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The healthcare sector protects our lives, but at what cost to the planet - In this episode of the podcast "Their research, our health", Zeynep Or, Director of Research at the Institut de recherche et

Cell biologist Karin Busch has investigated changes in the 'power plants' of ageing heart muscle cells Prof. Karin Busch researches the bioenergetics of cells, i.e. the processes of energy conversion that are essential for life, at the Institute of Integrative Cell Biology and Physiology.

Two HEPIA researchers have drawn up an inventory of plant species useful for the correction of the Rhône, in particular for the creation of dykes in the Chablais region.

The year is 2040. You have just bought your first self-driving car: a fine piece of AI engineering. During your first drive, you feel like a child with a new toy.

Music can evoke strong emotions, and musical chords are the smallest musical units that convey emotional information.

Stopping long-acting inhalers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to a sharp rise in flare-ups for around 3 months, a new study supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has revealed. This research by The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) scientists is the first of its kind to show people who stop using a prescribed treatment for COPD are at significantly higher risk of exacerbations than expected for their disease.

Professors Dolors Corella and José Vicente Sorlí , from the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the University of Valencia , together with a research team made up of members of Spa

A European consortium led by Technical University of Leoben is presenting a novel process within the Horizon Europe project Dust2Value that has the potential to fundamentally transform the recycling of steelmaking dusts. The project aims to recover the valuable raw materials zinc and iron in a climate-friendly way, thereby making a significant contribution to the European circular economy and climate protection.

A Research through Design approach combines insights from rehabilitation science, game theory, motivation theory, and human-computer interaction.

'This is another example of how diseases can develop differently between the sexes,' professor says, highlighting the value of sex-specific research New research suggests the liver plays a previously unrecognized role in bone health, but only in males.

As a leader in health research, the University of Waterloo is home to extraordinary researchers who collaborate across fields, turning complex, interconnected challenges into opportunities for global change.

Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than describe exactly where each particle is, describes the chance of finding the system in any of its possible states.

Alzheimer's is Britain's biggest killer and a key focus of UCL research. Dr Eleftheria Kodosaki and Sophie Hicks (both UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) outline their vital lab work developing a finger-prick test to speed up diagnosis, in an article for The Conversation.

Two-dimensional (2D) materials promise revolutionary advances in electronics and photonics, but many of the most interesting candidates degrade within seconds of air exposure, making them nearly impossible to study or integrate into real-world technology. Transition metal dihalides represent a particularly compelling yet challenging class of materials, with predicted properties ideal for next-generation devices, but their extreme reactivity when exposed to air prevents even basic structural characterisation.

Jai Prakash has been appointed as Professor of Advanced Bioengineering and Therapeutics at Radboudumc / Radboud University.

A French research team led by CNRS scientists¹ has discovered that cells are able to retain a memory of a previous perturbation within the 3D structure of their genome, independently of their DNA sequence.

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical fiber at visible wavelengths.

How Münster, as a Centre of Medicine, transfers knowledge faster to patient care / Guest contribution by Jan Rossaint Why does it often take so long for a discovery in the laboratory to turn into an improvement for patients?

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy helped the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) build the first known

System that can identify bacteria in less than 40 minutes could help physicians prescribe the appropriate antibiotics, amid ongoing urgency of antimicrobial resistance crisis McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria -and determining which antibiotics can stop them - in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

From the power of the gut microbiome to hidden patterns in X-rays and CT scans, researchers at Western University are making discoveries that drive impact in cancer prevention, treatment and recovery.

With the Winter Olympics just days away and the world's best athletes preparing to fight for medals, attention turns to a small but decisive factor in performance: ski and snowboard waxes. Two projects from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology (MEMTi), working with KV+ Sagl, ZHAW and Swiss-Ski, are racing to develop alternatives to fluorinated waxes-banned over environmental and health concerns but still considered the gold standard for speed.

A study using data from Catalonia shows that collaboration between local councils and regional councils significantly increases the coverage of rental assistance, while having no significant effect on guaranteed citizen income.

A UK Government-commissioned review's recommendations on research ethics and recording sex and gender data could undermine the quality of public institutions' research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people if widely adopted, researchers have warned.

TU Wien has entered the Guinness Book of Records together with its industry partner Cerabyte - for producing and successfully reading the smallest QR codes ever created.

Nitrous oxide used for sedating patients during dental appointments has a significant environmental impact, with wide variation in use and wastage across the UK, according to a new study by UCL researchers. Inhalation sedation uses a dose of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas, and is an established technique for managing dental anxiety in children and adults.