Health
Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing
Spending at least two hours a week in nature may be a crucial threshold for promoting health and wellbeing, according to a new large-scale study.
Jun 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Recreating live-animal markets in the lab lets researchers see how pathogens like coronavirus jump species
Nobody yet knows for sure the definitive origins of the newly recognized coronavirus now known as 2019-nCoV that's currently spreading across the globe as a human respiratory pathogen. Early reports indicate that the source ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines?
Similar to bacteria evolving resistance to antibiotics, viruses can evolve resistance to vaccines, and the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 could undermine the effectiveness of vaccines that are currently under development, according ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Spending time in nature can improve children's confidence
Four out of five children say they feel more confident in themselves after spending time participating in outdoor activities, according to new UCL research.
Nov 11, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Connectedness to nature makes children happier
A new study in Frontiers in Psychology, led by Dr. Laura Berrera-Hernández and her team at the Sonora Institute of Technology (ITSON), has shown for the first time that connectedness to nature makes children happier due ...
Feb 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Artificial intelligence may be pandemic lifesaver... one day
On December 30, researchers using artificial intelligence systems to comb through media and social platforms detected the spread of an unusual flu-like illness in Wuhan, China.
Mar 26, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Ecotherapy aims to tap into nature to improve your wellbeing
As many as one in six adults experience mental health problems like depression or anxiety every week. And not only is mental ill-health one of the most common causes of disease worldwide—it's also on the rise. Finding ways ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Medications
Spirulina-based platform for ultra-large-scale production of therapeutic proteins
A common food source has been converted into a biomanufacturing platform that offers a way to rapidly produce mass quantities of biologic drugs for common diseases that currently lack effective treatments. Researchers at ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Surgery
Mantis shrimp-inspired camera provides second opinion during cancer surgery
Some of the world's greatest innovations, such as Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine, owe their strength and elegance to natural design. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have returned their gaze ...
May 5, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Taking time to commune with nature increases feelings of connection to it, study shows
In designing a recent study, Notre Dame Professor of Psychology Darcia Narvaez wanted to test the possibility of promoting the sense of ecological attachment that was inherently part of many pre-industrialized societies and ...
May 29, 2020
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