Research: New Scientist Magazine – August 26, 2023
Tag Archives: Science Magazines
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 17, 2023
Anti-obesity drug also protects against heart disease — what happens next?
Clinical-trial data suggest that semaglutide, sold under the name Wegovy, slashes risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular incidents.
Can oyster farming help save the planet?
Ecologist Elena Tamburini hopes to show that shellfish farming efficiently absorbs carbon.
Research: New Scientist Magazine – August 12, 2023
How working out your ageotype could help you live healthier for longer
Your body is ageing down one of four – or more – possible pathways. Figuring out your “ageotype” could help you zero in on the things you can do to stay healthier for longer
THERE is a (probably apocryphal) story about Henry Ford sending agents out to junkyards across the US in search of scrapped Model Ts. The famous industrialist wanted to know which of the car’s vital components failed first, so he could do something about it. The agents reported back that every bit of the car was susceptible to failure, but some were more susceptible than others, except for one – a component of the steering system called the kingpin, which almost never failed. They expected Ford to announce plans to extend the working lives of the weaker components. Instead, he ordered his engineers to make less resilient kingpins. No point wasting good money on a component that always outlived the others.
Cave of Bones review: Lee Berger on the discovery of Homo naledi
Sewage crisis: The truth about British rivers and how to clean them up
From time crystals to wormholes: When is a quantum simulation real?
Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for solar-powered homes
Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 10, 2023
JWST spots what could be a quasar from the early Universe
The object’s deep red colour suggests it existed when the Universe was less than 700 million years old.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has seen what is probably a quasar from the early Universe1.
ChatGPT-like AIs are coming to major science search engines
The Scopus, Dimensions and Web of Science databases are introducing conversational AI search.
The conversational AI-powered chatbots that have come to Internet search engines, such as Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing, look increasingly set to change scientific search, too. On 1 August, Dutch publishing giant Elsevier released a ChatGPT-like artificial-intelligence (AI) interface for some users of its Scopus database, and British firm Digital Science announced a closed trial of an AI large language model (LLM) assistant for its Dimensions database. Meanwhile, US firm Clarivate says it’s working on bringing LLMs to its Web of Science database.
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 3, 2023
Water crisis: how local technologies can help solve a global problem
Climate change is making water stress worse for billions worldwide. Scaling up both new and traditional solutions must be a priority.
Why heart trouble can lead to sleep trouble
An immune response triggered by cardiac disease affects the function of a gland with a key role in the sleep–wake cycle.
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – July 27, 2023
ChatGPT is a black box: how AI research can break it open
Despite their wide use, large language models are still mysterious. Revealing their true nature is urgent and important.
A lethal fungal infection gets a hand from the body’s own defences
Bloodstream infections by a common fungus are less deadly in mice engineered to have lower levels of a protein secreted by immune cells.
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – July 20, 2023
This quiet lake could mark the start of a new Anthropocene epoch
The dawn of a new geological epoch is recorded in the contaminated sediment at the bottom of Crawford Lake in Canada.
The official marker for the start of a new Anthropocene epoch should be a small Canadian lake whose sediments capture chemical traces of the fallout from nuclear bombs and other forms of environmental degradation. That’s a proposal out today from researchers who have spent 14 years debating when and how humanity began altering the planet.
How to introduce quantum computers without slowing economic growth
To smooth the path of the quantum revolution, researchers and governments must predict and prepare for the traps ahead.
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – July 13, 2023
How ancient monkeys rode the waves to the Americas — and survived
Analysis suggests that three types of primate made the transoceanic journey to South America from Africa millions of years ago.
Some of the first primates to reach South America might have been tiny, insect-loving monkeys that had been swept out to sea.
Great bolts of lightning foretell Earth-warming clouds
Coverage of wispy cirrus clouds is linked to episodes of electrical activity.
Lightning is typically seen when imposing cumulonimbus clouds fill the sky. But new research shows that these bolts of electricity can also be used to forecast thin and wispy clouds that warm the world by reflecting heat back to the surface.
AI Preview: Science Focus Magazine – July 2023 Issue
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about OpenAI’s GPT-4 tool
OpenAI is back in the headlines with news that it is updating its viral ChatGPT with a new version called GPT-4. But when will this be available, how does it work and can you use it?
AI art’s hidden echo chamber is about to implode. Here’s what that will look like
Artificial intelligence art generators train themselves on art pulled straight from the internet… but what happens when most of the art out there is now made by AI?
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – July 6, 2023
Fungi bacon and insect burgers: a guide to the proteins of the future
Humanity needs to eat less meat. Here are seven alternatives.
Would you eat a burger enriched with mealworms? Fake bacon sliced from a mass of fermented fungi? Milk proteins extruded by microbes? Maybe you already have. Dozens of companies are now banking on these alternatives to animal protein becoming a regular part of your diet.
Mini-antibodies given mighty powers can stave off influenza
Complexes formed from ‘nanobodies’ and an antiviral drug halt infection in its tracks.
A dynamic duo comprising an antiviral drug joined to an antibody fragment provides strong protection against the two main types of influenza that infect humans, according to research in mice.
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