Meeting the goal set out in the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to well below 1.5–2 degrees Celcius will require efforts that go far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
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Turn up the thermostat – Temperature affects cognitive performance of men and women differently
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Women typically prefer higher indoor temperatures than men, which often leads to the “battle for the thermostat”. But even more interesting, besides just preference room temperature seems to affect cognitive
According to a massive new study published on 22 May in Nature, four genes with rare variants may affect type 2 diabetes risk (1). The new findings provide an updated
Humans pushed the Earth into a new geological epoch, according to some scientists. On 21 May, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG), a sub-committee of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
Engineered immune cells may provide a novel way to protect at-risk populations from life-threatening viruses, according to a new study published on 17 May in Science Immunology (1). So far,
A new study published last week in Nature Sustainability suggests that to keep up with growing food demands — expected to double by 2050 — land use will have to
Scientists have successfully produced Escheria coli bacteria in the laboratory entirely made up of synthetic DNA, according to a new study published on 15 May in Nature (1). Synthetic DNA
Contrary to previous assumptions about stem cell development, a new study published on 16 May in Nature suggests that all cells of the intestinal wall — and not just those
According to a new study published on 16 May in Cell Metabolism, people who ate ultra-processed foods consumed more calories than those on a minimally-processed diet – even though the
To meet the increasing demand for better and superfast computing power, researchers have developed a novel approach that uses light pulses instead of electricity to dramatically boosts computer processing speeds.