Dalmeet Singh Chawla
Why children have to wait years for new drugs
A shortage of participants means that paediatric trials take longer and there is less financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies....
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
The chemist who uses paper devices to spot fake and substandard drugs
For years, chemist Marya Lieberman of the University of Notre Dame and her team have been developing analytical paper diagnostics that...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 18, 2019
- 1 min
Research returnees boost China’s scientific impact
Europe and US-based Chinese researchers have been flooding back to China in recent years — and having a significant impact in the...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Nov 8, 2018
- 1 min
Scientists struggle with confusing journal guidelines
Globally, more than two-thirds of researchers find it difficult to prepare manuscripts and to respond to peer-review comments, finds a...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 18, 2018
- 1 min
Huge peer-review study reveals lack of women and non-Westerners
Women are inadequately represented as peer reviewers, journal editors and last authors of studies, according to an analysis of manuscript...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
Peer reviewers in developing nations are underrepresented, report suggests
Combined, scientists spend nearly 70 million hours peer reviewing manuscripts for scholarly journals every year, a new report says. But...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Jan 25, 2018
- 1 min
Sub-Saharan nations lead the way in open access
Academics in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia publish a higher share of their research under an open access licence than scholars in many...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Aug 27, 2015
- 1 min
Should we be nudging behaviour?
From dancing pedestrian lights that encourage safer road crossing to painting babies’ faces on shop shutters to discourage robbery,...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Jun 29, 2015
- 1 min
Forum to promote development teamwork planned in US
A global forum, the International Center for Peace and Security, is planned to launch in New York City, United States. The centre aims to...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Jun 1, 2015
- 1 min
Use bamboo in sustainable development
Governments should pay more attention to the role that bamboo and rattan can play in building more sustainable and greener economies, a...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- May 28, 2015
- 1 min
Clay fridges keep food fresh without electricity
A staggering 1.3 billion people worldwide still don’t have access to electricity, and 95 percent of these people are based in either...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- May 6, 2015
- 1 min
Call for climate sensors to gauge mountain warming risk
Better monitoring of climate change is needed on mountains, where global warming seems to be happening at a faster rate than other areas,...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Apr 16, 2015
- 1 min
Global Inventor Gap
Most developing countries are falling behind with patents and innovation with 91% of patents held by eight rich countries between 2005...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Jan 22, 2015
- 1 min
University of Oxford named United Kingdom's global health front-runner
According to a new ranking system that was launched in the UK Houses of Parliament on 21st January 2015, only a handful of UK...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Dec 18, 2014
- 1 min
BBC Science in Action: Making bricks out of recycled plastic
The monsoon season in South East Asian countries affects thousands of village homes that are made from clay or straw every year. But,...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Dec 16, 2014
- 1 min
Ammonia gas detectors could be used to detect sites of open defecation
One in six people don't have access to toilets in developing countries. There is a culture of people practicing open defecation in many...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Nov 21, 2014
- 1 min
Plastic bricks could protect Indian homes from monsoon
Bricks made from soft plastic waste that can each withstand six tonnes of pressure and relentless rain could replace the clay and straw...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Sep 17, 2014
- 1 min
Snakebite remedy set to be turned into first-aid tablet
Scientists have designed an oral tablet-like substance that could be a possible treatment for snakebites in the future. The full news...
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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
- Aug 19, 2014
- 1 min
Free app to help blind people use smartphones
A free app to help blind people use different functions on smartphoneshas been launched this week, allowing tapping gestures to be...
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