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Here’s What Doomscrolling Is Doing to Your Brain – And How to Fix It

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Many people have experienced chronic stress since the pandemic lockdowns. Added to this are the climate crisis, the increasing cost of living and most recently threats to European and global security due to the conflict in Ukraine.   To some, it may seem that there is never any good news anymore. This is of course … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: Carbon capture power stations are back

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Will gas power stations equipped with carbon capture and storage be the future of power plants in the UK? Environment 11 March 2022 By Adam Vaughan Keadby 2 gas-fired power station David Soulsby / Alamy This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science … Read more

Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

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Untold amounts of plastic waste is polluting our land and seas. Now, we’re using chemical tricks to design infinitely and easily recyclable materials Technology 2 March 2022 By Katharine Sanderson Graham Carter One thing chemists do superbly is make bonds between atoms. We are now wading through the consequences of that success: plastic waste that … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: 5 takeaways from the IPCC climate report

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By Adam Vaughan People walking by the ruins of the village of Vilar PAULO NOVAIS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science and technology around the world. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. It may have been overshadowed by Russia’s … Read more

Diversity researchers say fix the system in physics, not the students | Science

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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 Physicist Mary James was a sophomore at Hampshire College in Massachusetts in 1974 when a professor encouraged her to apply for a prestigious internship at a world-class laboratory. … Read more

Endlessly recyclable plastics could fix our waste crisis

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Untold amounts of plastic waste is polluting our land and seas. Now, we’re using chemical tricks to design infinitely and easily recyclable materials Technology 2 March 2022 By Katharine Sanderson Graham Carter One thing chemists do superbly is make bonds between atoms. We are now wading through the consequences of that success: plastic waste that … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: Climate action needs more than technofixes

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Why climate action will require both societal and behavioural change to be effective Environment 24 February 2022 By Adam Vaughan Prof. Paul Ekins ,UCL answers questions from delegates during a panel session with Fernanda Balata and Modi Mwatsama Richard Stonehouse/Getty Images This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there … Read more

There’s a Reason 90% of Drugs Fail Clinical Trials, And We Can Fix It

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It takes 10 to 15 years and around US$1 billion to develop one successful drug. Despite these significant investments in time and money, 90 percent of drug candidates in clinical trials fail.   Whether because they don’t adequately treat the condition they’re meant to target or the side effects are too strong, many drug candidates … Read more

Quantum AI: Machine learning offers fix for error-prone computers

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Current quantum computers are highly prone to errors, making them unlikely to be of practical use, but an artificial intelligence that spots and fixes mistakes could help Technology 10 February 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Quantum computers are still error-prone Bartlomiej K. Wroblewski / Alamy Current quantum computers make too many errors to ever be truly … Read more