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Moral and ethical realism and unbounded organization

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Howard Richards, in his recently published article in the Journal of Critical Realism Moral (and Ethical) Realism, offers practical ethics for our times, embedded in findings of the natural sciences. […]

Curiosity, cell death and caspases: One researcher’s journey to big discoveries

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All comic book superheroes have an intriguing ‘origins story’; and in the case of science superman Professor Vishva Dixit he has one too. Beginning in Kenya and ending in California, […]

The researchers investigating a new type of antimalarial

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The World Health Organization estimates that almost all deaths due to malaria are children living in Africa. Prevention measures against malaria are causing a steady decline in deaths, but common […]

Crisis management: Using Artificial Intelligence to help save lives

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Climate change, and humanitarian issues such as the movement of refugees can create challenges for crisis management and emergency response, particularly in developing countries. Dr Mayank Kejriwal, based at the […]

The battle against cancer stem cells in glioblastomas

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Glioblastomas are the most common and one of the most aggressive forms of brain tumour. The severity of the cancer within glioblastomas, along with the potential for spreading, are driven […]

Double-suicide in modern Japan: An ageing society’s crisis

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Suicide, double-suicide, and homicide-suicide are a significant public health concern in Japan. In particular, double-suicide, which was relatively common among lovers immediately after the Second World War, has re-emerged in […]

Carbon capture utilisation in the deep ocean: The hydrothermal fuel cell

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Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are one of the most hostile environments on Earth, and yet they support complex ecosystems. Dr Ryuhei Nakamura of the RIKEN Centre for Sustainable Resource Science and […]

How virtual reality is helping to rebuild a community devastated by the Fukushima disaster

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The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and the accompanying tsunami that led to the meltdown of Fukushima’s nuclear power plant, was one of the most powerful the world has seen […]

Qualitative monitoring of information infrastructures: A case study

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When it comes to measuring the effectiveness of research and implementation projects, funders usually favour hard facts and statistics that easily translate into soundbites. As a result, quantitative evaluation methods […]

Mechanisms of motion: Combining physical biology and numerical models

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Eukaryotic cells are capable of migrating in response to external stimuli, moving towards a more favourable environment or during processes like wound healing and embryonic development. The mechanisms by which […]