Organizing nanoparticles into pinwheel shapes offers new twist on engineered materials
Researchers have developed a new strategy to help build materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic…
Month: November 2022
Regression towards the mean—a plea for civility in peer review
Peer review is integral to the ongoing publication of high quality research. In pursuit of…
Discovery of antibody structure could lead to treatment for Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus
A research team has discovered important details about how therapeutically relevant human monoclonal antibodies can…
The entanglement advantage
Researchers have demonstrated a way to entangle atoms to create a network of atomic clocks…
Researchers discover root exudates have surprising and counterintuitive impact on soil carbon storage
Researchers examined root exudates and their impact on soil carbon storage revealing surprising and counterintuitive…
Mom’s dietary fat rewires male and female brains differently
New findings in mice show that excessive weight gain while pregnant tips the scales for…
Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence
Each day, injuries and violence claim the lives of some 12,000 people around the world,…
Biodiversity in Africa and Latin America at risk from oil palm expansion, new report warns
Zero deforestation commitments may inadvertently leave vital habitats in Latin America and Africa vulnerable to…
Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist…
Complaints against GPs up by more than a third on pre-covid level
The number of written complaints against GPs is now 37% higher than before the covid…
AIDS: “Harmful” gender inequalities and norms are holding back the end of the pandemic
A “feminist route map” is the only effective course to ending the AIDS pandemic, according…
Beach nudity spreads skin cancer message
bmj;379/nov29_12/o2882/FAF1faDon ArnoldThousands of people posed naked on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, at sunrise last…
Learning from the Arora case: the GMC must prioritise early intervention and prevention
Iqbal and Martin make sensible recommendations for managing concerns about doctors at a local level…
Co-design of new post-covid oncology rehabilitation services offers a model for the future
Justin Roe and Grainne Brady, on behalf of the therapies experience based co-design teamThe therapies…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: PhRMA trade group is losing its edge; Eisai CEO tries to silence critics of Alzheimer’s drug
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus…
Forensic examiner who failed to examine alleged rape victims is struck off
A former forensic medical examiner who was suspended in 2018 for failing to examine two…
Diphtheria: Home Office ignored offer of help to manage migrant centre outbreak, say public health leaders
The diphtheria outbreak linked to the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent “could and should…
Sri Lanka’s health crisis
Sri Lanka is facing a severe political and economic crisis, and the health system is…
Rammya Mathew: The NHS and its staff are being set up to fail
When I chose to become a doctor all those years ago, I never imagined that…
Primary care in Spain: underfunded, understaffed, and neglected
Spain’s covid-19 pandemic put intensive care units1 and nursing homes2 in the spotlight. But during…
Challenging prejudice: the chief medical officer and consultant psychiatrist
“People find it very hard to accept that there is structural or institutional racism—and even…
Helen Salisbury: Looking into the abyss
Just at the moment, our GP surgery is in the happy position of having enough…
Scottish footballers are advised to limit heading the ball over brain injury fears
Scottish football has introduced some of the most stringent guidelines in the world limiting the…
Opinion: Rushing into the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund is a bad idea
The World Bank has rolled out a new Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness,…
Resistance to FDA’s opioid-disposal plan raises concerns about CADCA, a powerful advocacy group
At its surface, it seems like a simple problem with a simple solution. Across the…
STAT+: PhRMA, once invincible in Washington, has lost its edge
WASHINGTON — PhRMA has a reputation in Washington for might, for money, for scorched-earth tactics,…
8 Glasses Of Water A Day Myth Or Truth? Here’s The Right Answer
Water turnover was seen the most between ages 20 and 30 in men and women…
Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk Of Premature Death
“The take-home message here is simple – the key is in the prevention. It is…
How Alarming Is This Year’s Flu Season?
As flu activity climbs higher, more pediatric deaths are anticipated. Read Original Article: How Alarming…
A new UN podcast: amplifyHER
On this week’s episode we’re letting a new UN podcast take over! It’s called amplifyHER,…
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs lands $4 million grant to improve prenatal care in 11 counties – talkbusiness.net
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs lands $4 million grant to improve prenatal care in 11…
New research helps to better understand the risks associated with prenatal Zika virus infections – News-Medical.Net
New research helps to better understand the risks associated with prenatal Zika virus infections News-Medical.Net Read…
What an MRI Study Reveals About Low Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Fetal Brain Structure – Diagnostic Imaging
What an MRI Study Reveals About Low Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Fetal Brain Structure Diagnostic…
A Platform For Preventing Pregnancy And Childbirth Complications In Sub-Saharan Africa – Forbes
A Platform For Preventing Pregnancy And Childbirth Complications In Sub-Saharan Africa Forbes Read Original Article: A…
News in Brief 28 November 2022
– WHO recommends adopting ‘mpox’ for monkeypox – ‘Critical opportunity’ to strengthen Biological Weapons Convention …
Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were — and weren’t — like
Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist,…
Adventurous bird personalities can help population cope with climate change
The areas in the Wadden Sea where red knots, plump migratory birds, spend the winter…
Green means GO! Ultra-violet means STOP!
A research group has revealed a new system that allows them to control the behavior…
Ancient superpredator got big by front-loading its growth in its youth
Whatcheeria, a six-foot-long salamander-like creature that lived 340 million years ago, was the T. rex…
Astrophysicists hunt for second-closest supermassive black hole
As massive as the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the behemoth…
Earth’s many new lakes
The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to…
Chemotherapy could increase disease susceptibility in future generations
A common chemotherapy drug could carry a toxic inheritance for children and grandchildren of adolescent…
Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments
African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over recent decades. Although conservation…
Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s…
WHO recommends new name for monkeypox
Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday,…
STAT+: mRNA startup Strand Therapeutics raises millions to test targeted cancer therapies
When Jacob Becraft addressed a bustling party of a hundred-plus employees, friends, and investors at…
STAT+: ‘Skinny labels’ on biosimilar medicines saved Medicare $1.5 billion over a recent five-year period
A hotly contested provision of a federal law designed to speed copycat drugs to market…
STAT+: The secret to longer, healthier life? Ambitious new trial focuses on ‘super agers’ and seeks thousands of families.
Dr. Thomas Perls has for decades studied so-called super agers, people who live deep into their 90s…
China eases Covid rules after wide protests of lockdowns
BEIJING — Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero Covid” strategy…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Second clinical trial death may be linked to Eisai-Biogen Alzheimer’s drug; pharma presses the U.K. over ‘out of control’ levy
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite —…