Weekly Headlines (excerpts)
1. Laser mapping spots ant colonies in dense forest
Approach could help scientists spot invasive species cheaply and quickly
BY KATHERINE IRVING 29 MAR 2024
2. Grinning robots, hyena hierarchies, and more stories you might have missed this week
A roundup of some of our favorite items from the Science Adviser daily newsletter
BY PHIE JACOBS 29 MAR 2024
3. Anthropologists take up arms against ‘race science’
At their annual meeting, biological anthropologists began to build a playbook to thwart racist misuse of research
BY MICHAEL PRICE 29 MAR 2024
4. Have scientists finally made sense of Hawking’s famous formula for disorder in a black hole?
Theorists claim to derive the landmark equation from the bare definition of entropy, but not everyone is convinced
BY ADRIAN CHO 28 MAR 2024
5. A muon collider could revolutionize particle physics—if it can be built
The radical new machine might be built faster and cost less than an equivalent conventional atom smasher, boosters say
BY ADRIAN CHO 28 MAR 2024
The future of the biennial ESOF meeting is uncertain after parent organization declares bankruptcy
BY ELISABETH PAIN 28 MAR 2024
7. Bone marrow transplants spread Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice, controversial study reports
Experts reject claims that the findings demonstrate “Alzheimer’s disease transmission” in mice, and that human transplant recipients are at risk
BY CATHERINE OFFORD 28 MAR 2024
8. ‘I need your urine!’ Unusual experiment tests whether human pee can help save forests
Science chats with a Spanish ecologist who tried a surprising tactic to stop mice from eating acorns
BY PHIE JACOBS 27 MAR 2024
9. Black hole at center of Milky Way may be blasting out a jet
The galactic center may not be as sleepy as astronomers thought
BY DANIEL CLERY 27 MAR 2024
10. Bird flu discovered in U.S. dairy cows is ‘disturbing’
Scientist who tracks infections on cattle farms discusses implications of recently announced virus detections
BY JON COHEN 26 MAR 2024
11. Startups aim to curb climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the ocean—not the air
Schemes to use renewable energy to process seawater may be cheaper and easier than air capture
BY ROBERT F. SERVICE 26 MAR 2024
12. Scientists with East Asian and African names get short shrift in news coverage
Journalists’ decisions can impact researchers’ careers and public perception of who is a scientist
BY KATIE LANGIN 26 MAR 2024
13. Genetically engineered marmosets promise insight into early stages of Parkinson’s
New monkey models may help predict neurological conditions and test potential treatments
BY DENNIS NORMILE 26 MAR 2024
14. Smallpox may be gone but U.S. should better prepare for its return, report says
Improved vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics needed for old foe, and could also help against new ones like the mpox virus, panel concludes
BY JON COHEN 26 MAR 2024
15. Long-lasting, injectable HIV prevention drug set for “aggressive” roll-out in Africa
U.S. government agency plans to make inexpensive shots widely available for people at risk
BY JON COHEN 25 MAR 2024
16. South Korea to join the European Union’s research funding program
But as Horizon Europe opens up to the world, some European researchers worry they will miss out
BY DENNIS NORMILE 25 MAR 2024
17. Fewer U.S. scientists are pursuing postdoc positions, new data show
The biological and biomedical sciences have seen the sharpest drop
BY KATIE LANGIN 25 MAR 2024
18. ‘After you!’ A female bird’s flutter conveys a polite message to her mate
Videos suggest wild birds use complex gestures, like humans do
BY ANNA GIBBS 25 MAR 2024
转载本文请联系原作者获取授权，同时请注明本文来自崔锦华科学网博客。
链接地址：https://wap.sciencenet.cn/blog-3389947-1427544.html?mobile=1
收藏
