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Galactic archaeology: Using chemical abundances to map our galaxy’s history

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Professor Francesca Matteucci discusses recent observations in 'galactic archaeology' and how chemical elements can tell us how the galactic formations occurred

The different chemical elements we observe across the Milky Way have gone through drastically different formation processes – which have taken place on drastically different timescales. Crucially for astronomers, these […]

To edit or not to edit: Changes in microRNAs are associated with asthma severity

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Dr Kevin Magnaye researched changes in airway cells in people with asthma, discovering that editing microRNAs has an impact on inflammation and immune responses that could lead to severe asthma

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition of the airways. While many people respond to inhaled medications, this treatment is not effective for everyone. Understanding more about the molecular pathways that […]

World Cancer Day 2022: Innovations in cancer research

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Despite cancer being a leading cause of death worldwide, detecting cancers early enough to treat them remains a significant challenge. World Cancer Day, held annually on February 4, presents an […]

Food Waste-to-Energy: A project-based school learning experience

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Professors Jan DeWaters and Stefan Grimberg have worked with a public school to develop a school-wide food waste recovery programme that includes classroom and extracurricular education

One of the challenges facing the uptake in renewable energy and waste-reduction methods is sufficiently changing peoples’ perceptions to ensure a cultural shift needed for momentum. A possible model for […]

Self-concept and social support: A key psychological relationship influencing academic success for male African American undergraduates

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Professor James Morris III examines the relationship between African-American male students' perception of self support and their academic self-concept

The significant strides to address racial and gender imbalances on university campuses in the United States may have borne fruit, but with unintended consequences. One of those is the shortfall […]

Communication technologies for supporting better healthcare

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Clear and effective communication is of paramount importance in healthcare, both for patients and healthcare staff. Dr Anne Moorhead, senior lecturer in health communication at Ulster University, investigates how technologies, […]

Look at those feet! Early evolution of rodents and lagomorphs

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Dr Fostowicz-Frelik has investigated the ankle bone morphology of fossils discovered in the Erlian basin to understand the variations in locomotor adaptations in early rodent lineages

Rodents and lagomorphs form Glires, a group of gnawing mammals with enlarged ever-growing incisors. In the beginning, Glires were neither ‘true’ rodents nor lagomorphs; we call them basal or stem […]

A parametric framework for multidimensional linear regression

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Dr Stanley Luck has developed a new framework for multidimensional linear regression which provides a more general framework for establishing measurement error regression when data may be subject to error

While Ordinary Least Squares regression establishes fundamental concepts in data analysis, it requires the independent variable to be error-free and the error term to be constant. Dr Stanley Luck, statistics […]

Elucidating the substance use disorder-HIV health syndemic

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Dr Bryan Garner researches the overlap between people living with HIV, and substance use disorders.

Dr Bryan Garner is a Senior Implementation Research Scientist with RTI International. His latest research explores the neglected overlap between HIV and substance use disorders (SUDs). In May 2019, clients […]

A new method to predict adult-onset type 1 diabetes

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Dr Liping Yu identifies a new method for identifying adult-onset type 1 diabetes using a more efficient method of detecting GADA autoantibodies

Adult-onset type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease often mistaken for type 2 diabetes. Distinguishing adult-onset type 1 diabetes from type 2 diabetes is vital so that appropriate treatment can […]