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 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 …
08 – 14 May 2017 Ebola vaccine could get first real-world test in emerging outbreak An outbreak of the Ebola virus has emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on 12 May. Officials are considering to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine against the outbreak. Find source …
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 …
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 …