Ariane 6 passes tests in preparation for first flight

Credit: European Space Agency Europe’s next rocket, Ariane 6, passed all its qualification tests in preparation for its first flight, and the full-scale test model has been removed from the…

Platform tracks SARS-CoV-2 mutational impact on disease severity, identifies effective therapeutic inhibitors

A droplet microfluidics-based system for high-throughput screening of syncytium formation. a, Co-culture of spike-expressing sender cells (mCherry+) and ACE2-expressing receiver cells (BFP+) resulted in syncytium formation (GFP+) due to cell–cell…

AI a ‘game changer’ but company execs not ready: survey

Around 41 percent of executives in leading economies say they will employ fewer people within five years due to AI. A majority of corporate executives across leading economies believe artificial…

Nigeria’s path to net zero needs include trees

It must be said: it is impossible to imagine Nigeria’s path to decarbonization without imagining it being fully lined with trees. There is a critical need to address deforestation, transform…

Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable

Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their European counterparts. That’s the key finding of my team’s recent study, published in American Psychologist. Our study identified a trend that has been evolving…

3 marketing myths the supplement industry wants you to swallow

Americans seem to have quite a positive view of dietary supplements. According to a 2023 survey, 74% of U.S. adults take vitamins, prebiotics and the like. The business of supplements…

Top 5 items I recommend to safely observe the sun

The sun is an amazing celestial object. It is not only at the heart of our solar system and our local star, but it is fascinating and its appearance changes…

Biological mechanism discovered that could lead to new treatments for neurological disorders and cancers

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, Ph.D., at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has discovered a…

China’s green-tech manufacturing powerhouse

China is a manufacturing powerhouse, and also dominates the production of green tech such as solar panels. China has extended its manufacturing domination to clean energy industries in recent years,…

Do the MAOA and CDH13 ‘human warrior genes’ make violent criminals—and what should society do?