Sustainability & community energy transformation
Lutz Ribbe, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, shares his views on sustainability and community energy transformation.
New technologies for knowledge translation in cancer
Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz and Zisis Kozlakidis both shed light on new technologies for knowledge translation in cancer.
Osteoarthritis: Innovation in biomechanics, biology and imaging
Nigel Shrive and David Hart from the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, unravel the complexity of osteoarthritis and stress the need to integrate innovation in biomechanics, biology and imaging.
The future of adult social care funding
Oliver Brown, Head of Product, Care and Support Tools at Imosphere, explores how financial pressures and a lack of certainty over adult social care funding is a problem for local authorities and the need to bring reform to an already stretched system.
Medical devices: Technology addressing medical wellbeing
Bernard Ross, CEO of Sky Medical Technology, looks at how wearable medical technology can address some of the most critical medical issues of the 21st Century.
Co-creating a secondary education curriculum for our well-being
How do we define success in schooling? Makoto Yururi, associate professor at Showa Women’s University re-examines this difficult question.
Study finds 47% of US critical care nurses at risk of PTSD
When it comes to facing the COVID pandemic, healthcare professionals were at the frontline and new research suggests that 47% of critical care nurses are at risk of PTSD.
Pfizer vaccine produces greater antibody response when given at 12 weeks
A new study has found that the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine produces a 3.5-times greater antibody response when given at 12 weeks, compared to three weeks.
2021: Hydrogen & fuel cells in the U.S.
Morry Markowitz, President of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association, argues that for hydrogen and fuel cells in the U.S., 2021 is off to a promising start.
Scientists investigate link between endothelium and Long COVID
Scientists examining how COVID impacts the entire human body, not just the lungs, believe that there could be a link between the endothelium and Long COVID.
Atmospheric science: Air pollution at night
April Hiscox, Associate Professor at The University of South Carolina Department of Geography, details what we need to know about air pollution at night in this special atmospheric science focus.
COVID-19 can trigger repeating blood clots in arm
A team at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have found evidence of rare, repeating blood clots in the arms of COVID-19 patients.
Tobacco dependency: Treat it like any other illness
Sarah MacFadyen, Vice Chair of the Taskforce for Lung Health and Head of Policy and External Affairs at Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation, says it’s time that tobacco dependency was treated just like any other illness.
Carbon emissions to destroy one-third of food production regions
If greenhouse gas emissions continue as they are, scientists warn that the climate shift will destroy one-third of food production regions on Earth.
Global bioinformatics surveillance: SARS-CoV-2 variant detection tests
Shiao Yee, Marketing Communications Manager, Novacyt Group, discusses how global bioinformatics surveillance drives innovation in SARS-CoV-2 variant detection tests.
Scientists use new strategy to identify ‘alien’ life on other planets
When it comes to finding 'alien' life on other planets, scientists have a new theory - that extraterrestrial life is completely different to Earth-life, so finding biosignatures may not be as important as previously thought.
Building readiness for innovative health technologies
Senior Researcher in Social Science Michael Morrison explains why disruptive technologies need institutional and systemic readiness to truly realise the benefits of healthcare innovation.
Scientists estimate plate tectonics begun 3.6 billion years ago
Scientists have found new evidence that modern plate tectonics begun roughly 3.6 billion years ago - a key feature of planet Earth's unique ability to support life.
Study says 66% of Indian public blame Muslim population for COVID
Researchers at Monash Business School surveyed the Indian public in Uttar Pradesh, finding that 66% blame the Muslim population for the spread of COVID.
The effects of sleep deprivation on your skin
Dr Deborah Lee, Dr Fox Online Pharmacy, explores the effects that sleep deprivation can have on your skin.