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ACL injuries can lead to osteoarthritis later in life – here’s what you need to know
ACL injuries can happen while playing sports or even be caused by a fall. VGstockstudio/ Shutterstock Between 25 and 30 players have missed out on the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. While ACL injuries are reasonably common in athletes, the rate ofContinue Reading
We could soon be getting energy from solar power harvested in space
StudioFI / Shutterstock The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) – using satellites to collect energy from the sun and “beam” it to collection points on Earth – has been around since at least the late 1960s. Despite its huge potential, the concept has not gained sufficient traction due toContinue Reading
EU reportedly not open to UK returns agreement to fix the small boats crisis
T he European Union has told the UK it is not willing to negotiate a returns agreement for migrants arriving via unauthorised routes, according to reports. If correct, it would mean Britain is unlikely to be able to return refugees arriving via small boats across the Channel back to FranceContinue Reading
Britain should welcome international students who want to study here – Ucas boss
B ritain should welcome international students who want to take undergraduate degrees in the UK, the head of the higher education admissions service has said. Clare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said around 13% of placed applicants are overseas students and she does not expect that percentage “to change hugely”Continue Reading
Bank of England outage hits key payments systems processing billions
T he Bank of England says it has resolved a technical issue which shut down a vital system that processes around £1 trillion in transactions every day. The central bank said the “issue has been resolved and settlement will resume shortly”. The issue hit its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service,Continue Reading
Halting progress on net zero could burden consumers with extra costs, PM warned
R ishi Sunak has been warned that halting the UK’s progress towards net zero could ultimately burden consumers with extra costs. The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), which represents more than 140 manufacturers, universities, local authorities and energy service providers working towards a green transition, has called on the PrimeContinue Reading
Council says Home Office contractors told of Legionella on day of barge transfer
H ome Office contractors were told about traces of Legionella bacteria found on the Bibby Stockholm barge on the same day asylum seekers were transferred on to the vessel, Dorset Council has said. The discovery eventually led to the removal on Friday of all 39 people who had boarded theContinue Reading
COVID: here’s why cases have seen a small spike this summer
Summer travel may partly be spurring the spike. Ceri Breeze/ Shutterstock Since the beginning of July all there have been indications that COVID infections are increasing again in the UK. The daily number of new positive tests and the proportion of tests coming back positive have been increasing since theContinue Reading
Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics? Our finding will help settle the question
Muon g2 experiment. Fermilab Despite its tremendous success in predicting the existence of new particles and forces, the Standard Model of particle physics, designed over 50 years ago to explain the smallest building blocks of nature, isn’t the complete “theory of everything” physicists have been longing for. The theory hasContinue Reading
Barclay ‘open to requests’ for Welsh and Scots patients to be treated in England
S teve Barclay has said he is “open to requests” for patients from Wales and Scotland to be treated on the NHS in England amid record waiting lists. The Health Secretary has invited Scottish and Welsh ministers to discuss what “lessons can be learnt” from the different approaches taken byContinue Reading