Новости за 14.03.2022

Leaving even a dim light on while you sleep may disrupt blood sugar control, a small study in humans suggests

Babies whose mothers were vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus had less need for drugs against bacterial infections

The war in Ukraine is the subject of much online disinformation and propaganda but fact-checking organisations are tracking down how social media posts spread and debunking them

The moon has deep craters that sit at such an angle that even reflected sunlight doesn’t touch some areas, making them prime locations for water ice to collect

The US and Europe can compensate for the loss of Ukraine’s grain exports by scrapping biofuel mandates, helping to avoid a food price shock

Awardees will attend a weeklong program in Columbus in August

39.5 billion tonnes of carbon, roughly twice the amount contained in Europe’s forests, is risk of being released to the atmosphere and turbocharging climate change

Smoke particles caused a drop in chlorine-binding chemicals that set back the ozone layer’s recovery by 10 years

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

Nobel laureates’ failed challenge means companies may need extra patent licenses

Some physicists worry about stifling debate, others commend arXiv’s system of moderating papers

E-mails to job seekers will go out on March 15, not March 14.

Who knew that one of the weird aftereffects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine would be the roiling of the world nickel markets? Via Bloomberg: 

Indonesia, the world’s top nickel producer, will raise production capacity of the metal after prices soared past $100,000 a ton, while the coal market is unlikely to get similar relief.

Tucked in the bottom of this New York Times piece on a loophole for vaping that allows for synthetic nicotine to be used in vaping was this odd comment: 

Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt, an associate professor at Duke University who has studied synthetic nicotine, said it posed many unknowns.

A 2000 year old decapitated Yorkshire man and the ancient proteins in his preserved brain might provide clues to modern diseases, as Hayley Bennett discovers

Refugees find aid and jobs, but many remain to fight Russian invaders