Group demands investigation into mysterious death of Enugu nurse
The Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has demanded a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of a nurse in Enugu, Miss Amanda Okechukwu. The group, which described the The post Group demands investigation into mysterious death of Enugu nurse appeared first on The Nation Newspaper…
“Can We Just Be Judged By Humans?”: Max Scherzer Sends Strong Message to MLB After His Robo-Ump Nightmare
Can technology replace humans? While this argument is yet to be over, MLB is the latest entity to accept the phenomenon. Yes, the human umpire standing behind the catcher is going to be a thing of the past very soon. MLB is now ready to implement robot umpire in the major league games as early…
Blue Origin launches tenth New Shepard suborbital human spaceflight
Blue Origin conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 25, carrying six people, one of whom was at least semi-anonymous. The post Blue Origin launches tenth New Shepard suborbital human spaceflight appeared first on SpaceNews…
The creator of Trials unveils The Last Caretaker, a survival crafting game where you’re a robot that grows humans and launches them into space
This is an unusual one: a survival game set in a flooded world that’s maybe Earth, where you’re a robot known as a Caretaker whose purpose is to grow humans in pods, imbibe them with memories and launch them into space (where they will presumably live…
Superhydrophobic particles offer promising method to tackle water pollutants
Emerging pollutants are compounds—microplastics, oils, dyes, pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, etc.—that end up in aquatic ecosystems and can pose an environmental and health risk. These pollutants, which are related to human activities, can be found in wastewater, and removing them represents a scientific, technological and societal challenge…
Air travel advocates in uproar after CTA proposes fines against passengers
The government is not serving the public interest here whatsoever,’ Gábor Lukács with Air Passenger Rights told Global News…Structural characterization of influenza group 1 chimeric hemagglutinins as broad vaccine immunogens
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 7, February 2025. SignificanceInfluenza virus group 1 chimeric hemagglutinin (cHA) vaccines are in human clinical trials as universal influenza vaccine candidates. Here, we determined crystal and electron microscopy structures of group 1 cHAs cH5/1, cH8/1, and cH11/1 with …Spatial population dynamics of bacterial colonies with social antibiotic resistance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 7, February 2025. SignificanceInteractions between bacteria are common, particularly in the crowded surface-associated communities that occur anywhere from natural ecosystems to the human body to medical devices. Antibiotic resistance can be influenced by these “social” …Liver-specific transgenic expression of human NTCP in rhesus macaques confers HBV susceptibility on primary hepatocytes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 7, February 2025. SignificanceInfectious diseases are often species specific and difficult to model. However, with current genome editing technologies, we can tailor laboratory species for specific research applications. This work addresses a major barrier in the hepatitis …