Health
Living near green space makes you 2.5 years younger: study
City parks and green spaces help counter heat, boost biodiversity, and instill a sense of calm in the urban jungle.
Jun 29, 2023
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Neuroscience
Identifying Alzheimer's using space software
Software for processing satellite pictures taken from space is now helping medical researchers to establish a simple method for wide-scale screening for Alzheimer's disease.
Jun 28, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers take new AI approach to analyzing tumors
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab in Sweden have combined artificial intelligence (AI) techniques used in satellite imaging and community ecology to interpret large amounts of data from tumor tissue. The ...
Nov 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
More exposure to artificial, bright, outdoor nighttime light linked to higher stroke risk
People continuously exposed to bright, artificial light at night may be at increased risk of developing conditions that affect blood flow to the brain and having a stroke, according to research published in Stroke.
Mar 25, 2024
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Health
New study quantifies health impacts from oil and gas flaring in US
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that pollution from oil and ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Medical research
Monitoring obesity risk from space
In public health research, like obesity studies, spatial technologies can add very valuable information. Combining remote sensing, geo-information systems and GPS will enable us to identify typical obesogenic environments. ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists develop new early warning system for cholera epidemics
In two recently published papers, Tufts University School of Engineering researchers have established new techniques for predicting the severity of seasonal cholera epidemics months before they occur and with a greater degree ...
Aug 15, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aerial images reveal virus emptying famed sites
Empty public squares, a ghostly train station and deserted holy sites—a series of striking satellite images have revealed the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on some of the world's busiest spaces.
Mar 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Data from satellite imagery useful for malaria early warning systems
Researchers at Umeå University have developed a model that uses seasonal weather data from satellite images to accurately predict outbreak of malaria with a one-month lead time. With a so-called GAMBOOST model, a host of ...
Jun 7, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China tackles pandemic with mass construction once again
A sprawling quarantine center with more than 4,000 rooms is being thrown up in northern China in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, a city of more than 10 million people in Hebei province.
Jan 25, 2021
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