Misunderstanding translanguaging in preschoolers

Aleksić and colleagues designed a programme to help teachers leverage children’s translanguaging skills.

Preschool children have a remarkable ability to embrace and express the dimensions of different languages beyond their socially and politically defined boundaries – this is called translanguaging. It’s especially encouraging […]

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Phytoremediation: Using native vegetation to stabilise heavy metal contaminants at polluted sites

Madeleine Günthardt-Goerg and Pierre Vollenweider are researching how the properties of trees can be used to develop sustainable management strategies to phyto-stabilise contamination at metal-polluted sites through phytoremediation.

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals at polluted sites represent serious human health hazards and environmental threats. Persistent metal pollution is hard to remedy but one possible and effective method is […]

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Botulinum neurotoxin type A resistance: An emerging problem

Botulinum neurotoxin type A resistance: An emerging problem

Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A), often referred to as ‘Botox’, is commonly used to treat medical conditions and increasingly in cosmetic procedures. However, long-term use and high doses of BoNT-A may […]

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Fieldlogy Science: A new transdisciplinary science for Earth’s regeneration

Fieldlogy Science

Fieldlogy, a new transdisciplinary science for the biosphere and geosphere, draws on ecological, environmental, and economic fields. The approach incorporates mutual interactions, cause-and-effect sequences, feedback systems, self-organising, fusion systems, and […]

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Sensitising science to research involving animals

Rebekah Humphreys explores desensitisation, our emotional responses and moral feelings within the context of research involving animals.

Dr Rebekah Humphreys, senior lecturer at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, and specialist in applied ethics, considers how it is possible to become desensitised to the use […]

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A divide-and-conquer strategy for the vehicle routing problem

Li, Wang, and Du have worked out a solution to the vehicle routing problem and how to efficiently distribute goods from manufacturers’ distribution nodes to retailers’ demand nodes at the lowest cost possible.

Solving the vehicle routing problem is vital for distribution and transportation businesses needing to ensure timely distribution and minimise costs. The multivehicle routing problem is a complex variation involving multiple […]

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Trifluoromethylpyridine: Its chemistry and applications

Tsukamoto and Nakamura study the chemistry of TFMP derivatives, which are used in the pharmaceutical industry and as chemical feedstock for pest control, fungicidal, and herbicidal agents.

Trifluoromethylpyridine (TFMP) and its intermediates are important ingredients for the development of agrochemical and pharmaceutical compounds. The presence of a fluorine atom and a carbon-containing pyridine are thought to bestow […]

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Meet the Editorial team – Adele Walker

Research Outreach - an interview with Adele Walker. View of Maiden Castle, Dorset, the hill fort.

Get to know Adele Walker, one of our editors on the team at Research Outreach. Can you give us some insight into your background and how you came to be […]

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The impact of body lotions on the skin microbiome and ceramides

Researchers Barry Murphy, Andrew Mayes, and Michael Hoptroff at Unilever are investigating how the skin microbiome and lipidome are related to skin health and lotion effects.

Moisturising products can help improve the look and feel of dry skin, but little is known about how these products may impact the bacterial ecosystem of the skin, the skin […]

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How Spiritual Fitness prevents Alzheimer’s disease

Spiritual Fitness (SF) is a new concept in medicine that combines multiple aspects of religious involvement, psychological wellbeing, and spiritual evolution. Research now reveals that development of SF helps prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

Spiritual Fitness (SF) is a new concept in medicine that combines multiple aspects of religious involvement, psychological wellbeing, and spiritual evolution. Research now reveals that development of SF helps prevent […]

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