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New Technology Makes Tumor Eliminate Itself

New Technology Makes Tumor Eliminate Itself

A new technology developed by researchers from the University of Zürich enables the body to produce therapeutic agents on demand at the exact location where they are needed. The innovation could reduce the side effects of cancer therapy and may hold the solution to better delivery of Covid-related therapies directly to the lungs.

Old and New Diversities Recreating Urban Spaces

Old and New Diversities Recreating Urban Spaces

Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants' groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age, gender and legal status are growing ever more complex and migrants with 'new diversity' traits live in cities alongside people from previous immigration waves. Prof. Steven Vertovec's comparative study helps understand how old and new waves of migrants meet, mix, interact and get integrated into a given society.

Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds

Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.

Sea Burials: Where Space Stations, Rockets Rust in Peace

Sea Burials: Where Space Stations, Rockets Rust in Peace

Hundreds of bits of rocket, space stations and satellites have returned to Earth since the 1960s. They are often dumped at sea. How sustainable is that?

Social Consequences of the Pandemic: "The Super-Rich in the West Are Evading Their Responsibility"

Social Consequences of the Pandemic: "The Super-Rich in the West Are Evading Their Responsibility"

Former top World Bank economist Branko Milanović is afraid that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened the wealth divide. Those who have profited most from the crisis, he fears, have broken their pledge to help countries in need.

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum: A European human rights challenge

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum: A European human rights challenge

In 2020, sexual orientation and gender identity are still a mere afterthought in the asylum granting process. The SOGICA project has been documenting the consequences of this lack of understanding and provides recommendations for future British, German, Italian and European policy.

ELife Extends Support for Coko's Work on Open-source Publishing Solutions

ELife Extends Support for Coko's Work on Open-source Publishing Solutions

eLife and Coko will continue working together on new systems and approaches to research communication.

Thinktank ohne Kontrolle: Kauft sich Milliardär Alfred Schindler ein Uni-Institut?

Thinktank ohne Kontrolle: Kauft sich Milliardär Alfred Schindler ein Uni-Institut?

Mit privaten Mitteln gründen Liberale an der Uni Luzern eine Denkfabrik. Wie viel Geld geflossen ist und was sie vorhaben, verraten die Involvierten nicht.

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.

New Analysis Finds Global Covid Death Toll is Double Official Estimates

New Analysis Finds Global Covid Death Toll is Double Official Estimates

In the United States, the analysis estimates, 905,000 people have died of Covid since the start of the pandemic.

Schools in the U.S. Should Continue to Use Masks, C.D.C. Advises.

Schools in the U.S. Should Continue to Use Masks, C.D.C. Advises.

The announcement sought to clarify the surprise recommendation that vaccinated people could largely stop wearing masks in most cases.

Speech by President von der Leyen at the Nobel Prize Summit

Speech by President von der Leyen at the Nobel Prize Summit

Highlights, press releases and speeches

How Higher Education Needs to Fit into Lifelong Learning

How Higher Education Needs to Fit into Lifelong Learning

Graeme Atherton, Director of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), University of West London and Gordon Marsden, Shadow Minister for Higher and Further Education and Skills from 2015 to 2019. You can find Graeme and Gordon on Twitter @NEONHE @GordonMarsden. Lighter days, brighter COVID statistics and the tremendous NHS achievement of mass vaccination across the […]

University of California System Will No Longer Require SAT and ACT Scores for Admission After Settlement Reached

University of California System Will No Longer Require SAT and ACT Scores for Admission After Settlement Reached

The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from the UC system said.

'Superagency' May Further Politicize Indonesian Research

'Superagency' May Further Politicize Indonesian Research

Indonesia has dismantled its science ministry and created an overarching national research agency, a move some scientists worry will strengthen political control over research in a country where academic freedom is already under pressure and politics have taken an authoritarian turn.

Open-access Publisher PLOS Pushes to Extend Clout Beyond Biomedicine

Open-access Publisher PLOS Pushes to Extend Clout Beyond Biomedicine

The publisher will launch five new journals, and has introduced a new business model that aims to spread the cost of publishing more fairly.

Revisiting: Challenges for Academics in the "Global South"

Revisiting: Challenges for Academics in the "Global South"

Revisiting a 2018 post discussing that for social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this revisited guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.