Category: Education
Researchers hint at another potential monkey virus spillover to humans
Arteriviruses are an obscure family of viruses endemic in a host of wild African primates – arteriviruses are considered a fatal threat to some species of monkeys. Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder), evoking parallels to […]
Dogs can detect odour changes in stressed individuals
Dogs can pick up the smell of stress from human sweat and breath – a fact confirmed by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast (Queen’s), based on a small study on humans and dogs. The “super-sniffer” dogs – named Treo, Fingal, […]
Blood test to detect two types of cancers
Scientists in Israel are working on developing a blood test that can detect pancreatic and colorectal cancer. Although still in the testing phase, the method is reported to be 92% accurate, and could ultimately be adapted to detect other types […]
Scooter riders encouraged to cushion head with their arms
Scooter riders often fail to take any injury preventative measures in the event of accidents, which may result in significant head trauma or brain injury. Chinese researchers who reconstructed electric, self-balancing scooter (ESSs) crash scenarios estimate that approximately half of […]
Walking intensity as important as 10,000 steps a day
There is a slight addition to the recommended 10,000 steps daily to protect from heart disease, dementia, and death: pace your steps just a little bit faster. According to researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia and University of Southern […]
Anti-diarrhea drug repurposed to treat autism symptoms
Norwegian researchers at the University of Oslo have found possible treatment for the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a common anti-diarrhea drug called loperamide. The drug may be dually beneficial in treating patients with ASD – it can […]
Hot steam dishwasher model more effective, environmentally-friendly
Superheated steam dishwashers developed by researchers from the Technical University of Dortmund and the Technical University of Munich, both in Germany, were more effective than conventional dishwashers when it comes to killing harmful microorganisms on dishes and cutlery. According to […]
Changes to mothers’ stress levels affects infant development
New research by Northwestern University has revealed how maternal fluctuations in stress – stress variability, termed lability – influences infant development. Research reports state that pregnant mothers with greater lability had infants with more fear, sadness and distress at three […]
News addiction” leads to poor mental and physical health
Exposure to a depressing and continually-evolving news cycle of global events can have serious impacts on mental and physical wellbeing, as researchers from the UK-based Taylor and Francis Group found out. “News addiction” refers to the obsessive urge to constantly […]
Insomniac older adults at risk of progressive memory decline
Having just discovered that insomnia influences memory performance in later life, researchers at Concordia University in Canada point out that older adults with insomnia are at greatest risk of developing memory decline as well as long-term cognitive impairment. Their study […]
