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Bio & Medicine 14 hours ago

'Quartet Nanocage' vaccine found effective against coronaviruses that haven't even emerged yet

Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks—including ones we don't even know ...

Environment 20 hours ago

Market-based schemes not reducing deforestation, poverty: Report

Market-based approaches to forest conservation like carbon offsets and deforestation-free certification schemes have largely failed to protect trees or alleviate poverty, according to a major scientific review published on ...

Mathematics May 5, 2024

Math degrees are becoming less accessible—and this is a problem for business, government and innovation

There's a strange trend in mathematics education in England. Math is the most popular subject at A-level since overtaking English in 2014. It's taken by around 85,000 and 90,000 students a year.

Social Sciences May 3, 2024

Gendered processes of recruitment to elite higher ed institutions in mid‐20th-century Britain

The number of male students at the University of Oxford from elite schools declined significantly by the middle of the twentieth century, a new study shows.

Cell & Microbiology May 3, 2024

Novel triple drug combination effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Scientists at the Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI) have found a new potential combination therapy to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by targeting two key bacterial enzymes involved in resistance. The study, "The Triple ...

Planetary Sciences May 2, 2024

TOI-837 b is a young Saturn-sized exoplanet with a massive core, observations find

European astronomers have performed photometric and spectroscopic observations of a distant giant exoplanet known as TOI-837 b. As a result, they found that TOI-837 b is a young Saturn-sized planet containing a massive core, ...

Earth Sciences May 1, 2024

New computer algorithm supercharges climate models and could lead to better predictions of future climate change

Earth System Models—complex computer models that describe Earth processes and how they interact—are critical for predicting future climate change. By simulating the response of our land, oceans and atmosphere to manmade ...

Ecology Apr 26, 2024

Nature conservation works, and we're getting better at it, says new study

To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural world is in decline, is there any room for optimism? Well, our new global study has some good news: we ...

Ecology Apr 25, 2024

First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A study published April 25, in the journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting ...

Molecular & Computational biology Apr 25, 2024

Sweetpotato genetics: A comprehensive update to the 'Taizhong 6' genome annotation

A research team has substantially enhanced the annotation of the sweetpotato genome "Taizhong 6," introducing a more comprehensive and detailed version, v1.0.a2. This update utilizes 12 Nanopore full-length RNA libraries ...

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