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Rethinking thinking about figures

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Statistics influence opinion, and scientists have a role to play in that regard. Professor Jane E Miller of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA is a specialist in […]

The potency puzzle: Understanding cannabis in the modern age

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Traditional methods of chemical testing cannabis potency aren't always accurate.

Traditional methods of chemical testing cannabis potency often fall short in accurately capturing the complex interactions between cannabinoids and the human body. This leads to challenges in identifying relevant medicinal […]

How deep in debt? Measuring sovereign default risk

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Researchers propose a more comprehensive means to estimate sovereign credit risk.

Sovereign credit risk is when a government is under threat of being unable to meet its loan obligations and going bankrupt. Traditional ways of measuring such risk are fundamentally flawed. […]

WHO moves mpox response to the next level

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Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV). Outbreaks result from person-to-person spread through close contact, which may include sexual contact. In some settings outbreaks follow contact […]

Conquering sunlight sensitivity: Dersimelagon’s promise in photodermatoses

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Dersimelagon in Erythropoietic Protoporphyrias

Two rare genetic dermatological conditions, erythropoietic protoporphyria and X-linked protoporphyria, bring about excruciating pain and skin damage upon exposure to sunlight. In groundbreaking research, a new medication called dersimelagon is […]

Conundrum in pharmacoepidemiology: Contextualising biases in case-crossover studies

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Dr Kiyoshi Kubota has pioneered innovative methods for analysing data with biases inherent to case-crossover studies.

Dr Kiyoshi Kubota, physician and pharmacoepidemiologist based at the NPO Drug Safety Research Unit Japan, has pioneered innovative methods for analysing data in case-crossover studies. By tackling biases inherent to […]

Mastering liquid crystal phase technologies for terahertz communication

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Dr Oh-e has found a way to control liquid crystal behaviour not with visible light but with terahertz radiation.

Terahertz radiation is very useful in a number of fields, including communications and biological imaging, but it has historically been difficult to control for such applications. Dr Masahito Oh-e at […]

What tangled webs we weave: Measuring federal public expenditure

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The researchers found that social assistance has little effectiveness in improving the social wellbeing of households.

The Social Accounting Model (SAM) is used in social and economic analyses to explain the transfers made between institutional sectors. It quantifies these exchanges to analyse the financial and economic […]

Audible barcodes – a symphony of data

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AuraCodes enable the encoding and decoding of digital information through the medium of sound.

Barcodes and QR codes have become ubiquitous sights in our current information age. However, they have some notable limitations – specifically, the requirement for line of sight, close physical proximity […]

Circular economy for a sustainable planet: Quantifying the effects of circularity

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Managing our planet’s resources carefully is becoming an emergency. A committed focus on environmental management and sustainability is urgent, as is our pressing obligation to address climate change. Dr Simone […]