The 2023 Breakthrough Prize
Anna Kelliher reports on the winners of the 2023 Breakthrough Prize, and exciting advancements in treating narcolepsy.
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NASA’s DART mission
Ilka Boran reports on NASA’s recent DART mission, and discusses the future of planetary defence from asteroids.
Cystic Fibrosis: A revolution in precision medicine
Megan Perry reviews the developments in cystic fibrosis treatment, including the revolution precision medicine is having on patient outcomes.
AI Fossil Hunters
Sophie Berdugo outlines the advancements in technology enabling AI fossil detection.
Listen to your gut
Elizabeth Mira Rothweiler discusses our gut microbiome, and how antibiotics impact it.
Have we finally found an effective vaccine against malaria?
Andrew Griffiths reports on the recently published findings from a malaria vaccine trial—do we now have an effective vaccine against malaria?
Carbon capture: Why have major projects around the world failed?
Sophie Beaumont outlines carbon capture storage technology, and discusses why the 1.5°C climate tipping point won’t be avoided by using it.
Treating the old with the new: stem cell therapies for Alzheimer’s disease
Artwork by Matthew Kurnia This article was originally published in The Oxford Scientist Hilary Term 2022 edition, Regeneration. ‘The next great advance in medical care will not be a magical pill, it will be a miraculous cell called the mesenchymal stem cell’. Speaking at a TEDx event in Ashland, Oregon in 2019, American physician Dr…
Could mapping the seafloor help save the planet?
Joel Tester provides a deep-dive into the current holes in our knowledge about the ocean, and why mapping the seafloor is so important.
Do antidepressants actually work?
Joshua Mitchell reviews the debate over the role of serotonin in depression, and the evidence on whether antidepressants do actually work.