29 January – 04 February 2018 Kid co-authors in South Korea spur government probe Researchers sought to boost their children’s chances in university admissions. Find source Brain shows signs of Self-Criticism minutes after death Scientists have observed neural activity in the parts of the limbic system where phenomena such as low confidence, inner ridicule, …
15 – 21 January 2018 Science in limbo as US government shuts down Scientists in US are bracing for impact after lawmakers in Congress failed to agree on a plan to fund the government, triggering its indefinite shutdown. Find source China declared world’s largest producer of scientific articles China has overtaken US in terms of …
31 July – 06 August 2017 First genetically engineered salmon sold in Canada AquaBounty Technologies, company that developed the fish, announced on 4 August that it has sold 10,000 pounds of its hotly debated product to customers in Canada. Find source Indian scientists taking to streets en masse Inspired by April’s global march for science, Indian …
15 – 21 May 2017 UK political parties promise science funding boost Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), Theresa May (Conservative), and Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) have all presented manifestos that pledge to raise UK R&D spending.The announcements came in party manifestos unveiled ahead of national elections in June. Find source Lab-grown blood stem cells produced at …
17 – 23 April 2017 China to establish cotton biotech lab in Pakistan at CEMB Chinese officials visited Punjab University’s Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB) to discuss establishment of “Pak-China Cotton Biotechnology Laboratory” at CEMB. Find source Female researchers are over-represented on the social-media In the first broad look at the behaviour of …
10 – 16 April 2017 Self-taught artificial intelligence beats doctors at predicting heart attacks Scientists have shown that computers capable of teaching themselves can perform even better than standard medical guidelines, significantly increasing prediction rates. The new method could save millions of lives. Find source Some 100 groups have now endorsed the March …
27 March – 02 April 2017 First case of 'reprogrammed' stem cells transplantation On 28 March, a Japanese man in his 60s became the first person to receive cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells donated by another person. This represents a major step forward in movement to create banks of ready-made stem cells. Find …
01 – 07 August 2016 NIH Reveals Plan to Fund Human-Animal Chimeras The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has outlined a proposal to lift a ban on funding human-animal chimera research—with conditions. Find source Seven facts on the GSK-Google bioelectronic medicines deal Bioelectronic medicine is embryonic. But British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline and US …