A state-of-the-art research and development centre in Daegu, Korea – K-MEDI hub – is creating a medical industry ecosystem for the research and development of new drugs and medical devices. At its Preclinical Research Centre, one strong research focus is evaluating the impact of stress on the welfare of laboratory animals in the context of preclinical research. The aim is to improve international standards and guidelines for experimental conditions in the future, improving both the welfare of la...
Jun 17, 2022•11 min
An estimated 130 million adults are living with diabetes or prediabetes in the United States right now. So it might come as a shock that a fundamental concept of diabetes - that the condition is rooted in the role of the pancreas on blood sugar levels - might not be the whole truth. Dr Michael Schwartz of the University of Washington researches the role of the brain in hunger, metabolism and homeostasis. His work opens new questions around obesity and health, and new treatment prospects for all ...
Jun 15, 2022•55 min
Is theism conducive to humility in thought? Can deeply religious people also be intellectually humble? Dr Peter C Hill, professor of psychology at the Rosemead School of Psychology based at Biola University, and a team of colleagues challenge the idea that people who hold strong religious beliefs are low in intellectual humility. Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2021.1916242 Read more in Research Outreach...
Jun 10, 2022•12 min
The move to from a reactive approach in medicine, when diseases or disturbances are treated once they are serious enough to present a problem, to a proactive, patient-centric attitude could be a paradigm shift in health care. Dr. Jürgen Riedel, and Prof Kourosh Saeb-Parsy of Oxford Immune Algorithmics join us to talk about a more precise, personalised, and preventative approach for immune health monitoring when coupled with AI and machine learning technologies. Read the original paper: http://dx...
Jun 08, 2022•47 min
Global issues such as climate change, social inequalities, and environmental breakdowns are borderless, meaning no country can tackle them alone. International collaboration will be essential in mitigating some of the worst effects of these pervasive issues. Mr Tony Marshall, the founder, president, and CEO of Diverse Horizons, Inc., aims to build on international sustainable development goals by initiating global facilities for educational, entrepreneurial, and intercultural collaboration. Dive...
Jun 03, 2022•11 min
Prof. Stephen Hargarten from Medical College of Wisconsin discusses his experience of working in Emergency Room care, his research into harm reduction, social models to reduce the incidence, and risk and damage of violence in America. This podcast details why violence is not being included in medical education and offers an informed, science-based model, suggesting methods to integrate social training and resources into medical school curricula. Read his original article at: https://doi.org/10.1...
Jun 01, 2022•33 min
Prof Robert Brent, Professor of Economics at Fordham University, discusses his new book on interventions for managing dementia, and cost-benefit approaches to life and healthcare. The book, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia, is available here: https://bit.ly/RobertBrent
May 27, 2022•25 min
The New Personality Self-Portrait25 , or NPSP25 is the work of psychiatrist John M. Oldham, M.D., in longtime collaboration with mental health journalist and author Lois B. Morris, and more recently, psychologist Alok Madan, PhD. The NPSP25 is an updated, internet-only version of a book first published in a 1990 by Oldham and Morris, called The Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love, and Act the Way You Do , with the the second edition remaining in print since 1995. Find more at th...
May 25, 2022•13 min
Dr Stanley Luck of Vector Analytics LLC has developed a novel parametric framework for multidimensional linear regression, following collaborative research and developments involving the identification of beneficial agronomic variation in maize. Read more in Research Outreach. Read the original article here: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262148...
May 20, 2022•10 min
Mining, fracking and other georesource activities pose various environmental hazards - groundwater contamination, air pollution, and even significant earthquakes The EPOS Thematic Core Service for Anthropogenic Hazards (TCS AH) was created to facilitate global-scale open data access and research of anthropogenic hazards related to georesource exploitation. Find more about TCS AH at their website, or in this article: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0429-3...
May 17, 2022•14 min
Emeritus Professor Gregg Barak, is co-founder of the Journal of White Collar & Corporate Crime. Barak is also a three-time award-winning author and editor of books on crime, justice, media, violence, criminal law, corporate law, homelessness, and human rights. His book, Criminology on Trump , is available for preorder here Read more in Research Outreach...
May 13, 2022•11 min
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN set out the aims of ensuring the future of life on Planet Earth is clean, healthy, and rich in biodiversity. However, reaching these goals is expensive, requiring around an additional $5 Trillion per year over the next 15–20 years. So the question now is: How to finance our Future? The Tao of Finance initiative from the World Academy of Arts and Sciences proposes outside-the-box solutions to generate the funds needed, utilising distributed di...
May 11, 2022•14 min
Innovation is an important driver for increasing a firms profit margins. However, short-term expenses in the innovation process, with a short product life cycle common among highly innovative leaps, makes it very difficult to predict demand.This can make investors wary. Dr. Sterling Huang and colleagues look into how the balance between a company and its investors can shift with successful innovations, and the changes that has on the company’s internal communication and management Read the origi...
May 04, 2022•9 min
Substance use disorders (SUD) are common within the population of people with HIV, and this can have a detrimental effect on their progression along the HIV care continuum. Despite this, SUD services are not currently integrated into AIDS service organisations as well as they might be. Dr Bryan Garner at RTI International and his team identified that integrating these services within community-based ASOs is one of the keys to addressing SUDs among people with HIV. Read more in Research Outreach ...
Apr 27, 2022•13 min
Higher Education Institutions, or HEIs, have been forced to reconfigure their activities as a result of the pandemic. Based on new research, Prof Lloyd George Waller argues that the difference between the institutions’ success or otherwise in moving online depends on their digital readiness and resilience, which in turn depends on their digital transformation strategy. His book, "Digital Transformation for Higher Education Institutions: A Framework for the Future" is available online. Read more ...
Apr 20, 2022•13 min
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) represent around 90% of businesses and more than 50% of worldwide employment. Despite their economic relevance, most insolvency jurisdictions fail to provide an adequate response for MSMEs in insolvency. Professor Gurrea Martínez of Singapore Management University is an expert in insolvency and business restructuring and his recent work looks at international insolvency frameworks. Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1002/iir.1422...
Apr 13, 2022•12 min
Estuaries are incredibly variable environments, which can make fish monitoring using traditional sampling gear difficult. Dr Joseph Merz has developed a new non-invasive sampling system, The Platform, to monitor fish communities and their habitat interactions with fewer potential impacts to sensitive species. Read more in Research Outreach: https://researchoutreach.org/articles/platform-novel-non-invasive-fish-monitoring-method/ Find more from Dr Merz and his team at https://www.fishsciences.net...
Apr 08, 2022•11 min
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME) is a complex, long-term, and highly debilitating condition whose causes and mechanisms have been poorly understood until now. The research of Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik sheds new light on the pathological processes underlying ME/CFS – paving the way for future treatments. Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-021-02974-4 Read more in Research Features...
Apr 06, 2022•13 min
Across history, people have developed multiple ways of occupying their free time through a host of leisure activities. Professor Robert Stebbins at the University of Calgary has provided a seminal framework – called the Serious Leisure Perspective – which synthesises the science of leisure activities, and looks at ways for society to facilitate pursuing optimal lifestyles. Read more in Research Outreach: https://researchoutreach.org/articles/what-constitutes-optimal-leisure/ Read more in his boo...
Mar 30, 2022•11 min
Proton therapy is an effective technique for fighting cancer. In order to optimise treatment, it is clear that each patient must be carefully assessed each time and radiation plans must be adapted based on the results. The daily adaptive proton therapy workflow proposed by the Paul Scherrer Institute is an excellent start on the path to achieving this, and there are many more opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy for treatment. Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6...
Mar 23, 2022•8 min
Dr Jan Czyzyk explores the biomolecules serpins, and how serpin activity can affect the inflammation and tissue regeneration of cells in the pancreas. Their research opens the possibility for anti-serpin activity to be used as both a biomarker and an active mechanism of protection for individuals with type 1 diabetes. Read more in Research Outreach Read the original article: https://www.doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abf1587...
Mar 16, 2022•10 min
The field of psycho-neuroimmunology – the study of relationships between the nervous and immune systems – has pioneered significant discoveries in areas like stress, mindfulness, ancient exercise and dietary interventions. The Psycho-neuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS) formed a Chinese branch in 2012, and following its success, expanded to include all of Asia-Oceania. Keith W. Kelley of the University of Illinois and collaborators review the growth of this endeavour and recent contributions...
Mar 10, 2022•13 min
Breast cancer on the African continent, and in Nigeria especially, is notable for being biologically distinct from those predominantly diagnosed among White populations in the United States and Europe, where most scientific research has occurred to date. Dr. Tomi Akinyemiju at Duke University School of Medicine examines the factors that contribute to especially aggressive breast cancers in Nigeria – providing insights that could meaningfully impact disease prevention and treatment. Read the orig...
Mar 09, 2022•11 min
Before the development of antibiotics, even a small cut could have fatal results if a bacterial infection took hold. Today, the world faces a the return of untreatable diseases due to antibiotic resistance. Prof Raymond J. Turner at the University of Calgary is working to solve the problem of bacterial resistance to these medicines through revisiting and developing metal-containing antimicrobials. Read the original paper here: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9120853 Read more in Research Feat...
Mar 02, 2022•9 min
Tilapia is one of the most popular seafood dishes, with annual production topping top 6 million tonnes globally. However, fish is a highly perishable food, and large quantities of fish meat is discarded due to loss of quality between capture and final consumption. This raises concerns for both the consumer’s health and finances of seafood producers. Dr Maria Lucia Guerra Monteiro at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and colleagues, investigate the effect of a new style of packaging, with...
Feb 23, 2022•9 min
Tackling global challenges in sustainable energy production calls for the rational design of new generations of clean materials, coupling efficiency with low environmental impact. Professor Rajan has established a research center at the Department of Materials Design and Innovation, University at Buffalo, New York that explores how to develop ‘quantum signatures’ at a fundamental molecular scale that can guide the rational design of clean materials. Read their original article: https://doi.org/1...
Feb 16, 2022•13 min
Toxic pollutants in the air are not a new phenomenon. But what exactly are the toxic pollutants that can cause severe health issues when present in the air? Professor Guo-Ping Chang-Chien, director of the Super Micro Mass Research and Technology Center at Cheng Shiu University in Taiwan, studies different emission reduction approaches relating to toxic pollutants. Their teams work has massively improved air quality in Taiwan. Read more in Research Outreach Read their original article: https://do...
Feb 09, 2022•10 min
Pain and anxiety are some of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by patients in all clinical settings. Research by Dr Elvira Lang and colleagues found that their self-hypnotic relaxation app, Comfort Talk® , is effective in reducing pain and anxiety in patients through short listening times in the waiting room. Read their original article: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.RVI.0000185418.82287.72 Read more in Research Outreach...
Feb 02, 2022•11 min
Money plays an essential social role, and its distribution is linked to that of justice. Unfortunately, bias has corroded the mechanisms that govern money creation, resulting in injustices that benefit the wealthy at the expense of the poor. Peter Dietsch, a philosophy professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada , says it’s time to re-evaluate the system and consider alternatives. Read their original article: https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X21999736 Read more in Research Ou...
Jan 26, 2022•12 min
Dr Yukiko Washio at RTI International and her colleagues at Temple University and Christiana Care have undertaken intervention research to increase breastfeeding in low-income women in the United States. Based on this and two pilot studies in the US and UK, they set up a research project using their new BOOST protocol: using financial incentives to increase breastfeeding among women registered on the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programme. Read the original article: http://doi.org/10.1136/b...
Jan 19, 2022•10 min
