Category: Education
Singapore succeeds in detection of Covid-19 variant in wastewater
Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, alongside collaborators from Biobot Analytics, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have successfully developed an […]
Women with low bone density at higher risk of hearing loss, study finds
An extensive study of nearly 144,000 women has revealed that risk of hearing loss was amplified by up to 40% in study participants with osteoporosis or low bone density (LBD). Led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston […]
Smartphone breaks do not alleviate boredom or fatigue
Using smartphones during short breaks from work was found to be unhelpful in reducing boredom or fatigue, according to researchers at the Behavioral Science Institute at Radboud University, The Netherlands. The researchers had observed a group of postgraduate students to […]
Bed sharing not required for babies to develop strong infant-mother attachment
The practice of bed-sharing is neither associated with positive nor negative outcomes related to infant attachment and maternal bonding, according to new research led by the University of Kent (Kent), UK. Parents quite often share their bed with their baby […]
Sleeping well ‘essential’ to personal health and public safety
A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has highlighted that sleep is a biological necessity. The AASM also underscored that not getting enough sleep, as well as untreated sleep disorders, has significant and detrimental effects […]
Half of young adults still have persistent symptoms six months after COVID-19
A study more than 300 patients with COVID-19 in Bergen, Norway – comprising 82% of cases in the city during the first wave of the pandemic – has revealed how symptoms of the disease persist for some six months after […]
Some hypertension medicines may reduce memory loss in older adults
Older adults taking blood pressure-lowering medicines for hypertension that cross the blood-brain barrier were noticed to have better memory recall compared to those taking medicines that do not, according to researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The medicines […]
Novel urine tests helps with early diagnosis of brain tumours
A research team at Nagoya University, Japan, has demonstrated how a simple urine test can detect aggressive brain tumours, which is particularly helpful for efficient, early diagnosis of cancer. Urine tests are a non-invasive option that can detect cancers of […]
Air pollution exposure may elevate Hispanic babies’ obesity risk
A study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder), US, is the latest to suggest that exposure to toxic air pollutants during pregnancy may cause higher rates of obesity in Hispanic babies. The Hispanic population is […]
“Bionic” vulture is first bird to receive a permanent prosthetic foot
A groundbreaking procedure performed at the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna), Austria, has successfully created the world’s first “bionic bird” – the large bird of prey was given a new foot using the famed osseointegration (direct skeletal attachment) technique; […]
