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Some 95% of people have a gene variant that affects their response to at least one drug. Image credit - Banc d'Imatges Infermeres/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Health | 25 November 2020

The genetics of side-effects

Different people respond to medication in different ways – and the results can be fatal. Read more

Vaccines can train our innate immune system. Scientists are now studying whether a TB vaccine confers protection against Covid-19. Image credit - Agência Brasília/Flickr, licenced under CC BY 2.0
Interview | 25 November 2020

Q&A: How vaccines can strengthen immune response beyond a specific disease

Prof. Christine Stabell Benn is studying the wider effects of common vaccines. Read more

A complex system of clouds and aerosols forms over much of South Asia as part of the monsoon - the challenge was to find out what it contains. Image credit - Sparsh Karki/Pexels, licenced under CC0
Environment | 19 November 2020

The mission to decipher a mysterious aerosol layer above Himalayan monsoon clouds

Stephan Borrmann’s detective work required help from a high-altitude former spy plane. Read more

Mushroom growing matter makes great compost but contains a lot of water, making it heavy and unprofitable to transport, so it currently goes to waste. Image credit - needpix.com//licenced under CC0
Environment | 18 November 2020

Mushroom cultivation produces three times its weight in waste. It’s now being turned into burgers and fertiliser

Growers could make money from waste. Read more

Researchers are trying to determine if different song dialects in groups of S. bilineata bats is driving genetic change and ultimately to them becoming two different species. Image credit - Karin Schneeberger/Wikimedia, licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0
Environment | 17 November 2020

Bats have different song cultures and chatter about food, sleep, sex and other bats

These mammals hold clues to the origins of vocal communication. Read more

Clouds are important from a climate point of view for how they reflect and absorb sunlight, according to Professor Pier Siebesma, an atmospheric physicist. Image credit - Pier SiebesmaProfessor Pier Siebesma, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Environment | 04 November 2020

'The primary reason we are interested in clouds from a climate point of view is because they interact with sunlight.’

Clouds organise on scales of hundreds of kms – but we’re yet to simulate this, says cloud expert. Read more

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Clouds: a climate uncertainty

In November we take a look at clouds – and why they’re such a big unknown when it comes to climate change. Read more

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