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Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila

...project exploits the genetic similarities between the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and humans in order to investigate and understand the role of the two related 3’-5’ exonucleases, CG7670 and CG6744 exonuclease, in the repair of interstrand crosslinks (ICL) in the fruit fly. Based on protein sequence and biochemical similarity the two exonucleases are closely...
Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...projects. They focus on generating and exploring ideas, encouraging autonomy and agency, playfulness and problem-solving, involving co-constructing, collaboration and teacher creativity. They recognise a need for direction, boundaries and support, as well as for the teacher to be a creative role-model, but they also advocate independence and choice and having high...
Impossible Peace 2: "The taigs are getting everything"
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: "The taigs are getting everything"

...The ground is littered with bricks and debris. One of the armed officers turns to the camera, saying something and gesturing.]A scene from the Belfast battlefield. Image - Crispin Rodwell Download the archive (PDF, 37MB)[Image link to download of full archive in a PDF file] Acknowledgements With thanks to project photographer Marie Therese Hurson, Stills Photographic....
The Middle East conflict has swiftly exposed economic vulnerability in the region
Society, Politics & Law

The Middle East conflict has swiftly exposed economic vulnerability in the region

...projects which led the World Bank and the World Economic Forum to publish glowing reports on the region recently. Both organisations agreed in late 2025 that oil wealth was being wisely invested for the future. The general view was that the GCC was a place of economic stability and diversity. A director of the World Bank, Safaa El Kogali, said that the region’s embrace...
Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...management and the Department of Health set the culture of the organisation where focus drifted away from the primary purpose of their provision, caring for patients, there were also shortcomings in how healthcare professionals, the doctors and nurses on the ground, were regulated. Simple regulation would aim to protect patients by providing a register of practitioners...
Why are public companies vanishing in America?
Money & Business

Why are public companies vanishing in America?

...managers better than public firms. His prediction initially appeared invalid. As shown in Figure 1, the number of public firms increased sharply in the first half of the 1990s. However, the number of listed firms peaked in 1997 and has since fallen by half, such that there are fewer public corporations today than 40 years ago (Doidge, Karolyi, and Stulz, 2017). Does this...
As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission
Science, Maths & Technology

As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission

...managed to land a probe on the satellite Titan (the Huygens probe). It also observed unusual features in the rings of the planet and recorded an enormous, hurricane-like storm whirling around its north pole. Surely, we must now know everything about Saturn and its moons? Fortunately, scientists are never satisfied, and the answer to one question usually leads to at least...
What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
Science, Maths & Technology

What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers

...managed to get into the jobs they are currently in. Transcript As someone at the beginning of their journey, it was important, and also comforting, to hear that many of the scientists were also unsure at the start of their careers around A levels and had some major changes along the way. Furthermore, it is significant to remember that a science career can be reached from...