Medical research
Citizen science: How you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house
As Australians try to maintain social engagement during self-isolation, citizen science offers a unique opportunity.
Mar 27, 2020
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Health
Promoting safer routes to school through citizen science
Parents with a knack for citizen science are helping their children walk or bike to school by using an app that lets them document the best routes.
Mar 13, 2019
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Health
How the built environment impacts healthy ageing
Streetscapes, cafes, buses and planes weren't necessarily designed to deal with the ageing population explosion, however older people can advocate change to their environment by voicing concerns.
Oct 11, 2017
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Health
Older adults are good Samaritans to strangers
People tend to become more generous as they age. This certainly holds true when it comes to helping strangers, according to a recent study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Findings from the ...
Jun 12, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
In the fight against Alzheimer's, online gamers can now get in on the action
The researchers behind a new online game are inviting members of the public to look under a virtual microscope and contribute directly to Alzheimer's disease research at Cornell University.
Oct 12, 2016
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Addiction
New virtual platform measures the level of addiction to tobacco
In Mexico, 21.7 percent of the population smokes, which is associated with 95 percent of 
lung cancer cases and the development of 29 more different conditions.
Jun 2, 2014
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Health
New app measures the risk of chronic diseases
Globally, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer are responsible for thousands of deaths a year in economically active population. Such problems led to a Mexican scientific team to develop a virtual platform that soon, ...
May 6, 2014
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Health
Technology needs tailoring to the user
Growing numbers of elderly people in Norway are being offered by the welfare services to use tablet computers for controlling functions in their home. But many find an iPad too difficult to understand.
Jul 15, 2013
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Health
Study reveals promise of "human computing power" via crowdsourcing to speed medical research
"Human computing power" harnessed from ordinary citizens across the world has the potential to accelerate the pace of health care research of all kinds, a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
Jul 15, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why does conflict arise when social identity is threatened?
Be it at school, office, the neighborhood or the community people live in, conflicting situations amongst various groups might arise on an almost day to day basis. Today, the prevalence of these intergroup conflicts is on ...
Oct 6, 2011
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