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Resilience as a metric: Why midlife interventions matter more than ever

Dr Rebecca Crews and Heather Makar from Renue By Science advocate for changing health policy to prioritize proactive resilience maintenance over reactive disease treatment, especially during midlife. They emphasize the benefits of NAD+ biology as a measurable intervention framework.

Quantum mechanics: Are we seeing reality as it is?

Dr Peter Verheyen from the Sola Society and Academy at Vienna University examines whether quantum mechanics and information serve as the fundamental descriptions of reality.

Connecting Canada for rare disease care and research

The Canadian Rare Disease Network (CRDN) is uniting care, research, and lived experience to improve the rare disease journey in Canada.

Proving the power of biochar beyond net zero

Concerning proving the power of biochar beyond net zero, Alastair Collier, Chief R&D Officer, and Dr Sally Wilkinson, Lead Scientist at A Healthier Earth, provide insight.
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Fueling bone regeneration by rewriting immune metabolism

Chima V. Maduka, DVM, MS, PhD, and Christopher H. Contag, PhD, provide insights on tuning immunometabolism to resolve inflammation and promote repair at the bone–biomaterial interface.
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The integration of artificial intelligence into personalized medicine

Priya Hays, CEO and Science Writer at Hays Documentation Specialists, LLC, discusses the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into personalized medicine (PM), highlighting its potential to enhance healthcare, particularly in genomic medicine and precision oncology.
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A new era of Lunar exploration: Canada is heading to the Moon

With Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen leading the way, Canada is heading to the Moon with humans and robots, as explained by Dr. Gordon Osinski from Western University.
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Adolescent polysubstance use: Time for a new public health approach

Ronan Fleury and Mary Cannon discuss the growing trend of polysubstance use among adolescents and highlight the need for a new public health strategy that reflects the complexities of adolescent substance use.
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Deliberate structural injustice through law

Kati Rantala’s recent article on silent stakeholders addresses the dilemmas in normative inclusive lawmaking that often overlook harsh realities behind the rhetoric.(1) Here, she explores structural injustice in law and its impact on silent stakeholders in subordinate positions, citing examples from Finland.
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Screen time and myopia: Options for children’s vision in a digital world

With mounting evidence linking screen time to myopic progression, interest is growing in developing behavioral and nutritional vision care strategies to promote long-term ocular health in the digital age.
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Co-occurring disorders and the need for a research network

The treatment of patients with pain and co-occurring disorders presents a significant knowledge gap that necessitates a strong infrastructure for conducting representative clinical trials. Norm Buckley from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research & Care explains.
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Food waste as a complex social system: How computational social science can help

Researchers in Norway use computer modeling to understand the social complexities of food waste and to test potential interventions that could be part of the solution. How can computational social science contribute to this understanding?
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Removing systemic barriers to register overseas trained doctors in New Zealand while preventing their...

Dr Charles Mpofu and Dr Dianne Wepa discuss removing systemic barriers for overseas-trained doctors registering in New Zealand while also addressing mental health challenges.
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Vitamin a toxicity: “Too much of a good thing”

Fredric Gorin, Sarah Torres, and Pamela J. Lein discuss the implications of vitamin A supplementation during a recent measles outbreak in the US. They explain that a common misconception – that vitamin A supplementation can prevent the transmission of measles among unvaccinated individuals – can result in vitamin A toxicity.
Figure 1. Case referred for normal-tension glaucoma. 1A: Optic nerve head showing slight blurring at the nasal margin (green arrow) and temporal peripapillary atrophy (black arrow). 1B: Corresponding visual field showing an inferior defect. 1C and 1D: Reverse of the glaucomatous sequence of OCT profile curves (in black) showing a minimal rim width (1C) within the normal green band, while the nasal section of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) is located within the abnormal red band (1D). The RNFL also exhibits a wavy appearance related to its alteration. Radial OCT slices revealed optic nerve drusen buried in the superior and nasal portion of the optic nerve head delineated by the dotted white arrows. Figure 1: Courtesy of Nana Wandji Brenda.

OCT: A practical tool for diagnosing buried optic disc drusen

Dr Adèle Ehongo addresses the diagnosis of buried optic disc drusen (BODD) using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and the importance of correlating visual field abnormalities and OCT data, especially in normal tension glaucoma, to distinguish it from Optic Disc Drusen (ODD).
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COP30 in Belém: Leadership between two worlds

Professor Richard Beardsworth continues his analysis of expectations for COP30 in Belém, as he navigates leadership between two realms, one rules-based and co-operative, the other nationalist-populist and centrifugal.
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Modelling ocean currents in a changing climate

Paul Myers, Professor at the University of Alberta, emphasizes the necessity for a new generation of very high-resolution computer models to effectively understand how ocean currents will change in a warming climate.
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Working toward fairer global scholarly communication

Angel Y. Ford at the University at Albany charts working toward a more just global landscape of research output valuation and dissemination.
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Gallium oxide HV switches to turbo charge the AI data center

Prof. Singisetti at the University at Buffalo explains why gallium oxide semiconductor could be a key player in the AI transformation of society.

The challenges around the fastness of natural dyes for textiles

Victor Durand from Ever Dye sheds light on the challenges surrounding the fastness of natural textile dyes. Dive into his insights, and learn why this issue is crucial for the future of the textile industry.

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