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Irreproducibility and scientific truth
Ute Deichmann from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, explores the issues of irreproducibility and scientific truth
Homicide and gun violence increased in US following the pandemic
Levels of drug market activity and increased police activity in US cities were strongly associated with higher in gun violence rates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Google’s image search gender bias shows underrepresentation of women
Google image searches of certain professions, such as “CEO”, have been found to solely represent men – Google claimed to have fixed this – but the results can change searchers’ worldviews.
Five things keeping procurement directors up at night
Dave Emsley, head of public sector tail spend services at OT Group, takes a look at how business leaders can develop strategic plans in five key areas to improve procurement processes
Agricultural innovation & its challenges
David Green, Executive Director of the U.S. Sustainability Alliance, highlights agricultural innovation and its challenges, including how the USDA’s NIFA is supporting this policy area.
US has second highest level of ‘unfair inequality’ globally
Economists define inequality as unfair if people have unequal opportunities or insufficient resources to make ends meet.
Why women could be the answer to supply chain’s future
Sian Hopwood, EVP, Local Business Units at BluJay Solutions, discusses how women could be the answer to the future of supply chains.
Child marriage: The legal loophole which violates statutory rape laws
Child marriages devise loopholes for sexual abuse against children – with a study showing that child marriages violate statutory rape laws in 14 states.
Methane responsible for 85% of natural gas emissions across London
Researchers analysing London’s atmosphere find that the city is releasing more methane than previously thought, due to natural gas infrastructure leaks.
Too soon to remove masks in US elementary schools, says study
COVID-19 case numbers need to be far lower than current rates before lifting mask mandates in US elementary schools according to new research
Reducing medical costs for inpatients with thyroid cancer
Professor Hiroki Konno at Nihon University explores proposals for reducing treatment costs for patients with thyroid cancer in Japan.
Two studies create new definition for Long COVID
A new definition for Long COVID, alongside key effects in young people, has been developed by two NIHR funded studies.
Extreme policy goals deter supporters of police abolition movements
Movements to “defund” and “abolish” the police swept across the U.S. following 2020 protests, but new research finds that resistance was primarily because of the movements’ policy goals, not their slogans.
Training the next generation of omics researchers
Dr Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat (statistics) and Dr Gastone Castellani (biophysics) from the University of Bologna, Italy, organised innovative interdisciplinary training in multi-omics research within the IMforFUTURE project, which focused on communication between wet and dry lab.
Dr Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat – University of Bologna
Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat is Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati", University of Bologna
She is passionate about data. Her research interests include statistical bioinformatics, in particular modelling of multiple omics datasets simultaneously. She works with biochemists, biologists, epidemiologists and clinicians. Together with Gastone Castellani, Professor of...
Suicide by intentional overdose increased in some communities
A study finds that suicides by intentional drug overdose has increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women across the US.
NHS reports 980,000 alcohol-related hospital admissions since 2019
An NHS report of alcohol hospitalisations, alcohol affordability, and prescriptions for drugs to treat alcohol dependence, finds that alcohol misuse is increasing across the UK.
£11.6 million available for gender and health inequality research
In Canada, a coalition of organisations are funding £11.6 million (CAD 20 million) into Women RISE - a call for gender and health equality research projects.
New model simplifies resource allocation to slow pandemic
A model developed by Boston University can project COVID housing needs, up to ten days in advance - which can slow the spread of the virus.
How is the care system unfair for ethnic minority children?
Ethnic minority children experience disadvantages with youth justice involvement – especially when it comes to Black children.
