Новости за 04.09.2023

Researchers hope to be able to digitise odours to allow specific scents to be put together on demand

The proliferation of alien species costs the global economy more than $420 billion a year, and the problem is only growing

The shooting of Amarena, one of around 60 remaining Marsican brown bears in central Italy, raises doubts about whether large carnivores can coexist peacefully with humans

Fossilised remains of a 250-million-year-old animal are leading to a new understanding of how reptiles evolved in the wake of Earth’s largest mass extinction

A species of pirate spider in Costa Rica has a hunting strategy that has never been documented before in any spider

Andy Extance talks to the researchers innovating across different drug classes in the hunt to develop new treatments

The world-leading tuberculosis researcher on switching specialities and living in a racially divided nation

Governments around the world are starting to consider alternative funding models and incentives for antibiotics. Katrina Megget asks if it is enough

With antifungal resistance on the rise, Leah Cowen’s lab wants to identify molecules that can capitalise on vulnerabilities in fungal pathogens

Emily Stevenson is one of two interns working alongside Green Party peer, Baroness Natalie Bennett

Cancers and bacteria develop resistance to drugs in remarkably similar ways

Involving the public in research tackling superbugs

Reducing environmental pollution and tackling quality issues to stave off resistance

Curbing industrial practices that drive antimicrobial resistance needs tighter regulation and enforcement

A world without antibiotics would be a terrifying place

We look at the data behind antibiotic drug discovery and development, bacterial resistance and the financial problems with the current business model

A new study shows an increase in chemistry papers retracted for fraud and experts say scientific publishing is compounding the problem