"Vitamin D supplementation as a public health measure to improve outcomes is not supported by this study. To assess the relationship between vitamin D levels and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity,...
Getting enough sleep can be a real challenge for shift workers affecting their overall health. Researchers from McGill University find a link between chronotype and amount of sleep shift workers...
Scientists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Earth’s crust. Hidden magma lurking for several hundred years“The new...
"For each $15 000 increase in family income at age 15 years, the risks of the outcomes were reduced by between 9 % in severe mental illness and 23 %...
No single solution for the pandemic – Donations support multidisciplinary researchIn addition to Tarja Sironen’s group, the donations have supported the work of many other research groups. The Sakari Alhopuro...
Researchers at Aalto University have now developed a new audio technique that enables people to also hear ultrasonic sources that generate sound at frequencies above 20,000 Hz with simultaneous perception...
31 May 2021What could possibly go wrong with virtual reality? virtual reality YouTube is a treasure trove of virtual reality fails: users tripping, colliding into walls and smacking inanimate and...
The advertising of nicotine products is highly restricted, but social media allows a way for these products to be marketed to young people. A team of researchers have developed machine...
The exercise prosthesis differs from others in that the foot is made of a composite material that is more flexible than conventional protheses and can be mounted directly on a...
When the MC4R gene does not work properly, our brains think we have lower fat stores than we do, signalling that we are starving and need to eat. The research...