Fortified walls marking national borders are preventing hundreds of wild animals from migrating in an attempt to escape the effects of climate change, according to a paper published in the
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“This public person thus formed by the union of all the others […] is called the State when it is passive and Sovereign when it is active. “Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Du
Water from melting glaciers is sharply increasing the volume of glacial lakes, according to a new study published on 31 August in the journal Nature Climate Change (1). The volume
In exhorting Member State telecoms ministers to “keep up the pace” on deploying new 5G networks in a May 5th video conference, European Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager spoke both
Information about the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19, is accumulating at a stellar rate. However, infections remain difficult to diagnose from symptoms alone, with cases ranging
A New Controversy A new controversy about SARS-CoV-2 is rocking the social media world. Conspiracy theorists are having a field day! According to some people – including the extraordinarily talented professor
In the September 2019 issue of Nature Biotechnology, a collective of scientists mostly from Insilico Medicine, led by Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO and founder of the company, published a landmark article.
Scientists are using machine learning techniques to sift through millions of molecules in search of effective new antibiotics. In a new paper published on 20 February in the journal Cell,
Identifying optimal crop rotation strategies could improve long-term yields and reduce pesticide use, according to a new paper published on 16 January in PLOS Computational Biology (1). The authors used
A new large-scale analysis published on 9 January in Global Change Biology has revealed that plant life is increasing across the Himalayas, one of the fastest-warming regions in the world