Researchers start to find clues on the trail of long Covid
Tens of millions of people across the world are thought to suffer from long Covid, but four years after the pandemic was declared this elusive condition still cannot be tested…
Touring the town, researchers feel London’s Brexit pulse
An Italian anthropologist is touring London on a red double-decker bus on a mission to capture the capital's views on Brexit in the middle of an unprecedented crisis. Domenico Sergi,…
Make Science Great Again: US researchers dream of life after Trump
From his lab in Toulouse, France, Benjamin Sanderson models the range of extreme risks to humans from climate change, research he hopes can inform policymakers planning for worsening wildfires and…
Needle-free vaccine patches coming soon, say researchers
Effective vaccines, without a needle: Since the start of the Covid pandemic, researchers have doubled down on efforts to create patches that deliver life-saving drugs painlessly to the skin, a…
Researchers find biological links between red meat and colorectal cancer
Eating less red meat is standard medical advice for preventing colorectal cancer, but the way it causes cells to mutate has remained unclear, and not all experts were convinced there…
PhD researchers` woes
THE Higher Education Commission initiated a programme Start-up Research Grant Programme (SRGP). Fresh PhD faculty appointed under interim placement of fresh PhDs (IPFP) is eligible to apply for a research…
Researchers in Stockholm to make ‘business case’ for peace
Laying out a "business case" to show that world peace saves money may become a new focus of the prestigious Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), its new head says.…
NCDs in Pakistan
IN view of my last two columns, I think it is pertinent to delve into the state of the people of Pakistan with regard to the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Up…
Urban reforms
OLD and new challenges continue to haunt Karachi’s residents. Since the beginning of this year, a large number of people have died in road accidents. Families blame different cadres across…
