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Scientists identify common cause of gastro in young children and adults over 50 years old

Jun 29, 2023

Scientists identify common cause of gastro in young children and adults over 50 years oldA type of bacteria not routinely tested for has been discovered as the second most common...

Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future

Jun 29, 2023

More uncertain, some suggested, are the social, economic, and political hurdles to bringing about the needed innovations. The speakers addressed areas where new or improved technologies or systems are needed...

Chemical imbalance in the forebrain underpins compulsive behaviour and OCD, study finds

Jun 29, 2023

Researchers also found that people who do not have OCD but are prone to habitual and compulsive behaviour have increased glutamate levels in one of these brain regions. OCD sufferers...

Rain gardens could save salmon from toxic tire chemicals

Jun 29, 2023

Rain gardens could save salmon from toxic tire chemicals Science, Health & TechnologySpecially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a toxic chemical associated with tires entering our waterways by...

Act now to prevent uncontrolled rise in carbon footprint of computational science

Jun 29, 2023

Writing in Nature Computational Science, researchers from the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge argue that the scientific community needs to act now if...

‘Ageing’ immune cell levels could predict how well we respond to vaccines

Jun 29, 2023

Many studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are less effective in people with weakened immune systems, but also that this effect is not uniform. These antibodies are themselves produced by...

Reading for pleasure early in childhood linked to better cognitive performance and mental wellbeing in adolescence

Jun 29, 2023

Reading for pleasure can be an important and enjoyable childhood activity. Unlike listening and spoken language, which develop rapidly and easily in young children, reading is a taught skill and...

A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients

Jun 29, 2023

The story sparked a memory from halfway across the world in Costa Rica, where McNamara had traveled and noticed endless rows of palm plantations, which are used to harvest palm...

New Oxford study sheds light on the origin of animals

Jun 29, 2023

Dickinsonia, one of the oldest animal fossils from the Ediacara Biota, Ediacaran Rawnsley Quartzite Formation, Australia. But although rocks from the early Neoproterozoic contain fossil microorganisms, such as bacteria and...

Human embryo-like models created from stem cells to understand earliest stages of human development

Jun 29, 2023

Published today in the journal Nature, this embryo model is an organised three-dimensional structure derived from pluripotent stem cells that replicate some developmental processes that occur in early human embryos....