Miles D. White is stepping down as CEO of US global healthcare company Abbott, headquartered in Illinois, but will remain as executive chairman. He will be succeeded by president and COO of the company Robert B. Ford, who has also been elected to the board.
Book review: Women in their element - a book in which all those women who contributed to the periodic system of the elements are acknowledged.
In this book, Ben-Naim explains entropy with probabilities and information theory. The latter is an abstract and mathematical subject that is closely connected to probability.
The blueprint of a protein machine crucial for photosynthesis has been revealed in spinach leaves – an advance that could help researchers re-engineer the process to generate higher yields in crop plants.
A ketogenic diet low in carbohydrates and high in fats has attracted attention as a weight loss tool, but now US researchers suggest that it can protect mice from influenza A virus. Feeding mice a keto diet for just one week reduced flu symptoms and the ability of the virus to replicate in the lungs.
A UK general election is one matter, but if other species on the planet got a vote, how would they use it?
A rising tide of public awareness about plastic waste and its impact on the environment is spurring the development of new polymer chemistries and routes to recycle polymers. Anthony King reports
Researchers in Japan have discovered something unique about the immune systems of supercentenarians who live to 110 years of age.
US President Trump’s much-touted ‘American Patients First’ blueprint, aiming to lower drug prices and reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs, has had little effect since it was published in May 2018.
Since the advent of the first skyscraper more than 100 years ago, steel and concrete have been the default structural materials for tall buildings. However, wooden towers – plyscrapers – are now sprouting up around the world. Jasmin Fox-Skelly reports