Новости за 21.09.2022

Bit by bit, drones can print structures made of foam and cement. The technique could transform future construction sites and post-disaster reconstruction

A way to make Cavendish banana plants temporarily resistant to Fusarium fungus could lead to new ways to protect them from Panama disease

Gene editing mosquitoes so they die before malaria parasites can develop inside them could stop the spread of the deadly parasite entirely, according to lab studies and computer models

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows eight of Neptune’s moons and four of its rings – two of which haven’t been seen in more than 30 years

Even at this time of rapid extinction, there are many species to be discovered, but we need to take care over what we mean when referring to "new species", says Penny Sarchet

If we want to change our consumerist society, we need greener status signals that appeal to our animal instincts, says Solitaire Townsend

People in the east of England in early mediaeval times could trace three-quarters of their ancestry to recent migrants from continental Europe.

Bioorthogonal chemistry and nucleic acid sequencing favoured by chemists while citation analysis forecast includes chemical engineering, molecular biology and inorganic photochemistry

Reanalysis of icy rock grains from a ring of Saturn – fed by ice plumes from its moon Enceladus – has revealed the presence of phosphorus, the only key essential element for life that hadn’t already been spotted

Computational models demonstrate how the elastic properties of a solid can influence surface chemistry

India plans to introduce up to 36 cheetahs in Kuno National Park, but conservationists warn the habitat isn't big enough to support a stable population

Whole families may have come across the North Sea starting around 450 C.E., ancient DNA reveals

Via Business Insider, this trendy bit of job news: 

Some job candidates are hiring proxies to sit in job interviews for them — and even paying up to $150 an hour for one.

In this week's Chemical and Engineering News, a bit of news that you would not really expect ten years ago (article by Alex Scott):

Home growers will be able to purchase seeds from spring 2023

After being bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitoes, people with a certain mix of gut bacteria had much higher levels of the parasite in their blood than those with different microbes

Researchers have built an engine based on a famous thought experiment called Maxwell’s demon, and it may help us understand how entropy is produced