The last year has certainly shone a light on the life sciences sector, especially on areas such as epidemiology and immunology. But while the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked worldwide interest, the science that underpins this research has always been fascinating. Dr Lydia Lynch is an Irish immunologist who has been deep in research for nearly two decades. She is founder of the … [Read more...] about Lydia Lynch: ‘In 100 years we still won’t have all the answers’
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How Zoom fatigue can affect your brainwave activity
If you’ve experienced Zoom fatigue in the past 12 months or so, you wouldn’t be the only one. Being on a video call requires you to focus more and work harder on processing non-verbal cues, which can be exhausting. In its 2021 Work Trend Index, Microsoft said 54pc of respondents to its global survey reported feeling overworked and 39pc felt exhausted. Now, the company’s Human … [Read more...] about How Zoom fatigue can affect your brainwave activity
How a PhD internship is aiming to prepare candidates for the AI industry
Like the rest of the world, Ireland is preparing for a future driven by new technologies. A critical aspect of this is finding people with the right skills to push boundaries and give businesses a competitive edge. Mastercard’s Dublin tech hub is hoping to attract these people through its partnership with ML-Labs, which is a collaboration between University College Dublin … [Read more...] about How a PhD internship is aiming to prepare candidates for the AI industry
Lab-grown human-monkey embryos raise ethical questions
Scientists have successfully grown monkey embryos containing human cells. In a paper published in Cell, a research team outlined how it produced what are known as human-monkey chimeras with human stem cells inserted into macaque embryos in the lab. Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte at the Salk Institute in California, who led the team, said the study could help to advance biomedical … [Read more...] about Lab-grown human-monkey embryos raise ethical questions
Sydney student’s code snapped up by Amazon quantum researchers
A 21-year-old student in Australia has caught the attention of quantum researchers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Yale. Pablo Bonilla Ataides, a science undergraduate at the University of Sydney, tweaked some computing code in a way that effectively doubled its capacity to correct errors in quantum machines being designed in the emerging tech sector. His work, published this … [Read more...] about Sydney student’s code snapped up by Amazon quantum researchers