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2024-09-05 @ 12.04.56 ∈ In English

Part of brain network much bigger in people with depression, scientists find

[In] people with depression, a larger part of the brain is involved in the network that controls attention to rewards and threats than in those without depression. [The] frontostriatal salience network was expanded by 73% on average in participants with depression compared with healthy controls.

2024-08-16 @ 9.06.44 ∈ In English

Minuscule wasps enlisted to fight off moths in new pest control strategy

Rentokil plans to release entosite parasitoid wasps into the nooks and crannies of museums, heritage sites and homes to stop moth infestations. The minuscule wasps measure less than 0.5mm in size, and they stop moths reproducing by parasitising their eggs and laying their own eggs inside the moth eggs, preventing the larvae from hatching.

2023-10-03 @ 18.33.30 ∈ In English

Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer

It is almost two years to the day since the first vaccine - called RTS,S and developed by GSK - was backed by the WHO. […] The WHO said the effectiveness of the two vaccines was "very similar" and there was no evidence one was better than the other. However, the key difference is the ability to manufacture the University of Oxford vaccine - called R21 - at scale.

2023-09-13 @ 15.40.49 ∈ In English

New Blood Test For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has 91% Accuracy

Applying the AI algorithm, the test could accurately classify 91 percent of patients, and could even differentiate between mild, moderate, and severe ME/CFS patients with 84 percent accuracy. Further studies to validate the findings in larger cohorts will take some time.

2022-04-07 @ 11.51.33 ∈ In English

Researchers Identify ‘Master Problem’ Underlying All Cryptography | Quanta Magazine

The existence of true one-way functions, they proved, depends on one of the oldest and most central problems in another area of computer science called complexity theory, or computational complexity. This problem, known as Kolmogorov complexity, concerns how hard it is to tell the difference between random strings of numbers and strings that contain some information.

2020-11-27 @ 14.20.39 ∈ Suomeksi

Kasvissyöjillä on suurempi luunmurtumien riski

Murtumariski voi selittyä ruokavaliosta johtuvalla kalsiumin ja proteiinin puutteella mutta myös sillä, että kasvissyöjillä on taipumus olla lihaa syöviä ihmisiä hoikempia. Kasvissyöjien keho ei siten tarjoa yhtä paljon murtumilta suojaavaa pehmikettä, jos ihminen kaatuu.

2020-02-22 @ 12.21.08 ∈ Suomeksi

Seurallisilla on monipuolisemmat suolistobakteerit

Seurallisilla ihmisillä oli kaikkiaan monipuolisempi suolistomikrobisto kuin stressaantuneilla ja ahdistuneilla.

2019-01-24 @ 11.25.18 ∈ In English

Freak wave created in lab mirrors Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’

A team of researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh have worked out how freak waves can happen. […] The experiments were carried out in the FloWave Ocean Energy Research facility at the University Of Edinburgh.