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The extraordinary ups and downs of Bitcoin: Understanding the cryptocurrency’s market behaviour

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Understanding the relationship between Bitcoin values and underlying economic drivers has challenged traditional perceptions of how currency and other financial asset dynamics work. Dr Dimitrios Koutmos of Texas A&M University, […]

Can aquatic exercise be used as an effective therapy for age-related conditions?

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Professor Eadric Bressel of Utah State University has been assessing the positive impact that aquatic exercise can have on motor function. Through a series of experiments, Professor Bressel and collaborators […]

Statistics in the era of COVID-19: Measuring lockdowns with doubling time

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The key to understanding SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) transmission is understanding the exponential growth of viral transmissions. The problem is that the concept of exponential growth is challenging for many to understand […]

Walking anxiety: Potential rehabilitation for functional gait disorders

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Functional gait disorders refer to neurological problems with walking which do not have a structural cause. Researchers have struggled to understand the mechanisms that underlie this elusive disorder, and clinicians […]

Encephalitis – when viral infections attack the brain

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Professor Clayton Wiley from the University of Pittsburgh studies the emergence of new brain viral infections and their link to dementia. He examines encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain tissue […]

Twinkle, twinkle: How astronomers investigate alien planets

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The NASA Kepler Space Telescope revolutionised our understanding of the universe. By continuously observing over half a million stars during its four-year mission, Kepler discovered thousands of exoplanets. Many hundreds […]

Improving children’s attention with focus training and meditation

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The widespread use of increasingly sophisticated electronic devices and the vast amount of information accessible through these devices has been linked to a decline in people’s ability to pay attention […]

Connectase: An enzyme that fuses proteins in a specific manner

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Dr Adrian Fuchs, post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, and his team of researchers have discovered an enzyme that can fuse two proteins at specific recognition […]

Rural gap, socio-economic processes and regional disparities in Spain

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Prof Luis Camarero and Prof Jesús Oliva have conducted several research projects on the demographic and socioeconomic transformations of southern European rural areas. Here, we take a closer look at […]

Preserving biodiverse river corridors for sustainable city development

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As the global population continues to soar and the number of inhabitants in cities climbs ever higher, sustainable development strategies are urgently needed to prevent catastrophic ecological decline in our […]