interdisciplinary

International PhD student numbers in US hold steady — for now

International PhD student numbers in US hold steady — for now

kakameo

Approximately 1.3 million international students and recent work-learning graduates will be in the United States in the 2025–2026 academic year.Photo: ...

DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy

DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy

kakameo

Watson received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in elucidating the structure of DNA. 1 ...

‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network

‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network

kakameo

The data set is almost double the known length of roads used during Roman times. Photo: Itiner-e, Artas Media, MINERVA ...

inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry

inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry

kakameo

In his work on the documentary Shadow scientists Patricia Kingori visited Kenya to meet academic ghostwriters.Photo: Anna Patarakina Four years ...

Antibody drugs show promise for treating bird flu and HIV

Antibody drugs show promise for treating bird flu and HIV

kakameo

Future antibody treatments may target the H5N1 (green) avian influenza virus.Photo: Steve Gschmeisner/Science Photo Library Researchers are increasingly developing antibody ...

Why India’s controversial ‘cloud seeding’ trial failed to make it rain

Why India’s controversial ‘cloud seeding’ trial failed to make it rain

kakameo

Pollution levels in Delhi have reached dangerous levels, prompting the Indian government to try cloud seeding as a radical approach ...

Please stay out of the abandoned buildings

Please stay out of the abandoned buildings

kakameo

Welcome to the Uteri Archaeological Park. Please stay away from abandoned buildings. The deserted cityscape spanning the entire lunar surface ...

Electromagnetic interference shielding using metal and MXene thin films

Electromagnetic interference shielding using metal and MXene thin films

kakameo

Joo, K. et al. Highly effective package-level EMI protection with silver epoxy composites by sputtering for high-frequency FCBGA package deposition. ...

What now for the global plastics treaty?

What now for the global plastics treaty?

kakameo

When United Nations talks on plastic pollution collapsed in Geneva, Switzerland, in August, observers said the outcome had been an ...

Paper or plastic?

Paper or plastic?

kakameo

The chairs at the pharmacy counter are made of hard bioplastic and are supposedly shaped like a human body. They're ...