In the early hours of Dec. 19 — the last day of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) conference in Montréal — the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted their new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
The goals and targets agreed within this framework, including the widely discussed Target 3, will guide conservation policy and investment for
Some individuals experience a lack of any imagery in the mind’s eye.
As you read this, take a quick look around and pick an object that catches your eye. Give it a good look. Stare at it for a while. Now close your eyes. Do you still see it? Can you picture it in your mind? How does it
Hostility towards immigrants has become a powerful component of right-wing populism in several western countries. But for the time being, Canada has not succumbed to this wave.
In Canada, attitudes towards immigration have never been a particularly divisive or salient election issue. Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada is the only federal party whose platform includes radical reform of Canada’s
Anxious nurse in a hospital
For healthcare workers, 2022 may have been a breaking point, with new levels of burnout among doctors and nurses. A flight out of traditional healthcare jobs is only further stretching the remaining healthcare workforce and in turn, contributing to more burnout.
Adding to long hours and staffing shortages, a new survey shows that financial
There are many reasons why designing an office is just as crucial for a new business as its products and services. The office space is where the magic happens, and it’s not a good idea to neglect the needs of your employees.
You’ll want to design a productive office space that works as the foundation for the development of your
Smart buildings, which are central to the concept of smart cities, are a new generation of buildings in which technological devices, such as sensors, are embedded in the structure of the buildings themselves. Smart buildings promise to personalize the experiences of their occupants by using real-time feedback mechanisms and forward-looking management of interactions between humans and the built environment.
This
Airplane cockpit control panel
Here we describe a new way to control CAR T therapy through synthetic gene circuits. For more on controlling CAR T therapy, read our article on the use of antibody switches to control CAR T cell activation. Previous installments also discuss the fundamentals of CAR T and its applications for B cell cancers,