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Plant-based foods: Key to health, planet and food security

Siska Pottie, Secretary General of the European Alliance for Plant-Based Foods, argues that instead of imposing restrictions, the EU should concentrate on creating fair conditions that allow sustainable food producers, including those in the plant-based sector, to thrive and innovate in a competitive environment.

Learning with technology in public and higher education

Dean Emeritus Katy Campbell, University of Alberta, discusses the future of girls and women in STEM education.

The MHINT-ERC project: Rethinking the role of parenting in child mental health difficulties

The MHINT-ERC project suggests that just because parents are the solution, does not mean they were the cause.

Next generation sequencing in tissues: Towards in situ multiomics

Recent years have seen an increase in techniques developed for spatial transcriptomics, enabling gene expression patterns to be uncovered within intact, three-dimensional tissues.

The future of cardiac diagnostic imaging

The future of cardiac diagnostic imaging – Danish company MedTrace is leading the way.

Police do not consider 48% of autistic people to be vulnerable adults

The criminal justice system is failing autistic people, as clients are commonly not given support in trials because they are not deemed “vulnerable”.

Clinical trials begin for three mRNA HIV vaccines

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has launched Phase 1 clinical trials for three mRNA HIV vaccines.

Pfizer will donate profits from Russia to “humanitarian support”

Pfizer said all profits from Russia would go to "humanitarian support" for Ukraine, with future clinical trials now off the table.

UK stops tracking COVID levels in healthcare workers

The UK will no longer run the REACT study, an 150,000 person analysis of real-time infection, or fund the SIREN study - which monitors COVID levels in healthcare workers.

Croplands relocation could cut global carbon emissions by 71%

Croplands relocation could restore habitats and lessen carbon emissions, if major food crops were moved to minimise environmental impact.

Caretaking of soil organic matter and its far-reaching effects

Lynn Brandenberger, Professor of Horticultural Food Crops and Ajay Nair Associate Professor Extension Vegetable Specialist, discuss the importance of soil care for crop production, particularly when it comes to soil organic matter

Unemployed people have 28% worse depression symptoms

People who are unemployed, or do not have secure housing, have worse depression symptoms compared to their more socially advantaged peers.

Invasive insects threaten 1.4 million trees in US

Researchers from McGill University have estimated that over the next 30 years, 1.4 million street trees will be killed by invasive insects.

Artificial intelligence-based technology in industrial robots

Kensuke Harada from Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, provides an introduction to and analysis of a move towards artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology in industrial robots.

Money lost to global tax abuse could prevent 600,000 child deaths

Millions of lives around the world could be improved by tackling global tax abuse – including greater access to basic sanitation and more children in schools.

Russia say using Facebook and Instagram now illegal

The Russian Government said anyone in Russia using Facebook and Instagram would be prosecuted similarly to an ISIS terrorist.

50% of Jewish people report workplace discrimination

While Christians say their moral issues result in workplace discrimination, Muslims and Jewish people feel more targeted by Islamophobic and anti-Semitic rhetoric.

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