Nicola Jones
Journalist at Freelance
Contributing Editor at Yale Environment 360
Freelance science journalist, writer and editor based in the wilds of Pemberton BC, north of Whistler. Can sci policy, earth, environment, chem, physics.
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1 week ago |
e360.yale.edu | Nicola Jones
A warmer world is expected to bring more thunderstorms, especially at higher latitudes. Scientists are now reporting a dramatic surge in lightning in the far north and are scrambling to parse how this could affect wildfires, the chemistry of the atmosphere, and Arctic ecosystems.
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3 weeks ago |
nature.com | Nicola Jones
The Center for Scientific Integrity — the non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch — has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing their impact on health guidelines. The Medical Evidence Project will be run by James Heathers, a science-integrity consultant and self-described “data thug” based in Boston, Massachusetts. Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
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1 month ago |
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Nicola Jones |Matthew Hickman |Chrianna Bharat |Suzanne Nielsen
INTRODUCTION Suicide and intentional self-harm are complex public health challenges. Globally, it was estimated in 2019 that there were more than 700 000 suicide deaths each year [1], and for every person who dies by suicide, it is estimated that 20 times as many deliberately self-harm [2]. People with opioid dependence are at elevated risk of suicide and self-harm compared with the general population [3-6].
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1 month ago |
jbc.org | Nicola Jones |Markus Engstler
Keywordscell surfacevariant surface glycoproteinstructure-functionmutagenesisprotein domainGlycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchorTrypanosoma bruceiTrypanosoma congolenseIntroductionThe bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei is covered by a homogenous, dense glycoprotein layer, which, at a given time, consists almost entirely of a single isoform of the large family of GPI-anchored variant surface glycoproteins (VSGs) (1-3).
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1 month ago |
popsci.com | Nicola Jones
A 10-day wind forecast made with the European Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System. Image: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360.
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