Oxford vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert awarded RSA Albert Medal
Professor Sarah Gilbert has been awarded the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ (RSA) Albert Medal for her work on the Oxford vaccine.
Fruit bats are the only bats that can’t use echolocation. Now we’re closer to...
Echolocation evolved multiple times in bats over millions of year. Yet the earliest bat ancestors probably didn't have this skill — or if they did, it was likely very primitive.
Rob Phillips Awarded 2021 Feynman Teaching Prize
The 2020–21 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Caltech's highest teaching prize, has been awarded to Rob Phillips, the Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics...
UNSW Founders announces inaugural Sir Rupert Myers Sustainability Award
Naomi Tarszisz has been recognised for contributing to a more sustainable world, by establishing a company that creates reusable takeaway containers.
Will climate change outpace species adaptation?
Many species might be left vulnerable in the face of climate change, unable to adapt their physiologies to respond to rapid global warming.
First antigen test pilot in low prevalence COVID-19 settings signals challenges for rollout
Melbourne researchers who conducted a pilot to study the performance and feasibility of utilising antigen tests have identified several practical challenges...
Regular meat consumption linked with a wide range of common diseases
Regular meat consumption is associated with a range of diseases that researchers had not previously considered, according to a large, population-level study conducted by a team at the University of Oxford.
McGill earns top marks in global rankings by subject
With the world still reeling from the disruption caused by the ongoing pandemic for over a year now, normalcy is a hard trick to pull off these days. Excellence is even harder.
It’s time to bolster women in conservation
Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally, according to research.
Ruth Simmons to deliver principal address at Harvard celebration for Class of 2021
Ruth Simmons, Ph.D. ’73, president of Prairie View A&M University, president emerita of both Brown University and Smith College, and one of the nation’s foremost leaders in higher education...
