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Optimising well-being and development through music

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Professor Graham Welch and the music education research team at University College London have conducted extensive work to evaluate and document the benefits of music for children. Their research has […]

Machine learning paves the way to advances in genome sequencing

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Machine learning pave the way to advances in genome sequencing

Genome sequencing platforms are transforming the field of genetic disease research as they offer a closer look at human genes and DNA for clinical diagnostics. Based on machine learning methods, […]

Improving the management of heart failure with telemedicine

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Guaranteeing timely and good quality healthcare for all can be challenging. In countries like Denmark or Brazil, where health administration is fragmented, with federal authorities managing hospitals while municipalities manage […]

De-icing salt contamination of trees in urban environments

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Street trees and other greenery counteract pollution and provide important ecosystem services in urban environments. That this valuable vegetation is under stress has emerged as a research and urbanisation issue. […]

Asthenospheric flow and plate tectonics in the Antarctic

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New geophysical research has provided evidence to support a 40-year-old theory about the effects of the split in the Earth’s tectonic plates which separated South America and Antarctica. In studies […]

Scientists join the dots between lady beetles in Iran

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Lady beetles are toxic to predators and display a colourful warning – the perfect example of aposematism. After tasting a bitter lady beetle, predators learn the colours to avoid in […]

Religious recovery from addiction and homelessness

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Professor Carolyn Weisz is an educator and researcher at the University of Puget Sound where she studies issues of homelessness, racism, and stigma. Her research explores the connections between social […]

Vitamin A: Seeing into the past, the present and the future

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Why is Vitamin A critical to animal and human health, and what functions does it have in the body other than in vision? In this thought-provoking and informative interview, neuroscientist […]

Diagnosing Sjögren’s syndrome with salivary gland ultrasound

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Dr Juan Carlos Nieto-González from the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón has provided support for the utilisation of salivary gland ultrasound (SGUS) in diagnosing and assessing Sjögren’s syndrome in several […]

Quality benchmarks identified for laboratory medicine mobile apps

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Many users think better app design is needed to answer a patient’s needs.

Dr Snežana Jovičić and her colleagues from the EFLM “Patient Focused Laboratory Medicine” Working Group (PFLM-WG) have identified several benchmarks for quality evaluation of patient-oriented laboratory medicines apps. These include […]