Highlights

Medicine

Microneedles to treat cancer

A dressing made up of hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve in the body promises to improve skin cancer treatment with photodynamic therapy

By

Astronomy

Space 1.6 million years from now

Using new data astronomers have predicted the movement of the 300,000 stars within 326 light-years of the Sun over the next 1.6 million years

By

Anthropogenic mass

The weight of human production

Asphalt and concrete make up most of the mass produced by humans

By

Hayabusa2

Successful return

The Japanese space mission has successfully collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu and brought them safely back to Earth

By

Paleontology

The oldest and largest blind snake

Paleontologists from the University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto campus, have identified the world’s largest and oldest blind snake

By

Biochemistry

Anti-predator chemical shield

Seemingly harmless at first glance, the African maned rat (Lophiomys imhausi) carries a lethal weapon in its coat

By

Biology

Underground dispute

A team of researchers from the USA, Spain, and Brazil have explained the growth behavior of plant roots

By

Data

Engineering courses: fall in the number of new and graduating students

Number of new students fell by 17% between 2018 and 2019 to 39% below its peak in 2014

By

Good practices

Frustrated ambitions

A group of researchers from the Netherlands has been working on a large multidisciplinary survey on scientific integrity at Dutch universities and research institutions

By

Good practices

1951 paper on homosexuality retracted

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease has announced the retraction of a scientific article published almost 70 years ago.

By

Good practices

Artificial intelligence in peer review

Software identifies potential conflicts of interest between the authors of an article and the researchers reviewing it

By

Photolab

Underwater stars

When disturbed by a physical bump or a beam of light, the tunicates Pyrosoma atlanticum emit a turquoise light

By

Video

Could these be the precursors of pterosaurs?

Study suggests that extinct small terrestrial vertebrates, the lagerpetids, were the closest relatives of those mysterious winged reptiles | 6'43

By

Careers

The many perspectives of physics

Brazilian scientist from São Paulo, head of a research group at Utrecht University, recognized by the European Physical Society

By

Careers

Freelance scientists

Websites connect companies with researchers offering freelance services

By