European elections 2019: science at the polls In the context of the European elections, European Scientist is bringing you an overview of experts from different countries on various topics
Archive for May 2019
Meeting the goal set out in the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to well below 1.5–2 degrees Celcius will require efforts that go far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
Turn up the thermostat – Temperature affects cognitive performance of men and women differently
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Women typically prefer higher indoor temperatures than men, which often leads to the “battle for the thermostat”. But even more interesting, besides just preference room temperature seems to affect cognitive
According to a massive new study published on 22 May in Nature, four genes with rare variants may affect type 2 diabetes risk (1). The new findings provide an updated
Humans pushed the Earth into a new geological epoch, according to some scientists. On 21 May, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG), a sub-committee of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
European elections 2019: science at the polls In the context of the European elections, European Scientist is bringing you a series of views from experts from different countries on
European elections 2019: science at the polls In the context of the European elections, European Scientist is bringing you a series of views from experts from different countries on
Interview with Guy Waksman, member of the Academy of Agriculture: “AgriFood Tech start-ups” are on the rise!
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The European Scientist: Guy Waksman, you are one of the leading French experts in precision agriculture. You have just returned from a study trip to the Netherlands, can you tell
French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has completed, on May 2019, several years of expertise on potential hazard of LEDs, and published series of
Engineered immune cells may provide a novel way to protect at-risk populations from life-threatening viruses, according to a new study published on 17 May in Science Immunology (1). So far,