How to fight diabetes with improved body composition
Here the InBody Clinical Team explain how improved body composition can help fight type 2 diabetes.
The role of pharmacy during COVID-19
Gino Martini, RPS Chief Scientist and the Science and Research Team at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society reflect on the role of pharmacy during COVID-19 in delivering accessible, safe and effective care for all.
NHS can save £75 million per year via historic new data network
The NHS have completed the largest public sector migration to a new data network - meaning that organisations will have a better connectivity at a better cost.
Can environmental genomics help to protect coral?
Can a new strategy protect coral? When it comes to the ocean, biodiversity is key to the conservation of the marine environment, and we're running out of time.
Procurement focus: What we need to know about G-Cloud 12
Crown Commercial Service tells us what we need to know about G-Cloud 12 in this procurement focus.
Deciphering molecular intelligence for early oral cancer detection
Muy-Teck Teh, Senior Lecturer from Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London discusses how a novel low-cost rapid digital diagnostic test could help save lives and reduce head and neck cancer burden worldwide.
Battery storage for industry – why now?
Chris Rason, Managing Director for Northern Europe at Aggreko UK, underlines the importance of battery storage for industry and why the time for this is now.
COVID-19: Solidarity is needed the most
European Public Health Association Executive Director, Dineke Zeegers Paget examines COVID-19 as a societal issue, not just a pandemic and argues that solidarity here is needed the most.
European Commission reveals first LGBTQ equality strategy
The Commission announced the adoption of their first official LGBTQ equality strategy - how will this be felt in Member States which oppose LGBTQ rights?
The priorities for cannabis research
Here, Robin Emerson, Head of CSR at Brains Bioceutical charts the priorities for cannabis research.
The UK’s clinicians need training in medical cannabis – here’s why
Professor Mike Barnes, Co-Founder of Maple Tree Consultancy states that the UK’s clinicians need training in medical cannabis and explains precisely why this should be.
U.S. rice farmers take pride in looking after the land for future generations
Lydia Holmes, Director of Sustainability USA Rice Federation argues that rice farmers in America take pride in looking after the land for future generations.
Transitioning to Net Zero: The role of low carbon heat
Steven Cowan, Technical Director, PADD Energy, underlines low carbon heat generation as we transition away from natural gas as a fuel source, including comment on Combined Heat & Power.
NIH: Black and Asian people twice as likely to catch COVID-19
US and UK researchers examined ethnicity data in both countries, finding that Black and Asian people were twice as likely as white people to be infected by the virus - but why?
Materials science: Reverse glass transition in a polymeric hydrogel material
Takayuki Nonoyama from Hokkaido University in Japan focuses on an aspect of materials science behind the soft matter that possesses a rubbery-to-glassy transition in a novel polymeric hydrogel material, contrary to the intrinsic property of polymers.
European Commission buys 300 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
While the US and UK sealed their BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine deals within 24 hours of the new results, the European Commission took 3 days longer to secure their larger order of 300 million doses.
Digital personality change interventions
Dr Mathias Allemand from University of Zurich and Dr Mirjam Stieger from Brandeis University tell us what we need to know about digital personality change interventions and research in the field.
Innovate UK give £47,000 to “food poverty map” project
A team at the University of Nottingham are working with OLIO to create a "food poverty map" via machine learning that could help local authorities target their food support.
Students allowed to travel home for Christmas under Government guidance
Under new Government guidance, university students will be allowed to travel home for Christmas on staggered departure dates to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
European Commission begins antitrust investigation into Amazon
Antitrust laws exist to stop big companies from creating monopolies - with a new antitrust investigation into Amazon, the European Commission raises growing concerns of legal missteps by the tech giant.