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Measuring the levels of 184 fat molecules in the blood could improve how we assess people’s risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease Health 3 March 2022 By Carissa Wong Low-density lipoprotein particles in the blood transport fats ANIMATED HEALTHCARE LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The levels of 184 fat molecules in the blood can help to … Read more
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, will no longer cooperate with Germany on science experiments aboard the Russian side of the International Space Station (ISS), it said in a tweet Thursday. “The Russian space program will be adjusted against the backdrop of sanctions, the priority will be the creation of satellites in the interests of defense,” Roscosmos … Read more
The decades-old space partnership between Russia and the West may be going up in smoke, another victim of the invasion of Ukraine. Early Thursday morning (March 3), London-based company OneWeb announced that it’s suspending launches of its satellites from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The decision came after Russia’s federal space agency, Roscosmos, … Read more
Neutron stars release powerful warm winds after chowing down on their stellar companions, new research shows. Neutron stars are the remains of more massive stars that reached the end of their lives and exploded in violent supernovas, leaving behind a dense core that continues to collapse in on itself. These stellar corpses are the densest … Read more
The marketing machine for the new season of “Star Trek: Picard” has been working overtime, with Patrick Stewart and the cast doing TV and press interviews, plus poster campaigns have been spotted at Los Angeles international airport and on the New York subway. It’s been almost two years (actually 706 days, just 24 days short … Read more
The second voyage of “Star Trek: Picard” launches on Paramount Plus arrives today, March 3, and eager fans will be experiencing a bit of temporal distortion as Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the La Sirena whip back to Earth of the year 2024 to try and correct the timeline as a final test … Read more
Cells are continually cranking out new proteins, but like car factories, they produce some lemons. A study of mice now suggests these defective proteins speed aging, bolstering an idea first proposed 60 years ago. The new paper “fills a critical gap” and “allows us to say that protein damage is an accelerant of aging,” says … Read more
COVID-19 CDC relaxes guidance on wearing masks in public The often-acrimonious U.S. debate over wearing masks entered a new phase last week when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) loosened its guidance and suggested about 70% of the population could jettison them. The turnabout comes as the Omicron wave ebbs and scientists consider … Read more
Papers are a key currency for academic careers—which is why publication disparities among various groups, such as men versus women, are often a focal point for efforts to increase equity and diversity. Now, a new study quantifies another of these gaps: LGBTQ academic scientists who don’t disclose their sexual orientation in the workplace publish fewer … Read more
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 375, Issue 6584. This story is part of a special package being published this week about the barriers Black physicists face and potential models for change. Read more C. Smith/Science Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States have had outsize success in launching … Read more