Rachel Fieldhouse
Reporter at Nature
Science/arts grad who writes things at AusDoc. Cross-stitch enthusiast, band geek, and fan of the Oxford comma.
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2 days ago |
nature.com | Giorgia Guglielmi |Miryam Naddaf |Rachel Fieldhouse
Last month, economist Matthias Doepke packed up three decades of his life in the United States and resigned from his job at Northwestern University. He sold his house in Evanston, Illinois, and joined his wife and three children in London.
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6 days ago |
spektrum.de | Rachel Fieldhouse
News Lesedauer ca. 2 Minuten DruckenTeilenMedizin: Krankenhauskeim kann Plastik verdauenBakterien wie Pseudomonas aeruginosa verursachen zahlreiche Krankenhausinfektionen. Jetzt zeigt sich: Einige von ihnen können Plastik zersetzen – was ihnen Vorteile verschafft. Exklusive Übersetzung ausPseudomonas aeruginosa ist ein krankmachendes Bakterium, das Tiere einschließlich des Menschen befällt.
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1 week ago |
nature.com | Rachel Fieldhouse
A strain of bacterium that often causes infections in hospital can break down plastic, research published this week in Cell Reports reveals1. Researchers in the United Kingdom identified an enzyme, which they called Pap1, in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a wound. They found that the enzyme can break down a plastic that is commonly used in health care because of its biodegradable properties, called polycaprolactone (PCL).
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1 week ago |
nature.com | Rachel Fieldhouse
The prominent US chemist Charles Lieber, who was convicted of hiding his research ties to China from US federal agents, has joined the faculty of a Chinese university. On 28 April, Lieber became a full-time professor at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS), according to a SIGS press release. The institution was established by Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen local government in 2001.
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2 weeks ago |
nature.com | Rachel Fieldhouse
Receiving a COVID-19 booster vaccine in the same arm as the first vaccine dose leads to a faster, more effective immune response than having it in the opposite arm, according to a study in mice and people. The results are described in Cell today1.
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A strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa can break down a plastic commonly used in sutures, wound dressings and more. It's the first pathogenic bacterium found to have this ability, but it's likely not the last. My latest for Nature: https://t.co/6Khacbg53l
The first trial testing whether it's safe to use genetically modified pig livers to treat people with organ failure is going ahead in the US later this year. My latest (and first!) for @Nature https://t.co/DvSkblzzRS
RT @sarahzhang: I have a story in @TheAtlantic today that I have been thinking about for years. I've written a lot about shocking discover…
