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Writing for The Conversation, Dr Ria Kodosaki and Dr Amanda Heslegrave (both UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) analyse how differences in immune function and declining oestrogen levels may help explain why women are diagnosed with dementia more than men.

Shocking inequalities experienced by men with learning disabilities when diagnosed with prostate cancer have been highlighted in a study by University of Manchester and Christie NHS Foundation Trust researchers.

UCalgary concussion expert Kathryn Schneider is helping athletes heal faster by treating more than just the brain We cringe when we see big hits in a hockey game, players going headfirst into the boards, or a wipeout on the ski hill, limbs flailing, skis sliding down the hill without their owner.

Electrokinetic research backed by ERA and industry partners targets salts and hydrocarbons in Alberta soils Across Alberta, roughly 740,000 abandoned oil and gas wells have left behind elevated salt concentrations that can threaten agriculture and groundwater.

A team of researchers has developed an AI algorithm that can model complex dynamical processes while taking into account the laws of physics - using with Newton's third law. Artificial intelligence has enabled major breakthroughs in several fields, but the models still struggle to obbey the fundamental laws of physics.

An international collaboration using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) has unveiled an exceptionally detailed radio sky map, revealing 13.7 million cosmic sources and delivering the most complete census yet of actively growing supermassive black holes.

The LOFAR radio telescope has delivered the most detailed radio map of the northern sky to date. It provides new insights into active galaxies, star formation and rare cosmic objects. For more than ten years, an international research team observed the northern sky with the LOFAR radio telescope. The results of this sky survey have now been published in the scientific journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics".

Research suggests addressing prisoners' underlying health can play a role in reducing reoffending Poor coordination between health, justice department and service providers, with no single body in charge, continues to undermine health care for prisoners.

Many bridges in Switzerland were built before the 1980s - and are therefore approaching the end of their service life.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) has been newly commissioned by the Federal Office of Public Health as the National Reference Centre for Wastewater Monitoring.

Wealth inequality has bedeviled society for centuries, and in many places around the globe, the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to grow.

A simple, digital intervention that includes mentally playing Tetris can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months, new research has found. Healthcare workers across the world are recurrently exposed to traumatic events in the course of their work, impacting the mental and physical wellbeing of those who care for us when we are unwell Charlotte Summers Using 'mental rotation,' the treatment was also very effective at reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more generally.

Scientists have identified a further twelve dog breeds as being at risk of Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome - a condition that can cause serious breathing problems - including the Pekingese,

The human genome is a long sequence of DNA scattered with innumerable genetic variants that distinguish us. Extracting information from large biobank datasets about complex traits, influenced by thousands or millions of variants, remains a challenge. Using human height as a model, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have developed an enhanced algorithm, now published in Cell Genomics , with potential applications in personalized medicine - and even at crime scenes.

Automated vehicles are conquering the roads. So it is high time to research how reliability and safety can be optimized in the communication between human and technical systems. The Thuringian Center for Innovation in Mobility (ThIMo) at TU Ilmenau is tackling precisely this issue with a new research group.

Over-the-counter or prescription? Most of us have one or more medicinal products lying around at home.

Physics-informed AI artificial intelligence for early prediabetes risk predictionprevention Predicting prediabetes risk early and acting before the condition progresses is the goal of PRAESIIDIUM, a

Sodium ion batteries have become a hot topic: They are considered to be cost-effective and widely available.

An analysis by the Medical University of Vienna indicates that short-term increases in particulate matter and air pressure are associated with more diagnoses of pulmonary embolism, but not with greater clinical severity at the time of diagnosis.

Plastic recycling is entering a new era, thanks to smart sorting systems and chemical processes that break the material down into its constituent monomers. Research and innovation are giving rise to new approaches for a bolder, more sustainable circular economy. Despite heightened awareness about the damaging impacts of plastic and the growing number of sustainable alternatives to it, change is disappointingly slow.

A decade-long effort builds country's most comprehensive refugee-health dataset After more than a decade of work, researchers at the University of Calgary's O'Brien Institute for Public Health have built the largest and most detailed refugee-health dataset in Canada, creating new opportunities to improve care for some of the country's most vulnerable populations at a time of increasing global displacement and health-system strain.

Researchers from have discovered serious security vulnerabilities in three popular, cloud-based password managers.

For his Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programme, ITC researcher Rodrigoandrés Morales developed a so-called digital twin : a digital model that analyses and predicts the groundwater level in Enschede.

The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) unveiled the next phase of Canada's national vehicle innovation program, Project Arrow 2.0, at the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow on Feb.

An international research team co-led by a researcher from ETH Zurich has recovered the longest sediment core ever drilled from beneath an ice sheet in West Antarctica. The core preserves evidence of climate changes spanning millions of years and will help improve predictions of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may respond to ongoing global warming.

There is much debate about the role of social media in young people's lives. But what do adolescents themselves think about it? In any case, they feel they are not being listened to enough, according to a new study by Radboud University.

While the ability to climb trees has often been studied in arboreal mammals, descending is a far more complex task, as it requires control of balance, speed and posture.