Alabama carried out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas in the United States. More states are likely to follow suit. But critics say that despite claims to the contrary, this method is cruel and inhumane.
On the morning of November 1, Chinese structural biologist Nieng Yan, the Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, announced that she will resign from the university and set up the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation in China.
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