Emily Smith

Tiny phages that usually infect microbes could fight cancerScience Photo Library/Getty By Michael Le PagePeople with incurable melanomas and brain or breast cancers are to get injections of tumour-fighting viruses. The trial will test the safety of a virus that has been engineered to shrink tumours – an approach that holds promise for a range of cancers,…

This pacemaker gets its energy from the heartZhou Li By New Scientist Staff and Press AssociationA battery-free pacemaker that harvests energy from heartbeats has been successfully tested in pigs. It uses an energy harvester wrapped around the heart that generates electricity from movement. “Millions of patients rely on implantable medical electronic devices (IMEDs) due to…

Environment 23 April 2019 Firefighters tackle a blaze on moorland in northwest England on 21 AprilOLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images By Adam VaughanThe UK has been hit by nearly a hundred large wildfires in 2019, making it the worst year on record already. The hot spell in February and the recent Easter heatwave have contributed to a…

NASA’s InSight lander has its ear to the groundNASA/JPL-Caltech By Leah CraneMars is shaking. NASA’s InSight lander has detected its first marsquake, a rumbling from the planet’s interior, and it may have felt three more. These quakes could help us learn how much water is hiding deep within the planet. InSight landed on Mars in…

Orange smoke was seen rising over the SpaceX test siteCraig Bailey/Florida Today/AP By Michael Le PageA space capsule that was meant to allow the US to launch its own astronauts into space again appears to have exploded during tests being carried out on the ground on 20 April. SpaceX, which is developing the Crew Dragon…

Environment 23 April 2019 Natural gas accounts for 39 per cent of energy generation in the UKJason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Sam WongThe UK now frequently goes for several days at a time without generating electricity from coal, leading to headlines celebrating record-breaking coal-free spells. But the truth is we are still heavily reliant…

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Space 22 April 2019 A Hiber satellite weighs around 10 kilogramsHiber By Donna LuPerched on a desk in front of me is a tiny satellite. Four black panels stick out like the spokes of a windmill, connected to central body the size of a desktop computer. It weighs less than 10 kilograms, and looks like…

Can we halt the trade?AP/Shutterstock By Sam WongThe UK government has announced it will provide £4.6 million in funding for projects tackling illegal wildlife trade around the world. They include efforts to stop smuggling in Madagascar, to disrupt the grey parrot trade in Cameroon and to reduce demand for marine turtle products in Nicaragua. The…