Mountains under the ice
Working at temperatures of -40 °C, researchers will this month begin a project to survey mountains buried 4 kilometres beneath Antarctic ice. Six countries – the UK, the US, Germany, Australia, China and Japan – have joined forces to probe the Gamburtsev subglacial mountains, thought to be the birthplace of the vast East Antarctic ice sheet.
Cherry solution for malaria
Tanzanian children with malaria have been taking medication that tastes like cherries when dissolved in water. As the recovery rate was the same as for the conventional bitter tablet, creators of the sweet version hope it will encourage…
