Loneliness: The hidden epidemic in low-income nations
admin You may know the feeling. Your days are characterised by a dull haze of sameness. You want to connect with people, but even when you get the chance, you do…
MWC 2025: Nokia enhances marine ops with private net and advances API play
Demonstrating its continued momentum in two growing areas of mobile comms, Nokia has revealed that it is working with marine terminal and rail yard operator Carrix to introduce a…
AstraZeneca withdraws Covishield pointing to low demand, but did rare side effects also play a role?
AstraZeneca have withdrawn their COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria, the first to have been administered against the virus in 2020. | Photo Credit: Plyushkin/Pond5 Images/IMAGO The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has reportedly withdrawn…
Metal ferrite derivative chemical looping systems: a review towards a multiscale approach for technology readiness enabling clean energy conversion and carbon neutrality
Chemical looping technologies offer a promising pathway for clean energy production, addressing the urgent need for decarbonization in light of escalating global energy demands and climate change concerns. This review…
Is India becoming the cancer capital of the world? Soaring number of cases highlights need for policy measures
Praful Reddy, 49, an IT professional from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, has lung cancer and has been undergoing treatment, including targeted therapy, chemotherapy, and radiation, to stop…
Breathless in India: Are we staring at an allergy epidemic?
Carrot and beetroot. This duet of perfectly innocuous vegetables had been as natural a part of Leela’s (name changed) diet as anybody else’s. But one day, at 50, when the…
Vaping may increase risk of lung cancer
E-cigarettes contain small amounts of potentially toxic chemicals. Scientists don’t yet know the long-term health risks of vaping. | Photo Credit: Andrew Harnik People who quit smoking and then took…
MWC 2025: Comms tech consortium begins XR trials on 5G Standalone network
Noting that as 5G mobile adoption continues to grow rapidly, evolution of advanced networks, augmented reality, headsets and smartphones is leading to a “perfect opportunity” to trial a next…
Bipyridine covalent organic framework aerogel for highly selective recovery of palladium in wastewater
Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SC08674K, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Yang Liu, Weikang Guo, Jiale Liu, Haijuan…
The mysterious spike in whooping cough cases
In the winter of 2023, health experts across the European continent started noticing something weird. Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, were rising. It was not just happening…