The new fund aims to be the primary tool to implement the Kunming-Montreal deal and deliver $200 billion a year to nature protection initiatives A new global fund supporting the…
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New therapeutic approach for the treatment of neuroblastoma in young children
Lead author Sven Hagemann is handling cell cultures. Credit: University Medicine Halle Neuroblastomas are tumors of the nervous system. They can form in many places in the body and are…
AI risks repeating social media era’s mistakes: Microsoft president
Breakneck development of AI risked repeating mistakes made by the tech industry at the start of the social media era, Microsoft president Brad Smith told a business forum. Breakneck development…
Virtual reality study reveals link between sense of presence and cognitive abilities
Estimates of the structural equation model involving memory domain. Note BVMT brief visual memory test, Accomplishment VR = accomplishment in virtual reality, Error VR error in virtual reality. Dashed lines refer to nonsignificant path…
Sequestering carbon on a gigaton scale: How gene editing can address climate change by reducing atmospheric emissions
Hardly a day goes by without another piece praising the potential for gene editing to help solve climate change. Nevertheless, the possible contributions of biology and biotechnology have been conspicuously underplayed in most of the International Panel on Climate Change…
Cookstove offsets produce millions of junk carbon credits
Projects in India linked to Enking, the self-proclaimed world’s largest carbon credits producer, have vastly overestimated climate benefits Abdul Nalband, head of Machutar village in western India, received shiny new…
Young women report higher rates of forced sexual intercourse during pandemic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The rate of forced intercourse in early adulthood rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a potential increase in unintended pregnancies and many other sexual, reproductive…
New detector paves the way to large-scale optical neural networks
Single detector. Credit: Farshid Ashtiani, Nokia Bell Labs For the first time, researchers have used a surface normal nonlinear photodetector (SNPD) to improve the speed and energy efficiency of a…
Wreckage of Russian warlord’s plane spotted from space (photo)
A satellite has spotted the wreckage of the plane that went down in northwestern Russia on Wednesday (Aug. 23), apparently with Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin on board. The plane, an…
