Progress on health equality in Europe has stalled, according to a first-ever Health Equity Status Report (2019) released on 10 September by the World Health Organization (WHO). In many of
All posts by Siobhán Dunphy
Where do all the women go? Institutional ‘report cards’ highlight lack of gender parity in STEM
- Research -
Women make important contributions to science but are consistently under-represented at all levels. Indeed, a new study published on 5 September in Cell Press shows a lack of women in
A cocktail of drugs — including a growth hormone and two diabetes medications — may be able to reverse the so-called ‘epigenetic clock’, a measure of biological age, according to
The so-called “extreme male brain” hypothesis is one of the proposed triggers for autism and thought to be a result of higher prenatal exposure to testosterone. However, a new paper
Carbon taxes not sufficient to meet the targets set out by the Paris Agreement, according to a new study published on 4 September in the journal Joule (1). Putting a
In July, a Japanese woman in her forties received the first-ever corneal transplant made from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) — adult skin cells that have been reprogrammed into stem
A new study highlights one significant benefit of leading an active lifestyle — lowering the risk of death. The findings reported on 31 August at the 2019 European Society of
Every organism depends on microbes. And every microbiome — the communities of bacteria that exists inside all living organisms — is linked by a so-called “ecosystem microbiome” according to results
Many, many genes influence a person’s likelihood of having same-sex partners, according to a new large-scale study published on 30 August in Science (1). A 1993 study reported a link
Climate-driven changes in river flooding are already happening across Europe, according to a new paper published on 28 August in Nature (1). The study identified clear patterns, both increases and