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Majority of Consumers Care What Kind of Data They Share with Retailers and Service Providers, Finds New Study

Consumers value their personal data including the one collected by retail stores, service providers and loyalty schemes.

'I'm too anxious to sleep at night': Study finds 'volunteers' in China struggled with stress and anxiety as they worked to control pandemic, implement CCP policies

Enforcing the Chinese Communist Party’s zero-COVID policies while trying to protect the CCP’s image has caused many volunteers to suffer from stress and anxiety.

Strong Cultural Regions Slowed Britain’s Urbanisation, New Research Finds

Regional cultural boundaries in England and Wales put a brake on the rapid urbanisation which took hold across Britain in the 19th and early 20th century, research has revealed.

A High-Resolution Glimpse Of Gene Expression In Cells

Expanding tissue samples before sequencing allows researchers to pinpoint locations of RNA molecules.

Exercise Burns Fat Differently Depending On The Time Of Day

EXERCISE Physical activity at the right time of the day seems able to increase fat metabolism, at least in mice, shows a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen. University of Copenhagen

Most Effective Ways of Foraging Can Attract Predators, Scientists Find

Animals using the most efficient methods of searching for resources may well pay with their lives, scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered.

Astronomers Detect Extended Dark Matter Halo Around Ancient Dwarf Galaxy

Findings suggest the first galaxies in the universe were more massive than previously thought.

Depression Can Lead To Memory Dysfunction. This Study May Pave Way For New Drugs

MENTAL ILLNESS PET scanning of patients has identified changes in the serotonin system in patients suffering from depression and memory dysfunction, a new joint study suggests.

Physicists Create Tunable Superconductivity In Twisted Graphene “Nanosandwich”

Structure may reveal conditions needed for high-temperature superconductivity.

What’s in a Name? Why the Words Used for Family Members Have a Much Bigger Story to Tell

The words different cultures use to describe family members have revealed some intriguing insights - including why in Balto-Slavic languages there is a complicated relationship between in-laws and weasels.

Previously Unknown Cell Mechanism Could Help Counter Cancer And Aging

CELLS In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen discovered an unknown mechanism of how cells ‘remember’ their identity when they divide – the cells’ so-called epigenetic memory.

Geologists Produce New Timeline Of Earth’s Paleozoic Climate Changes

The record shows ancient temperature variations coinciding with shifts in the planet’s biodiversity.

Propellers Are Louder Over Ground, Researchers Find

The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol.

Machine-Learning Model Helps Determine Protein Structures

New technique reveals many possible conformations that a protein may take.

Artificial Human Skin Paves The Way To New Skin Cancer Therapy

SKIN In a new study, researchers have managed to curb skin cancer. The study was conducted on artificial human skin.

Culprit Behind Destruction of New York’s First Dinosaur Museum Revealed

A new paper from the University of Bristol rewrites the history of the darkest, most bizarre event in the history of palaeontology.

How The Brain Helps Us Remember What We’ve Seen

Research finds that as one looks around, mental images bounce between right and left brain as they shift around in our visual system.

Artificial Intelligence Provides New Insight into Preventing Human Disease

A molecular machine, which plays an essential ‘cargo’ role in controlling the delivery of proteins to the surface of human cells, and is implicated in several diseases, has been identified in a landmark study using artificial intelligence (AI).

Physicists Discover Important New Property For Graphene

Unconventional form of ferroelectricity could impact next-generation computing

Study Provides Genetic Evidence on New Osteoporosis Drug Heart Attack Risk

New research highlights potential safety concerns around women taking romosozumab, a new anti-osteoporosis drug available on the NHS.