Covid NHS memorial is named year’s top statue
bmj;383/nov06_15/p2594/FAF1faAlan Morris/AlamyScotland’s first memorial sculpture dedicated to NHS staff who worked through the covid-19 pandemic…
Category: Science and Health
Cognitive decline accelerated in over 50s during pandemic, study finds
The covid-19 pandemic brought a “sustained decline in cognition” to people in the UK aged…
Decolonising mindsets around environmental sustainability
There is a global drive in healthcare to reduce emissions and create environmentally protective practices…
Child health inequalities: Hospitals urged to consider targeted interventions
NHS trusts should consider making targeted interventions to tackle child health inequalities which are being…
Sustainable practice: Prescribing oral over intravenous medications
What you need to knowThe carbon footprint of manufacturing, using, and disposing of intravenous medications…
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Burden of proof: combating inaccurate citation in biomedical literature
Key messagesUp to 25% of all citations in the general scientific literature are inaccurate and…
Prioritise dementia or risk collapse of NHS, charity warns
Integrated care systems across England must place more priority on tackling dementia or risk the…
Sustainable practice: Switching to reusable vaginal speculums
What you need to knowThree and a half million speculum examinations occur in the UK…
Sustainable practice: Sustainable prescribing of iron replacement therapy
What you need to knowWhen oral iron is indicated for iron deficiency and iron deficiency…
Sustainable practice: Cutting nitrous oxide loss and waste
What you need to knowNitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas—one of six critical gases…
Sustainable practice: what can I do?
If global healthcare were a country it would rank fifth in the world for greenhouse…
Innovative leadership will deliver net zero in surgery
Greenwashing is a major barrier to progress and exists in all industries from fashion to…
Essential medicines lists in an era of escalating climate change
Brhlikova and colleagues say that more high income countries should consider having essential medicines lists.1…
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GP leaders in England call for a pause in recruitment of physician associates
The BMA’s GP committee for England (GPC England) has called for an immediate pause in…
Covid-19: Whitehall chaos and misplaced confidence undermined UK’s response, inquiry hears
A toxic and chaotic environment at the heart of government, with distrust between civil servants…
Open access publishing: Plan proposes putting researchers in driving seat
Plans have been announced to expand an open access model that could affect all medical…
Sixty seconds on . . . dating
What’s this about?Last month Health Education England North East published some guidance for doctors and…
Academics protest at UK research body’s “failure” to stand up for free speech
One of the main funding bodies for research in the UK has provoked a furious…
US infant mortality rises for the first time in 20 years
Infant mortality in the US rose by 3% in 2022, increasing for the first time…
How salt from the Caribbean affects our climate
Past cold periods such as the Little Ice Age were associated with reduced strength of…
Some benefits of exercise stem from the immune system
Research in mice shows that the anti-inflammatory properties of exercise may arise from immune cells…
Seeing the unseen: How butterflies can help scientists detect cancer
There are many creatures on our planet with more advanced senses than humans. Turtles can…
Photo battery achieves competitive voltage
Researchers have developed a monolithically integrated photo battery using organic materials. The photo battery achieves…
Vacuum in optical cavity can change material’s magnetic state without laser excitation
Researchers in Germany and the USA have produced the first theoretical demonstration that the magnetic…
Charged ‘molecular beasts’ the basis for new compounds
Mass spectrometers are high-tech machines that play an important role in our society. They are…
An exotic tick that can kill cattle is spreading across Ohio
A species of exotic tick arrived in Ohio in 2021 in such huge numbers that…
Large herbivores such as elephants, bison and moose contribute to tree diversity
Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s…
Predicting saltwater intrusion into groundwater using Plymouth, Mass. as test case
As the world warms and ice sheets melt, the ocean continually rises. The greater Boston…
New secrets about cat evolution revealed
By comparing genomes of several cat species, the project has helped researchers understand why cat…
Rats have an imagination, new research suggests
Researchers have developed a novel system to probe a rat’s thoughts, finding that animals can…
Chimpanzees use hilltops to conduct reconnaissance on rival groups — study
Research on neighboring chimpanzee communities in the forests of West Africa suggests a warfare tactic…
To restore ecosystems, think about thwarting hungry herbivores
Re-establishing plantings of trees, grasses and other vegetation is essential for restoring degraded ecosystems, but…
Research outlines how sex differences have evolved
Researchers have shown that sex differences in animals vary dramatically across species, organs and developmental…
Researchers develop solid-state thermal transistor for better heat management
A team of researchers has unveiled a first-of-its-kind stable and fully solid-state thermal transistor that…
Good news, bad news on dental pain care seen in new study
Americans who have a tooth pulled or another painful dental procedure in the United States…
Female sex determining gene identified in mice
Researchers have identified a gene which is an early determining factor of ovary development in…
New designs for solid-state electrolytes may soon revolutionize the battery industry
Researchers have announced a major breakthrough in the field of next-generation solid-state batteries. It is…
A known environmental hazard can change the epigenetics of cells
An international team of researchers has discovered that formaldehyde, a widely spread pollutant and common…
Black holes are messy eaters
New observations down to light-year scale of the gas flows around a supermassive black hole…
At least 14 percent of Americans have had long COVID, study finds
One in seven people in the US reported having had long Covid by the end…
Observation of a virus attaching to another virus
‘Satellite’ viruses must be in proximity to their ‘helper’ virus to replicate, but this research…
Brain health in over 50s deteriorated more rapidly during the pandemic, study finds
Brain health in over 50s deteriorated more rapidly during the pandemic, even if they didn’t…
AI should be better understood and managed — new research warns
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithms can and are being used to radicalize, polarize, and spread…
Contrary to common belief, artificial intelligence will not put you out of work
New research is providing insights for business leaders on how work experience affects employees interacting…
Two million European households could abandon the electrical grid by 2050
Researchers report that 53% of European freestanding homes could have supplied all their own energy…
One sleepless night can rapidly reverse depression for several days
Most people who have pulled an all-nighter are all too familiar with that ‘tired and…
Practicing mindfulness can help people make heart-healthy eating choices
A study found that participants in a mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program improved health behaviors…
Exploding stars
When massive stars or other stellar objects explode in the Earth’s cosmic neighborhood, ejected debris…
How ‘blue’ and ‘green’ appeared in a language that didn’t have words for them
A new study suggests the way a language divides up color space can be influenced…
‘Jurassic worlds’ might be easier to spot than modern Earth
An analysis finds telescopes could better detect potential chemical signatures of life in an Earth-like…