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Business analytics and healthcare: An interview with Opher Baron

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Opher Baron is Distinguished Professor of Operations Management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His research interests are broad and varied, covering everything from business analytics in relation to healthcare, to autonomous […]

Table-top soft X-ray laser in the ‘water window’

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Professor Szymon Suckewer have developed a table-top method of producing soft X-rays using a plasma channel which can be used to take X-ray images during the "water window"

X-rays are excellent tools for exploring the structure of matter and molecules. Professor Szymon Suckewer and his group at Princeton University, alongside Professors Olga Kocharovskaya, Marlan Scully and Alexei Sokolov […]

Disruption of amyloid β-protein processing drives Alzheimer’s

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Professor Michael S. Wolfe explored the issue whereby increased concentrations of this form of Aβ proteins does not always occur with disease-causing mutations, suggesting a different step in Aβ processing could be triggering Alzheimer’s

In the study of familial Alzheimer’s disease, a specific form of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) found in amyloid plaques has been the focus of many investigations as a key driver of […]

Stem cell-based cartilage regeneration technology

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A collaborative group of scientists prove the efficiency and efficacy of using stem cell injections to help repair damaged cartilage in joints, having focused on knee joints in the clinical trial

Harnessing the regeneration ability of stem cells, researchers are making strides in the treatment of large cartilage defects of the knee. A collaborative team including Dr Khay-Yong Saw, Dr Reza […]

Caught on camera: Visual comprehension of chemical reactions

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Using in-situ electron microscopy, Professor Dominik Lungerich at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Korea, and colleagues have produced a video of the assembly of a spherical all-carbon molecule, known […]

Inclusion at a crossroads: Special education in Ireland

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Dr Joanne Banks argues that inclusivity in the classroom is at a crossroads, and all students should be educated in the same spaces as advised by the UNCRDP regarding special education needs

Special education in Ireland has changed dramatically in recent years, as policymakers and educators have sought to improve learning for students with additional learning needs and/or disabilities. Following Ireland’s ratification […]

Korea’s clean energy shift: Drivers, obstacles, and outcomes

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Dr Elizabeth Thurbon and collaborators highlights the various initiatives that Korea has implemented which means that it is now a leading example of green technologies and development in green industry, as well as highlighting the current obstacles and impetus regarding this change to low-carbon technologies

In the wake of the UN’s COP 26 Climate Change Conference, the devastating economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global energy crisis, governments of varying political persuasions are […]

The uses of social power in early childhood

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Dr Sandra Della Porta conducted a study into the use of social power in family dynamics, specifically in conflict situations with more than three family members

Dr Sandra Della Porta from Brock University in Ontario, Canada, investigates the use of social power in early childhood. Her most recent research demonstrates how children’s use and effectiveness of […]

Taste and place: How cuisine affects geographical identity

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Junfan Lin explores the connection between taste and place identity, focusing on Hakka cuisine in the city on Nanxiong and the use of spicy dishes

Junfan Lin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests lie in Chinese cuisine and culinary tourism, where he has helped to rethink Chinese food […]

Shape-shifting materials: Extreme deformation of particle rafts

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Professor Ho-Young Kim has built and modelled particle rafts and soft materials using electronic fields which could be used in soft robotics or biomedicine

How can we bend matter to our will? Folding patterns, as employed in origami, imply severely limited shape-shifting possibilities. These soft materials also need to have the right shape-morphing properties […]