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Mobile app provides effective support for children with obesity
100 children from Martina Children’s hospital in Stockholm were able to try the digi-physical treatment concept over a period of one year.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022


A 50% reduction in emissions by 2030 can be achieved. Here’s how
Reducing emissions will require major policy changes such as doubling the amount of electricity generated from renewables and a shift to EVs
Joseph Shavit
Jun 6, 2022


New custom program helps diabetics control their blood sugar and weight
Program tailored for people living with diabetes helped participants lose weight, lower blood glucose levels, and improve overall wellbeing
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Self-destructing parasites -- New weapon against drug-resistant malaria
Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Cotton fabric filter key to low-cost, effective carbon capture
Researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Here's why not all obese people will develop type 2 diabetes
Researchers have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on why some obese patients develop type 2 diabetes and others don’t.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022


Trained sniffer dogs accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Scientists develop a ‘fabric’ that turns body movement into electricity
NTU scientists have developed a stretchable and waterproof ‘fabric’ that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth — and maybe Mars
For several hundred million years after the Moon formed, frequent impacts coupled with abundant volcanism on the planet formed basaltic lava
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Cancer-killing virus injected into human for the first time
The oncolytic virus has been shown to shrink colon, lung, breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancer tumors in preclinical laboratory models.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 4, 2022


Researchers invent the world’s first zero emissions cement
have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention of the world’s first ever zero-emissions cement.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 3, 2022


What's the impact of popular artificial sweeteners on your gut health?
Artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar in many foods and beverages. However, their long-term health benefits remain unclear.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 3, 2022


Portable E-Motor Turns Any Bicycle Into an E-Bike
Urban commuters who favor bicycles as their mode of transport might agree that cycling from point A to point B can be a bit of a workout.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 3, 2022


Height may be risk factor for multiple health conditions
Height may be an unrecognized but biologically important and unchangeable risk factor for several common health conditions.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 3, 2022


World-first: A biomarker that can diagnose Parkinson’s disease
It is hoped that being able to diagnose the disease faster will also lead to the development of new treatment methods for aging societies.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 2, 2022


No more flu for you? Discovery blocks influenza virus’ replication in cells
Researchers have just found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 2, 2022


A ‘Goldilocks amount’ of time spent online could be good for teenagers’ wellbeing
New research from Trinity College has found further evidence of a relationship between online engagement and mental wellbeing in teenagers.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 2, 2022


For the first time, a human liver was treated in a machine and then successfully transplanted
The machine mimics the human body as accurately as possible, in order to provide ideal conditions for the human livers.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 2, 2022


New dinosaur species used fearsome claws to graze along the coast
Scientists have described the youngest therizinosaur fossil from Japan and the first in Asia to have been found in marine sediments.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 2, 2022


Computer display creates colors out of gold and DNA
People say there’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but a new technology is turning that idea on its head – using particles of gold.
Joseph Shavit
Jun 1, 2022
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