Breakthrough in understanding enzymes that make antibiotic for drug-resistant pathogen

One of the WHO’s three critical priority pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii, for which new antibiotics are urgently…

Computing and the search for new planets

When MIT launched the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing this fall, one of the…

A new satellite to understand how Earth is losing its cool

Following a rigorous selection process, ESA has selected a new satellite mission to fill in a…

Image: Solar orbiter in magnetic field simulation facility

As part of its testing campaign to prepare for launch, ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft underwent a…

S. Arabia blocking approval of UN oceans report: participants

Oil giant Saudi Arabia is blocking the adoption of a major UN report on oceans and…

Mumbai fears for homes and lives amid rising seas

Huge swathes of Mumbai’s beaches have already been lost to rising seas. Now shanty dwellers fear…

French parliament to mull law to cut consumer waste

France’s parliament will from Tuesday debate legislation seeking to move the country closer to its ambition…

Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk: UN

Indonesian forest fires are putting nearly 10 million children at risk from air pollution, the United…

Seoul confirms 4th swine fever case, asks Pyongyang for cooperation

South Korea confirmed its fourth case of African swine fever on Tuesday, as Pyongyang was yet…

Bats starving to death in Australia drought

Large numbers of bats are being found severely emaciated or starved to death in Australia amid…