Following the dramatic fire at Notre Dame De Paris, European Scientist had the opportunity to interview Suzana Demetrescu-Guenego, an independent architect specialising in heritage restoration. She considers this tragic event
Archive for 2019
Plastic use became widespread in the 1950s and since then plastic pollution of land, seas, and even the atmosphere has ballooned into a major cause for global concern. And the
After 30 years in development and nearly $1 billion spent so far, UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc in partnership with the non-profit PATH are set to begin trials of a malaria
A new study published on 16 April in Nature Communications demonstrates how so-called gene priming plants is used to activate shoot progenitors ― the stem cells in plants that facilitate
Microplastics are making their way through the atmosphere leaving no stone untouched. A small pilot study published on 15 April in Nature Geoscience has for the first time discovered microplastics
“As Aristotle and every serious theorist of human nature has understood, human beings are by nature cultural animals…”[1] It is interesting to paraphrase F. Fukuyama: the individual is born of
Is there a link between socioeconomic status and genes? And what influence do environmental factors and genetics have on health and life outcomes? A new study published on 8 April
On April 10, 2019, we were treated to a wealth of scientific news: with the observation of a black hole, the discovery of a new human species and the return
European glaciers are on a course to shrink by one-third by 2050, regardless of greenhouse gas reductions, according to a new study published on 9 April in The Cryosphere, a
A recent survey by the IE University in Madrid reveals that one in four Europeans would be ready to put an artificial intelligence in power. Should we be concerned for