Neuroscience
31 Jan 2025
The auricular muscles, which helped our distant ancestors move their ears to improve hearing quality, activated when people were trying to listen to competing sounds.
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30 Jan 2025
Understanding the different types of immune dysregulation that cause sepsis will let us target treatments, lower future death tolls, and prevent lingering illness like long COVID-19.
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17 Dec 2024
Scientists investigated the noses of people with asthma and allergic rhinitis and found that the fungi in their noses are different to healthy people, suggesting future targets for treatments.
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09 Dec 2024
A large-scale study in Sweden suggests that drinking sweetened drinks significantly increases your risk of serious cardiovascular disease, but limited consumption of treats doesn’t.
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18 Nov 2024
Ticks have always travelled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive at their destination, and so could the pathogens they carry.
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15 Nov 2024
Researchers from the US looked for associations between the use of dating apps, sexual behavior, and a history of HIV/STIs among college students in North Texas. They showed that there was an association between risky sexual behavior and the use of dating apps. They propose that the two may be mutually reinforcing.
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04 Nov 2024
Scientists have successfully immortalized lip cells, allowing new treatments for injuries and infections to be trialed on a clinically relevant lab-based model.
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19 Sep 2024
Researchers found which type of background could leave you feeling less exhausted after a day of videoconferencing
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12 Sep 2024
Scientists find that children whose families use screens a lot have weaker vocabulary skills — and videogames have the biggest negative effect.
Health
16 Aug 2024
Scientists find that taking part in creative activities boosts people’s sense that life is worthwhile, their happiness, and their satisfaction with life.
Space sciences and astronomy
12 Jul 2024
Existing waste management systems for spacesuits are uncomfortable, unhygienic, and don’t recycle valuable water in urine. Now, researchers from Cornell University have designed a prototype for an integrated urine collection and recycling system, which can be carried on the back of next-generation spacesuits. The system is now ready for testing.
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25 Apr 2024
Scientists champion global genomic surveillance using latest technologies and a ‘One Health’ approach to protect against novel pathogens like avian influenza and antimicrobial resistance, catching epidemics before they start.
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04 Apr 2024
Climate change, pollution, and collapsing biodiversity are damaging our immune systems, but improving the environment offers effective and fast-acting protection.
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15 Mar 2024
Using clinical data, researchers examined injury patters of car crash victims and found that women have an elevated shock index more often than men, even when their injuries are less severe
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08 Mar 2024
Scientists found that many people with type 2 diabetes know little about their condition, indicating a need to improve communication about the disease
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