Health
Dengue Fever in Burkina Faso: Everything You Need to Know
There is an outbreak of Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, in Burkina Faso with a surge in cases and fatalities. As of October…
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Chemistry
2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Synthesis of Quantum Dots
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei…
Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics 2023: Attosecond Pulses of Light
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 has been awarded to three brilliant minds: Pierre Agostini from The Ohio State University, Ferenc Krausz from…
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2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: How mRNA Vaccines Revolutionized Medicine
On October 2, 2023, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Katalin Karikó and…
Computational Biology
New AI tool classifies missense mutations as pathogenic or benign
A look at AlphaMissense, a model for predicting the effects of single-letter changes in protein-coding sequences.
Health
Necroptosis: A New Target for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment?
Alzheimer's disease has affected millions and continues to baffle scientists. Some of the features of Alzheimer's include memory loss and the accumulation of…
Agriculture
How AI is Making Soil Moisture Monitoring More Accurate
Monitoring soil moisture is important for farming, water management, and dealing with changes in the weather. It is quite tricky when a farmer…
Astronomy
Scientists Detect Signs of Life on Distant Planet
Researchers believe they may have detected the presence of a molecule called dimethyl sulphide (DMS) on a distant planet K2-18b. On Earth, DMS…
Chemistry
Researchers Use AI to Predict Smell of New Molecules
Scientists at the University of Reading have used machine learning to predict the odour profile of molecules solely based on their structures. This…
Physiology
Summary: Performance trade-offs in wild mice
A change in one quality that has a corresponding effect on another is known as a trade-off. Previous studies have assessed performance trade-offs…
Food Science
Native and Introduced Crops of Africa
If you ask a Ghanaian what their local food is, the answer will likely be fufu, Kenkey, TZ (Saγam), Banku, or Akple. You…
Ecology, Evolution and Environment
Effects of climate change on Ghana
Climate change is no longer an abstract concern in Ghana. It is an ever-present, tangible reality with far-reaching consequences, particularly for countries on…