Lack of evidence hampers progress on corporate-led ecosystem restoration
08 Sep 2023A near total lack of transparency is making it impossible to assess the quality of corporate-led ecosystem restoration projects, a new study finds.
Scientists develop test to identify people at risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia and related cancers
24 Aug 2023The new ‘MN-predict’ platform will allow doctors and scientists to identify those at risk and to design new treatments to prevent them from developing these potentially lethal cancers.
MICROBIOME: the kingdom of the gut
24 Aug 2023What's so special about the bacteria in our bowels?
Leading Cambridge neuroscientist appointed as Executive Chair of Medical Research Council
22 Aug 2023Professor Patrick Chinnery, Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed as the new Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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Scientists discover secret of virgin birth, and switch on the ability in female flies
28 Jul 2023Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched on the ability is passed down through generations of females.
Cracking the great cuckoo cover-up
26 Jul 2023African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can detect and reject cuckoo eggs from their nest on almost every occasion, despite them on average looking almost identical to drongo eggs.
Give more people with learning disabilities the chance to work, historian argues
21 Jul 2023Employment levels for people with learning disabilities in the UK are 5 to 10 times lower than they were a hundred years ago. And the experiences of workers from the 1910s–50s offer inspiration as well as lessons about safeguarding.
