A new study published on 15 November in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems has presented a cheap and easy real-time method to measure nutrient levels in grassland (1). This rapid
Archive for November 2018
European Medicines Agency recommends ‘rediscovered drug’ for treating sleeping sickness in Africa
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On 16 November the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved a new drug, fexinidazole, for treating human African trypanosomiasis, known as sleeping sickness. The neglected tropical disease is endemic to Africa
European Scientist launches a “Series of Events”: an overview of the key themes for European Science
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During this period of commemoration, there are a number of notable anniversaries. With the centenary of the Great War in the same week as the 151st birthday of Marie Sklodowska
Does slapping a warning label on every single item we buy in the shops really make us more aware of potential risks, or are we running into an overprotection of
On 14 November, a draft agreement of the terms for the UK’s fast approaching plunge into Brexit was backed by senior UK decision makers. However, there are still doubts about
For the first time, reprogrammed cells have been implanted into the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s disease. Prof Jun Takahashi and his team at Kyoto University reprogrammed skin cells
In an interesting twist, scientists show that obesity may actually have a positive influence on cutting-edge cancer therapies. A new study published on 12 November in Nature medicine (1) has
High levels of pollution are common in many cities in the world. A new study published on 9 November in Nature Communications has revealed the extent to which pollution is
Computational models and artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to become extremely useful in the early intervention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Timely diagnosis of the disease remains a challenge
The implementation of nuclear energy is an investment in the Polish engineering know-how and a knowledge-based economy – says Krzysztof TCHÓRZEWSKI. This article initially was published by our partner, Wszystko