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After receiving a record-breaking 350,000 submissions, the Sony World Photography Awards has revealed the best single images from its massive 2020 competition. This year’s winning images feature a spectacular array of the world’s most impressive photog… Continue reading The astonishing winners of the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards
A new study has concluded young people today rate similarly on interpersonal skills compared to those who grew up in the 1990s. The research suggests smartphones, screen-time, and social media have not negatively affected kids’ social skills, and moder… Continue reading Concerns over kids’ screen-time a modern-day “moral panic”, says study
In an unprecedented collaborative move, Google and Apple are working together to develop a novel smartphone-based system that can help identify those who have been in proximity to someone with COVID-19. The Bluetooth-based technology will begin rolling… Continue reading Google & Apple join forces to develop smartphone COVID-19 contact tracing
In a new editorial published in The BMJ, a trio of Cambridge University researchers suggest wearing of cloth masks should be adopted by everyone during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team argues the potential benefits of this behavior far outweigh any of t… Continue reading Cambridge experts call for widespread face mask use in COVID-19 crisis
A new study led by Australian researchers is offering further insight into how a novel ultrasound technique could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. The findings describe how focused ultrasound can weaken the blood-brain barrier in brain cells from Alzheimer’s patients, potentially improving the uptake of drugs designed to treat the disease.
Category: Science
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Ultrasound, QIMR Berghofer, Neuroscience
Continue reading New study shows how ultrasound technique can treat Alzheimer’s disease
Photographer Toby Harriman never planned on becoming an aerial photographer, but everything changed after his first doors-off helicopter flight in 2012. One of his personal projects over the past few years has been exploring the unique designs of diffe… Continue reading Airport Aerials: The incredible photo project looking down on airports
Australian researchers are reporting the initial results from the world’s first placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the efficacy of medicinal cannabis in treating chronic insomnia. The results reveal statistically significant, and dose responsive… Continue reading Positive data from 1st clinical trial into cannabis for chronic insomnia
As governments around the globe deploy a variety of different lockdown strategies to try to contain the spread of COVID-19, one of the most divisive issues is whether or not widespread school closures are a good idea. Unlike other social interventions,… Continue reading COVID-19 school closures: How long can they last, and what comes next?
Stanford researchers are claiming to have optimized an already FDA-approved form of non-invasive magnetic brain stimulation to better treat those suffering from severe, treatment-resistant depression. A small preliminary study achieved an extraordinary… Continue reading Strong results from new Stanford brain stimulation method for depression
New research from an international team of scientists is suggesting that instantly recognizable earthy smell after rain is released by bacteria trying to attract a particular arthropod as a way to spread its spores. The smell is a 500-million-year-old … Continue reading The 500-million-year-old reason behind the unique scent of rain