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Delivering a sustainable workforce for the food production industry
A lot of thought is invested in modern and sustainable food production, but where should the sustainable workforce come from that will supply the skills of the climate-smart industry of the future? Bengt Fellbe, Program Leader, SSEC, Swedish Surplus Energy Collaboration, explores.
Food Safety: Assessing mixtures of endocrine disruptors
Here, Alberto Mantovani from Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy, discusses an aspect of food safety that concerns assessing mixtures of endocrine disruptors.
ESO telescope captures powerful images of nearby galaxies
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) has captured new images of nearby galaxies, allowing scientists to locate the exact locations of young stars.
Tailoring the Immune System
Here, Professor Pamela Lein at University of California, Davis, explains how viral vaccines work - especially when it comes to human viral disease.
Energy leader discusses Government’s whitepaper ‘Powering our Net Zero Future’
Keith Bastian, a renewable energy leader, dissects the government's plans to build a low carbon future, detailed in its recent 'Powering our Net Zero Future' whitepaper.
The resilience of tropical forests to natural and anthropogenic disturbance
Here, Jess K. Zimmerman at the University of Puerto Rico explains the resilience of tropical forests to natural and anthropogenic disturbance - including the impact of climate change.
Skills shortages in the food industry
Bengt Fellbe, Program Leader, SSEC, Swedish Surplus Energy Collaboration, discusses the importance of training people with the right skills to work within the Swedish sustainable food industry.
The Brain: an unexpeted target of COVID-19
Here, Professor Pamela Lein at University of California, Davis, discusses the relatively unexplored issue of the human brain as a target of COVID-19.
Scientists investigate link between endothelium and Long COVID
Scientists examining how COVID impacts the entire human body, not just the lungs, believe that there could be a link between the endothelium and Long COVID.
Unravelling the mystery of cervicogenic headaches
Rob Sillevis, Program Director for the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Marieb College of Health & Human Services Organisation dissects the potential causes and effective management of cervicogenic headaches.
Brazilian COVID mutation more likely to evade immunity
The city of Manaus was hit so overwhelmingly by the Brazilian COVID mutation, it was believed that 75% of the population had COVID - what new truths are scientists learning about this powerful variant?
Next-generation sequencing to analyse biological tissues
Richie Kohman, Synthetic Biology Platform Lead at Wyss Institute at Harvard, explains the use of next-generation sequencing to analyse biological tissues in a spatially resolved context.
Vulnerable pupils could fall behind by 36% in education
The National Audit Office released a report on the UK Government handling of primary and secondary remote learning during COVID-19 - they suggest the Government assess long-term impact on vulnerable pupils or risk an irreversible divide.
Sustainable food production is not just about circular production models
Bengt Fellbe, Program Leader, SSEC, Swedish Surplus Energy Collaboration, explains how sustainable food production is not just about circular production models, there are more important links in the food system.
COVID vaccines for mutations will be given faster approval in the UK
Medical regulators will fast-track COVID vaccines for mutations, similar to how seasonal flu shots are developed and released.
7 ways the new post-COVID budget could impact your life
Today (3 March) Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the highly-anticipated 2021 budget, which proposes a variety of policy changes, including extension of the furlough scheme and funding domestic abuse "respite rooms" .
Artificial Intelligence examines COVID misinformation on social media
A Northwestern Medicine study used Artificial Intelligence to analyse tweets and figure out how COVID misinformation on social media can erase scientific truths from public awareness.
The Habsburg Empire: Is the nation-state national and the empire imperial?
Gábor Egry, Director-General at the Institute of Political History and principal investigator of Horizon 2020 funded project NEPOSTRANS, dissects the ideologies that shaped and outlived the Habsburg Empire.
What are the side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Here, we use science to dissect some of the rumours about the side effects of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine.
Net zero carbon: The space between existing UK policy and the goal
Here, the question of how net zero carbon emissions can be achieved via existing policy in the UK is dissected.