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What kind of sea ice is that? Ask Knut!
People snapping photos during Arctic cruises and uploading them to a new app could someday help prevent Titanic-scale disasters.
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Cell-type-specific insight into the function of risk factors in coronary artery disease
Using single cell technology, a new study sheds light on the significance of genetic risk factors for, and the diversity of cells involved in, the development of coronary artery disease. The researchers analysed human atherosclerotic lesions to map the chromatin accessibility of more than 7,000 cells.
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Study: Hospitalizations for eating disorders spike among adolescents during COVID
At one center, the number of hospital admissions among adolescents with eating disorders more than doubled during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the study that appears in a pre-publication of Pediatrics.
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Improving transparency of integrated assessment models related to climate change
An article published in WIREs Climate Change that's co-authored by officials at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) documents various activities underway to enhance the transparency of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) and their assessments.
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How experiencing diverse emotions impacts students
Experiencing a variety of positive emotions--or emodiversity--may benefit high school students, according to a study published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology.
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How can counselors address social justice amid climate change?
We're currently living in what many scientists are calling the Anthropocene, the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. An article published in the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development discusses how counselors can promote environmental justice during this time.
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What is the evidence on how to improve older adults' functional abilities at home?
A new analysis called an evidence and gap map, published in published in the journal Campbell Systematic Reviews, has mapped what we know about improving the functional ability of older adults living at home or in nursing homes, retirement homes, or other long-term care facilities.
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Has the COVID-19 pandemic lessened bullying at school?
Students reported far higher rates of bullying at school before the COVID-19 pandemic than during the pandemic across all forms of bullying--general, physical, verbal, and social--except for cyber bullying, where differences in rates were less pronounced. The findings come from a study published in Aggressive Behavior.
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Yoga helps reduce work-related stress
Physical relaxation through yoga or other practices can help reduce work-related stress, according to an analysis of studies conducted in healthcare staff.
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How does endometriosis influence women's work life?
In women in their mid-40s to early 50s, endometriosis--a condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside the uterus--was linked with poor work ability and more sick days, but not with unemployment or early retirement.
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A summary of myocarditis cases following COVID-19
Myocarditis-or inflammation around the heart--has been reported in some patients with COVID-19. After searching the medical literature, researchers have now summarized the results of 41 studies describing myocarditis in 42 patients with COVID-19.
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NUS researchers bring attack-proof quantum communication two steps forward
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have come up with two new ways to protect quantum communications from attacks - the first is an ultra-secure cryptography protocol, and the other is a first-of-its-kind quantum power limiter device. These two approaches hold promise to ensure information systems used for critical services, such as banking and healthcare, can hold up any potential future attacks.
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Personalized tumor vaccines may solve tumor recurrence and metastasis challenges
Thanks to the rapid development of nanotechnology, a research team from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently designed personalized tumor vaccines based on bacterial cytoplasmic membranes and cell membranes from resected tumor tissue.
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An antioxidative stress regulator protects muscle tissue in space
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found that nuclear factor E2-related factor 2, a master regulator of the oxidative stress response, affects muscle composition in microgravity. Targeting this protein could help protect against muscle changes during space flight, and could also have implications for muscle wasting in conditions such as cancer and aging.
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Machine-learning improves the prediction of stroke recovery
An international team of scientists led by EPFL has developed a system that combines information from the brain's connectome - the "wiring" between neurons - and machine learning to assess and predict the outcome of stroke victims.
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Thousands of galaxies classified in a blink of an eye
Astronomers have designed and trained a computer program which can classify tens of thousands of galaxies in just a few seconds, a task that usually takes months to accomplish.
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Open-source software to help cities plant in pursuit of clean air
Software to help towns and cities use street-planting to reduce citizens' exposure to air pollution has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
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Tool helps predicts who will respond best to targeted prostate cancer therapy
A new prognostic tool helps predict which men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer will respond favorably to a novel targeted therapy.
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Malaria and dengue predicted to affect billions more people
An estimated 8.4 billion people could be at risk from malaria and dengue by the end of the century if emissions keep rising at current levels, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
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Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for care home workers is unnecessary, disproportionate and misguided
In The BMJ today, experts argue that mandatory vaccination is "unnecessary, disproportionate, and misguided."
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