Delayed clamping
Healthy newborn babies whose umbilical cords were clamped 3 minutes after birth had higher iron levels at 4 months old and a lower rate of neonatal anaemia compared with babies who had their cord clamped 10 seconds after birth. Delayed clamping was not associated with any adverse side effects (BMJ, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7157).
Stalled probe
The world’s radio dishes were still trying to make contact with Russia’s Phobos-Grunt probe when New Scientist went to press. The craft, built to visit Mars’s moon Phobos, has been stranded in Earth orbit since its launch on 8 November. If it…
