14 – 20 August 2017 ‘Every 4th’ Pakistani suffering from diabetes According to the survey, 35 million to 37.5 million people above 20 are suffering from this disease in the country, according to National Survey 2016-17 on diabetes. Find source China launches brain-imaging factory Hub aims to make industrial-scale high-resolution brain mapping a standard …
07 – 13 August 2017 Artificial intelligence identifies plant species for science Computer algorithms trained on the images of plants have learned to automatically identify species that have been pressed, dried and mounted on herbarium sheets, researchers report. Find source Using smartphone to detect diseases Researchers have developed technology that enables a smartphone to perform …
31 July – 06 August 2017 First genetically engineered salmon sold in Canada AquaBounty Technologies, company that developed the fish, announced on 4 August that it has sold 10,000 pounds of its hotly debated product to customers in Canada. Find source Indian scientists taking to streets en masse Inspired by April’s global march for science, Indian …
24 – 30 July 2017 Significant ongoing decline in sperm counts of Western men A rigorous and comprehensive meta-analysis of data collected between 1973 and 2011 finds that among men from Western countries, sperm concentration declined by more than 50 percent. Find source Genome-wide cancer 'dependency map' now revealed In one of the largest …
17 – 23 July 2017 Scientists record videos in strands of DNA using CRISPR With the help of the gene editor CRISPR, scientists can now save videos in DNA, Nature writes. The researchers encoded five grayscale images into 104 DNA fragments. Find source US defence agencies grapple with gene drives National security community …
10 – 16 July 2017 How sunlight might have jump-started life on Earth Ultraviolet radiation may have triggered the first reaction that led to iron-sulfur clusters, a key component of metabolism in all living creatures. Find source Cellular thermometer discovered Scientists have identified a mechanism that allows cells to adapt their gene expression program …
03 – 09 July 2017 Snakebites cost Sri Lanka more than $10 million annually Every year, snakebites cost the Sri Lankan government more than US$10 million, and lead to economic loss of nearly US$4 million for individuals, according to a new study. Find source Pakistan is now set for Digital Agriculture era Punjab govt …
26 June – 02 July 2017 Largest-ever study of controversial pesticides finds harm to bees The large-scale field study found that overall, exposure to neonicotinoids harms bee populations. In particular, the pesticides reduce honeybees’ ability to survive their winter hibernation, say researchers. Find source Cancer researchers overestimate reproducibility of preclinical studies Cancer scientists …
19 – 25 June 2017 A surprisingly simple explanation for the shape of bird eggs Now, for the first time, scientists have a convincing explanation for this stunning shape diversity in birds' eggs: The shape of a bird’s egg depends on how much its species flies. Find source US court grants Elsevier millions …
12 – 18 June 2017 Swipe right for science: Papr app is ‘Tinder for preprints’ Inspired by the dating app Tinder, which asks users to ‘swipe right’ across their screens to approve prospective matches, an app called Papr is inviting scientists to swipe to rate life-sciences preprints. Find source Computers are starting to reason …
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