The University of Virginia in Charlottesville on 17 October rejected an offer from the administration of US President Donald Trump to sign a higher education ‘compact’.Credit: Peter Morgan/AP Photo/Alamy
US President Donald Trump asked US…
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Breastfeeding boosts immune cells that protect against breast cancer
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Pregnancy and breastfeeding induces the accumulation of specialized immune cells that reduce the chances of breast cancer developing, finds a study1 in humans and mice that is published in Nature today.
Breastfeeding…
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Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them
Collections of human cells generated from different sources can be used to test new drugs. Credit: Lewis Houghton/SPL
When it comes to evaluating drugs or understanding basic biology, researchers are increasingly favouring various innovative…
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Selective Methylene Oxidation in α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Natural Products
α,β-Unsaturated carbonyl functionality- those with connected carbon-carbon and carbon-oxygen double bonds- are commonly found in bioactive compounds. Late-stage functionalization of these compounds could involve oxidation of methylene (2°)…
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Biologist who made cloning possible
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John Gurdon transformed biology by proving that when cells specialize to become a specific type, such as skin or nerve cells, they do so by switching genes on and off, not by losing genetic information….
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how I gained hands-on experience in marine biology
“While I was an undergraduate student at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada, I did the marine semester programme. This involved living in the small town of Saint Andrews, also in New Brunswick, for three months and taking…
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Mysterious Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Now Growing Rapidly
A major dip in the Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic has been puzzling scientists for over a century.
Perhaps most strangely, the weak spot — dubbed the South Atlantic Anomaly — has grown rapidly over the last eleven…
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