roles, since graduating, have been in the food industry. My first role was as a Technical Manager in a flour mill... Read more ...

Using electrophysiology to study Alzheimer's Disease: Meet Soraya Meftah

Soraya Meftah is a PhD Student based at the University of Exeter and Bristol, funded by the MRC GW4 Biomed DTP. Her current research focuses on early changes in connections... Read more ...

Prolific PLANET HUNTER reveals plan to track down life in universe

AN ASTRONOMER and prolific planet hunter is gearing up for his talk at this weekend's New Scientist Live festival, during which he will look at the tantalising possibility for... Read more ...

43 years after the Vietnam war, many Navy veterans are still battling for...

Tens of thousands of Navy veterans are excluded from VA benefits related to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam war. A bill making its way through Congress would extend... Read more ...

NASA asteroid WARNING: Giant asteroid RB4 to skim Earth in ONE HOUR

AN ASTEROID twice the size of a London double-decker bus is en route to zip past the Earth this afternoon, NASA has revealed. Read more ...