Carbon-capture technology, such as this plant in the Irish Sea, is at the research, development and demonstration stage.Credit: Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg/Getty Last week, the European Commission published its long-awaited recommendations for climate targets for 2040. The commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, is recommending that EU member states cut greenhouse-gas emissions by…

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The Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee has secured better pay and benefits for postdocs at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.Credit: Pacific Hyunh/SPOC-UAW As the sole earner for his family of four, Balalgopal Pai’s starting pay in 2021 was US$62,500. Pai, a postdoctoral researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine…

The Apple Vision Pro headset, released in the United States on 2 February, offers wearers virtual and augmented reality displays.Credit: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Apple’s virtual-reality (VR) headset, the Vision Pro, was released only two weeks ago — but scientists are already grappling with some of the research implications. Researchers say the headset could be a watershed…

The reputation of Chinese science has been “adversely affected” by the number of retractions in recent years, according to a government notice.Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Chinese universities are days away from the deadline to complete a nationwide audit of retracted research papers and probe of research misconduct. By 15 February, universities must submit to the government…

From McGill University: A new project led by McGill University researchers seeks to understand one of humanity’s oldest practices and most powerful tools—storytelling. From ancient oral traditions to modern-day literature and digital narratives, storytelling is an essential part of the lived experience that is not yet fully understood. ‘The Lives of Literary Characters’ is a…

In May 2013, Katalin Karikó turned up for work at her laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and found her belongings piled in the hallway. “There were my binders, my posters, my boxes of test tubes,” she recalls. Nearby a lab technician was shoving things into a trash bin. “My things!” Karikó realised. Despite having…