Health 16 May 2019 The black mamba is the largest venomous snake in AfricaAvalon/Photoshot License / Alamy By New Scientist staff and Press AssociationA multimillion-pound programme has been launched to improve treatment for snakebites, which are thought to kill up to 138,000 people each year. Treatments for snakebites can be expensive or ineffective, a problem…
Technology 15 May 2019 An app could help diagnose ear infectionsDennis Wise/University of Washington By Donna LuAn app can diagnose ear infections in children by emitting a soft chirp and listening to the way the sound reflects back. To work, all it requires is a smartphone and a funnel made from folded paper. The app,…
Humans 15 May 2019 Fossil teeth could change our understanding of human evolutionAida Gomez-Robles, Ana Muela and Jose Maria Bermudez de Castro By Ruby Prosser ScullyAn analysis of fossil teeth suggests that the shared ancestor of modern humans and our Neanderthal cousins may have lived more than 800,000 years ago. Previous studies have used DNA…
Health 15 May 2019 10’000 Hours/GettyBy Michael Le Page Sometimes it is hard to make out what people are saying in a noisy crowded environment. A device that reads your mind to work out which voices to amplify may be able to help. The experimental device can separate two or three different voices of equal…
Going into space invites us to consider our position as the dominant species on a fragile planet, and how hard we must fight for it, says Richard Webb Space | Comment 15 May 2019 Josie FordBy Richard Webb FIFTY years ago, almost to the day, Snoopy nearly made it to the moon. Not the canine…
Health 15 May 2019 The US opioid crisis has lowered average life expectancySpencer Platt/Getty By Clare WilsonPRESCRIPTION painkillers containing opioids will soon come with a warning in the UK: “can cause addiction”. The decision, announced last month, is part of a range of measures the UK is taking in reaction to the opioid crisis gripping…
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Health 14 May 2019 Volunteers will be sought at a blood pressure clinicMatthew Horwood/Getty By Adam VaughanA hundred people undergoing treatment at a UK hospital are to get their DNA analysed in a pioneering trial. Around 85,000 people with rare disorders in the UK have already had their genomes sequenced through the National Health Service as…
Environment 14 May 2019 Linda Pitkin/2020VISION/naturepl.comBy Adam Vaughan The mix of DNA floating in rivers and lakes will finally be used to monitor the state of aquatic ecosystems, after years of tests to show that the technique works. Conventionally, aquatic life is monitored by capturing organisms, either by using nets or scraping under boulders, for examination. These techniques are time-consuming, can harm species and…
Health 14 May 2019 Glue could be used in place of stitchesPortra/Getty By Yvaine YeHere comes a glue that can mend a broken heart. A new material can repair cuts in pig hearts without using any stitches, and it can be absorbed by the body over time. Hongwei Ouyang at Zhejiang University in China and…
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