Archive: 20/04/2020

New decision model shapes strategies for dealing with public health emergencies

The efficient allocation of medical resources can be modelled mathematically, as shown by Finnish researchers. The study, which started a few years before coronavirus appeared, offers timely insights for governments and organizations ...

Apr 20, 2020

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Self-paced exercise may be key to improving children's attention, memory and wellbeing

Outdoor classroom breaks involving 15 minutes of self-paced exercise may improve children's attention, memory and wellbeing, according to new research.

Apr 20, 2020

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Researchers pinpoint potential new therapeutic target for eye disease

Multi-disciplinary work led by researchers from Trinity has pinpointed a potential new therapeutic target for treating retinal degeneration. The researchers have discovered that a protein (SARM1) involved in neuronal cell ...

Apr 20, 2020

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How social scientists in Indonesia can help epidemiologists do COVID-19 contact tracing

Social science researchers in Indonesia can support epidemiologists to find people who have been in close contact with infected people. They can be tested, isolated and quarantined.

Apr 20, 2020

Delight, relief and caution: six experts on New Zealand's move to ease its coronavirus lockdown

New Zealand will begin easing its national lockdown from next Tuesday, but only after a five-day extension of some of the world's strictest COVID-19 restrictions.

Apr 20, 2020

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Mapping the COVID-19 risk

Public-health experts and government officials have been calling for "social distancing," asking people to stay home and avoid contact with each other as much as possible when they have to go out—all to "flatten the curve" ...

Apr 20, 2020

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What medications are safe in cases of COVID-19?

There is plenty of information floating around the Internet about what medications may or may not be useful in treating the symptoms associated with COVID-19. The extent of the pandemic, coupled with our digital capabilities, ...

Apr 20, 2020

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Wind turbine noise affects dream sleep and perceived sleep restoration

Wind turbine noise (WTN) influences people's perception of the restorative effects of sleep, and also has a small but significant effect on dream sleep, otherwise known as REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, a study at the University ...

Apr 20, 2020

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New evidence for how microbiome crosstalk with the immune system contributes to liver disease

A new study by researchers in the Quadram Institute has provided insights into how interactions between gut microbes and cells of the immune system contribute to cholestatic liver disease.

Apr 20, 2020

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Specialised nerve cells increase the appetite for high-fat foods

High-calorie, energy-dense foods are constantly available in our modern society. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne have discovered that a group of nerve cells in the brains of mice ...

Apr 20, 2020

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