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COVID derailed polar research projects. Here’s how students have coped
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/18/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/18/22

COVID derailed polar research projects. Here’s how students have coped

Disruption from the pandemic forced graduate students to find innovative workarounds — and some changes might stick.

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Faster MRI scan captures brain activity in mice
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/13/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/13/22

Faster MRI scan captures brain activity in mice

Improved technique could provide fine-scale insights into how brain regions communicate.

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Ancient Greenlanders hunted huge whales — and little reindeer
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/13/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/13/22

Ancient Greenlanders hunted huge whales — and little reindeer

Genomic analysis hints that the island’s early residents had the technology and know-how to catch some of the biggest animals on Earth.

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Hydrogen could help China’s heavy industry to get greener
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/6/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 10/6/22

Hydrogen could help China’s heavy industry to get greener

Providing the clean fuel to manufacturing plants would be a cost-effective way to tackle the country’s climate goals.

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Alzheimer’s drug slows mental decline in trial — but is it a breakthrough?
Nature, Scientific American McKenzie Prillaman 9/29/22 Nature, Scientific American McKenzie Prillaman 9/29/22

Alzheimer’s drug slows mental decline in trial — but is it a breakthrough?

Researchers are cautiously optimistic following companies’ announcement of positive results for lecanemab.

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The ‘Asian water tower’ is brimming — with glacial melt water
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 9/21/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 9/21/22

The ‘Asian water tower’ is brimming — with glacial melt water

Groundwater stores on the Tibetan plateau have risen recently, but the bad news is that thawing snow and ice are the source.

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Monkeypox: how universities are preventing outbreaks on campus
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 9/8/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 9/8/22

Monkeypox: how universities are preventing outbreaks on campus

Having learnt lessons from COVID-19, university officials worldwide are prioritizing testing and keeping students informed about risks.

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Prehistoric child’s amputation is oldest surgery of its kind
Nature, Scientific American McKenzie Prillaman 9/7/22 Nature, Scientific American McKenzie Prillaman 9/7/22

Prehistoric child’s amputation is oldest surgery of its kind

Skeleton missing lower left leg and dated to 31,000 years ago provides the earliest known evidence for surgical limb removal.

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Genomics solves the mystery of a medieval mass burial
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/30/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/30/22

Genomics solves the mystery of a medieval mass burial

Analysis identifies the remains in an English well as those of medieval Jews, who were probably the victims of an antisemitic massacre.

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Dogs cry with gladness when greeting their humans
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/22/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/22/22

Dogs cry with gladness when greeting their humans

Canines’ weeping makes them the first non-human animal known to shed happy tears.

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Mount Everest’s harsh heights shelter a rich array of life
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/18/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/18/22

Mount Everest’s harsh heights shelter a rich array of life

Scraps of DNA show that living things of all kinds thrive in the thin air above 4,000 metres.

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How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/17/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/17/22

How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers

One ‘superspreader’ with Omicron shed 1,000 times as much viral RNA as those with Alpha or Delta.

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Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/12/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/12/22

Climate change is making hundreds of diseases much worse

Heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms push up the number of cases, make diseases more severe and hamper people’s ability to cope.

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Scientists have unearthed what could be the world’s oldest ice core
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/10/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/10/22

Scientists have unearthed what could be the world’s oldest ice core

Antarctic sample dated at 3–5 million years old extracted as international ice-drilling teams race to extend Earth’s climate record.

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How much industrial carbon have we buried? Much less than thought
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/5/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/5/22

How much industrial carbon have we buried? Much less than thought

Analysis of 20 emissions-storage facilities suggests that they now hold 20–30% less carbon than previously estimated.

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Billions more for US science: how the landmark spending plan will boost research
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/2/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 8/2/22

Billions more for US science: how the landmark spending plan will boost research

After two years of negotiations, the US Congress finally passed legislation to massively increase science and technology research and enhance competitiveness in the semiconductor industry.

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Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 variants
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 7/21/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 7/21/22

Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 variants

Catching an earlier version of SARS-CoV-2 — particularly Omicron — provides some immunity against the two fast-spreading lineages.

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Why fireflies first started to glow during flight
Nature McKenzie Prillaman 7/19/22 Nature McKenzie Prillaman 7/19/22

Why fireflies first started to glow during flight

Mature fireflies lit their lanterns before birds and bats evolved, suggesting that sexual signalling drove this dazzling behaviour.

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