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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
FLICKR, MONUSCOThe US government has committed another $7 million in funds to fighting Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing its total contribution to $8 million, according to a press statement yesterday (May 22) by US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar. The announcement comes amid reports of another two deaths from the virus in an outbreak that has killed 27 people since April, prompting the first deployment of an experimental vaccine in the region this week.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
The woman’s own cartilage was used to construct the transplant after she lost her left ear in a car crash. U.S. ARMYA soldier who lost an ear in an accident has grown a replacement under the skin of her forearm, according to a statement released by the US Army earlier this week (May 7). Shamika Burrage’s own cartilage was used by plastic surgeons to reconstruct the ear, which has now been successfully transplanted to her head. Interested in reading more?
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
ISTOCK, JOHNNORTHHundreds of marine animal species living on North American continental shelves will be forced to shift their ranges further north as a result of climate change, according to a study published today (May 16) in PLOS ONE. Although the predicted moves vary substantially according to how much carbon is released into the atmosphere over the coming years, some species may have to migrate more than 1,000 kilometers to keep up with tolerable living conditions.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
ISTOCK, SDOMINICKThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first non-opioid drug for treatment of the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Announcing the move in a press statement yesterday (May 16), the agency noted that Lucemyra (lofexidine hydrochloride) is intended to help adults who abruptly stop taking the addictive painkillers, and is only approved for treatment for up to two weeks.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
ISTOCK, ALTMODERNArizona’s Department of Education is considering new school science standards that would replace or alter references to evolution. School officials behind the change have argued that the wording of the standards, which are available in draft form for public comment until May 28, should be adjusted to reflect uncertainty in the theory.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
WIKIMEDIA, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef experienced large die-offs, only to recover hundreds or thousands of years later, five times in the last 30,000 years, according to a study published today (May 28) in Nature Geoscience. Researchers found that although the reef has shown greater-than-expected resilience to major environmental shifts such as rising sea levels and temperature changes, it is particularly sensitive to poor water quality and higher volumes of sediment.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
ISTOCK, FATIDOThe account information of more than 92 million users of online genealogy platform MyHeritage has been compromised, according to a statement released by the company on Monday (June 4). Last October, in what the statement calls a “cybersecurity incident,” email addresses and encrypted password information were leaked from the company’s website by unknown actors.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
ISTOCK, ALLANSWARTA growing number of companies are developing business models that center on consumers selling their genetic or health data, according to a report published yesterday (June 3) in The San Diego Union-Tribune. California-based startups Luna DNA and Nebula Genomics have built platforms to offer pay-to-access information to researchers from universities, medical institutes, and pharmaceutical companies—and turn a profit for the customer.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
Researchers and institutions seek to bridge the gap between emerging life science professionals and available positions. © iSTOCK.COM/THEADESIGNPhD degrees aren’t what they used to be. In 1973, more than half of doctoral degree graduates in biological sciences landed a tenure-track position within six years. Three decades later, that fraction had dropped to 15 percent.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
the-scientist.com | Catherine Offord |Catherine Catherine
PubPeer’s readers didn’t have to wait long to find out if their suspicions were grounded. Within the week, Bonavida’s visiting student—by then an assistant professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology—had confessed to image manipulation, and the paper was eventually retracted in 2016, with a brief statement citing “data irregularities.” In UCLA’s ensuing investigation, Bonavida was cleared of wrongdoing; nevertheless, he says, he was left in shock.
