First step to curb COVID vaccine misinformation is finding out who is most vulnerable
The success of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout will depend on everyone’s willingness to receive it. But experts have warned vaccine misinformation online puts Australia’s communities at risk...
World-leading Professor appointed first Curtin enAble Institute Director
World-leading researcher and scientist Professor Bronwyn Myers has been appointed the foundation Director of Curtin’s enAble Institute, a new research collaborative focussed on enabling...
Single-Cell CRISPR Technology Deciphers Role of Chromatin Accessibility in Cancer
Mapping the ‘chromatinome’: New integrative functional genomics platform for profiling genome regulation with a massively-parallel screen of chromatin modifiers.
University of Macau holds Macao Humanities Forum on interdisciplinarity in arts and life
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the second Macao Humanities Forum featuring Prof Pan Gongkai, former president of Central...
Radio astronomers discover 8 new millisecond pulsars
A group of astronomers has discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within the dense clusters of stars, known as “globular clusters'', using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope.
For first time, researchers control design of bacterial microcompartments
Bad bacteria can survive in extremely hostile environments — including inside the highly acidic human stomach — thanks to their ability to sequester toxins into tiny compartments.
Reusable facemasks made using smartphones and 3D printers
Bespoke, reusable facemasks made using smartphones and 3D printers could help better protect people during future epidemics or further waves of Covid-19, new research suggests.
Genome Canada and McGill to track COVID-19 variants of concern
Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada.
UdeM named 39th in the world in the Times Higher Education ‘Impact’ ranking
The ongoing efforts of the Université de Montréal community in the area of sustainable development have made it stand out internationally.
UChicago scientists design ‘nanotraps’ to catch and clear coronavirus from tissue
Potential COVID-19 treatment pairs nanoparticles with immune system to search and destroy viruses.
