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Proofig AI: An AI tool to ensure image integrity in scientific publications

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Proofig AI is an innovative and reflexive AI-powered proofing tool, aimed at researchers, editors, institutes, and publishers. The tool aims to identify the improper usage of images in scientific publishing […]

Science, AI, and securing a sustainable future

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Around 95% of the world’s population agree with the concept of sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a way of building a sustainable future in the face of the climate crisis. […]

CRISPR gene editing: Can we make cancer cells easier to kill?

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Researchers at the Gene Editing Institute have developed a CRISPR gene editing tool to disable genes causing resistance to standard care in cancer patients.

Lung cancer accounts for approximately one in five cancer deaths globally. The high death toll makes the development of new treatments and improvement of old ones a top priority. One […]

In search of beauty

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An intriguing theory to explain the emergence of eukaryotes – a group that includes all beings more complex than a bacterium.

The emergence of eukaryotes (any organism with cells that have a clearly defined nucleus) probably corresponded to the most extraordinary event in the entire history of life, as at least […]

An early feminist from Bengal: Recalling Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Illuminating the life and literary genesis of Chattopadhyay, an author with profound impact on Bengali literature and feminism.

Life and career Chattopadhyay’s formative years transpired predominantly at his uncle’s residence in Bhagalpur, Bihar, owing to the economic crisis stemming from his father’s unstable employment. Chattopadhyay’s literary proclivities were […]

From Charlemagne to Obama: Unifying ancestries and Western European genealogy

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Data scientist Reagan W Moore attempts to construct a unifying ancestry for Western Europeans that will create a genealogical history of the modern world.

What do Britain’s Prince George and former American President Barack Obama have in common? The answer: they are both descendants of Charlemagne, the 9th-century Holy Roman Emperor. Reagan W Moore, […]

National Storytelling Week

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Celebrating the importance of storytelling and research in science communication with some of our favourite articles

Throughout history and across cultures around the world, the art of storytelling has been central to the progression and enjoyment of human life, enabling culture, tradition, myth, and legends to […]

A matter of choice: Free to choose medicine in the 21st century

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Bartley J Madden’s work on a structural improvement to the US FDA’s drug approval process has spanned 20 years.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s system for medicine approval is lengthy and expensive, and only 1 in 12 drugs in human clinical trials obtain approval. Bartley J Madden of […]

How could we build a liveable space habitat?

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Werner Grandl envisages a habitat built from interconnected cylindrical modules, which spin around the axis of a central cylinder – powered by a non-rotating framework of solar panels.

In the not-too-distant future, humanity will be faced with the challenge of building permanent homes in space. For this to happen, space habitats will need to closely replicate Earth’s gravity, while […]

Grasping the grains of gluten

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Gluten is a type of protein present in certain cereal grains. The composition of gluten gives wheat dough its elasticity and viscous properties. Increasing intolerance to gluten in human diets […]