Gerontology & Geriatrics
Why age is no barrier to keeping fit and healthy
It's often said that a major sign you're getting older is when you struggle to recover from exercise as quickly as you did back in your younger days.
Apr 23, 2021
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News tagged with science papers
Surgery
Student-developed machine-learning techniques make surgeries safer, easier to review
An interdisciplinary fellowship with the Data Science Institute has resulted in a promising machine-learning technology that can effectively track complex surgical activity, thus having the potential to improve patient outcomes, ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NASA-style caution needed before allowing research to influence policy
Behavioural science should undergo rigorous testing and review before it informs public policy such as government responses to COVID-19, according to a paper in Nature Human Behaviour titled "Use caution when applying behavioural ...
Oct 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is COVID-19 widening the gender gap in academic medicine?
A new study finds that fewer women were first authors on COVID-19-related research papers published in the first half of this year. The difference was particularly striking during the first two months of the pandemic when ...
Jul 9, 2020
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Medical research
Retractions and controversies over coronavirus research show that the process of science is working as it should
Several high-profile papers on COVID-19 research have come under fire from people in the scientific community in recent weeks. Two articles addressing the safety of certain drugs when taken by COVID-19 patients were retracted, ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Health informatics
New AI tool is a potential timesaver for COVID-19 researchers
Northwestern University computer scientists are aiming to speed up treatments and vaccines for COVID-19—by making researchers' jobs easier.
Jun 19, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why confidence is key to persuasion
In persuasive communications, vocal cues affect a speaker's ability to persuade others.
Oct 28, 2019
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Other
Two studies cast doubt on credibility of medical research
Two studies released Monday found major flaws with a large number of research papers in the biomedical sciences, a problem that authors say wastes billions and slows the pace of life-saving research.
Jan 4, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children less likely to come to the rescue when others are available
Children as young as 5 years old are less likely to help a person in need when other children are present and available to help, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for ...
Mar 24, 2015
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Medical research
Research reveals how antibodies neutralize mosquito-borne virus
Researchers have learned the precise structure of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus pathogen while it is bound to antibodies, showing how the infection is likely neutralized.
Apr 2, 2013
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