A new Texas A&M AgriLife study provides insights into natural protective storm barriers along coastlines.
Peter Hotez says it’s time to start looking beyond the current pandemic and pushing back against misinformation that cost thousands of lives.
School leaders in England feel compelled to continue using a system of escalating punitive measures to manage student behaviour, even though they recognise it fails some pupils, new research suggests.
Study of 600 teenagers suggests that having stronger self-awareness and sense of purpose may raise GCSE Maths scores “by a couple of grades”.
New 2-minute test launched; developed using ChatGPT technology and validated by a series of experiments involving thousands of participants.
Smart drugs do motivate people, but the added effort can lead to “erratic thinking”, adversely affecting above-average performers, according to researchers.
Study of 2,500-year-old latrines from the biblical Kingdom of Judah shows the ancient faeces within contain Giardia – a parasite that can cause dysentery.
Study following thousands of Chicagoans from across the city over a 25-year period found that 50% of the study participants had seen a shooting before middle age.
Heatwaves could slow or reverse India’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) without heat impact assessments
Study shows better adoption and implementation of company supply chain policies for Brazilian beef and leather could significantly reduce carbon emissions
Landmark study finds no difference in psychological wellbeing or quality of family relationships between children born by assisted reproduction (egg or sperm donation or surrogacy) and those born naturally at age 20. However, findings suggest that telling children about their biological origins early – before they start school – can be advantageous for family relationships and healthy adjustment.
BACTERIA Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. But – as shown in a new study from the University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and Hillerød Hospital – our understanding of the disease may have been mistaken. The new knowledge may provide better treatments in the future.
INEQUALITY It is well known that divorces can lead to poor health and early death among men, but less so among women. Now, a new study shows that men are also more prone to develop inflammation than their female peers after going through breakups or living alone for extended periods.
Parents who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children are putting them at significantly greater risk of developing lasting mental health problems, new evidence shows.
DENTAL CARE In Denmark, infection in the gums, also known as periodontitis, has developed into a common disease. Unfortunately, few people receive the right treatment, simply because too few go to the dentist regularly – possibly because we have to pay for dentistry, the researchers behind a new study argue.
NATURE A new research project from the University of Copenhagen has investigated the state of 29 Danish ant species over the past 120 years, roughly half of all native species. The researchers conclude that most of the species are doing well. They are extremely adaptable, even when faced with climate changes.
GUT BACTERIA Gut bacteria are both positively and negatively influenced by common medicines, new European research shows. Medications that lower cholesterol and blood pressure are associated with a healthier composition and function of gut bacteria, while gastric acid inhibitors and antibiotics interfere with health-promoting bacterial communities.
CANCER The ribosomes, the ‘protein factories’ in our cells, can be altered by cancer genes, a new study from the University of Copenhagen shows. This has implications for our understanding of both normal development and diseases such as cancer.
Study finds that just 8% of all depictions of AI professionals from 100 years of film are women – and half of these are shown as subordinate to men.
We have a moral duty to allow others to make ‘transformative choices’ such as changing careers, migrating and having children, a new study argues. This duty can be outweighed by competing moral considerations such as preventing murder but in many cases we should interfere with far greater caution.