Statistics based on so-called "big data" may not always be as reliable as we might hope, according to a study published in the International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. The research analyzed a manageable ...
Dec 2, 2021
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A new study led by Indiana University has found that brief exposure to an infographic about the scientific process may have the power to strengthen people's trust in science, including reducing the influence of COVID-19 misinformation.
Oct 15, 2021
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A new report is highlighting ways we can fight COVID-19 while indoors during cold weather periods.
Mar 31, 2021
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A Brazilian study published in the Journal of Pineal Research describes a group of genes potentially regulated by the hormone melatonin in some types of cancer, especially breast cancer. According to the authors, the results ...
Dec 8, 2020
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An Imperial researcher and a chef have teamed up to create a cookbook of recipes using "hyperfoods"—ingredients with anti-cancer molecules.
Sep 8, 2020
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A new animation aims to shed light on the scientific process undertaken when tackling a previously unseen pathogen.
Aug 21, 2020
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When people are highly confident in a decision, they take in information that confirms their decision, but fail to process information which contradicts it, finds a UCL brain imaging study.
May 27, 2020
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Hydroxychloroquine, double-blind studies, convalescent plasma, herd immunity—the coronavirus pandemic has thrust the language of science into public view as never before.
May 19, 2020
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Researchers of the ICAI Group–Computational Intelligence and Image Analysis–of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed an unprecedented method that is capable of improving brain images obtained through magnetic resonance ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Human life expectancy worldwide rose dramatically over the past century, but people's health spans—the period of life spent free from chronic, age-related disease or disability—have not increased accordingly.
Dec 18, 2019
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