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Experts are urging guideline changes for doctors and nurses as surgical masks offer ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’ such as Covid
Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts...
Google is rolling out a wave of AI features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into a proactive “inbox assistant”.
CallMiner helps enterprises build a competitive data moat using deep and domain-specific conversation intelligence for AI automation.
Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
Exclusive: research suggests supplementing eggs with a key protein reduces age-related defects, raising hopes of improved IVF for older women
Scientists claim to have “rejuvenated” human eggs for the first time in an advance that they predict could revolutionise IVF success rates for older women.
The groundbreaking research suggests that an age-related defect that causes genetic errors in...
Space agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned
Nasa is cutting short a mission aboard the International Space Station after an astronaut had a medical issue.
The space agency said Thursday the US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned.
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General Motors said it was writing down the value of battery and electric vehicle factories after changes in federal policy undercut demand.
Certain canines can learn using cues from people’s gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers find
Whether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults – but now researchers have found certain dogs can do something similar.
Scientists have discovered canines with the unusual ability to learn the names of myriad objects can...
The technology show CES is back for another year in Las Vegas in America.
The firm says its chatbot sees health and wellbeing questions from 230 million people every week.
John Ternus, a low-profile but influential executive at Apple, could be next in line to replace the company’s longtime chief executive, Tim Cook, if he steps aside.
The End Violence Against Women Coalition said it had been a year since the inital law was suggested
Nieuwe Instituut, RotterdamThey have poisoned emperors, taken over insect brains and survived atomic bombs. This Dantean journey through fungal hell is riveting – though frogs may disagree
Sylvia Plath’s poem Mushrooms is a sinister paean to the natural world. Her observations on fungi are freighted with foreboding, noting how “very / Whitely, discreetly, / Very quietly” they “Take hold...
Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceled
Nasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.
A Nasa spokesperson said the...
Regulators said they will look at whether the deal for Manus, a Singapore start-up with Chinese roots, complied with China’s export and investment rules.
We must not let geoengineering be shaped behind closed doors. Climate justice demands an inclusive approach
As the world faces the challenges of the climate crisis and critical threshold levels or tipping points may be reached soon, a disputable idea is gaining momentum as a potential solution: solar geoengineering – the deliberate reflection of sunlight to cool the planet. Advocates argue it...
From talking computers to self-driving cars, here are the trends to watch.
Scholars and artists at Sorbonne University trained artificial intelligence to imitate the French playwright’s themes, structures and sense of humor. The result is a new play.
Of 17 preservatives studied, higher consumption of 12 of them linked with increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Higher consumption of some food preservatives is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, two studies suggest.
The findings, published in the medical journals Nature Communications and the BMJ, may have important public health implications given the ubiquitous use...
Last year was full of unexpected science news, from the discovery of a new colour, to the interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas passing by our solar system, and a world-first treatment with a personalised gene editing therapy. So what will this year bring? Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big stories likely to hit the headlines and share their predictions for 2026
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Analysis finds those who stopped using medication saw weight return four times faster compared with other weight loss plans
People who stop taking weight loss jabs regain all the weight originally lost in under two years, significantly faster than those on any other weight loss plan, according to a landmark study.
Weight loss medications, known as GLP-1 agonists, were originally developed as...