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By Health Correspondent Technology use among older adults appears to benefit cognitive health rather than harm it, according to a large-scale meta-analysis published in Nature Human Behaviour. The study, which examined data from more than 411,000 adults ages 50 and older, reveals that engaging with digital devices may actually
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By Health Correspondent In a landmark breakthrough for gene therapy, researchers from UCL have reported the longest-known follow-up of any treatment for haemophilia B, confirming its safety and effectiveness more than a decade after initial administration. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, follows 10 adults with
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By Science Correspondent Innovators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are tapping into an abundant and often overlooked source of clean drinking water—the air around us. As pressure mounts on traditional water supplies like rivers and reservoirs, a new solution is emerging that could transform access to safe water
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By Science Correspondent Researchers from UCL and Edinburgh Napier University have developed a new method to turn cow dung into a valuable manufacturing material—cellulose—used in products ranging from surgical masks to food packaging. The technique, described in The Journal of Cleaner Production, uses an innovation called ‘pressurised spinning’
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By Jill Dando News A team of scientists studying dolphins off the coast of Florida has won a $100,000 prize for uncovering new clues about how the animals may communicate with each other. Led by biologist Laela Sayigh from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the researchers focused on “non-signature whistles”
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By Health Correspondent A new research project is bringing experts and families together to develop solutions to improve the lives of very preterm babies. Every year, thousands of babies are born very preterm (VPT) - before 32 weeks of pregnancy. Many of them face unique health challenges that can last
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By Health Correspondent Published in The Lancet, the Big Baby Trial—led by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, the University of Warwick, and the Perinatal Institute—offers vital new evidence to help women decide how to safely deliver babies suspected to be large for their age. Large
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By Jill Dando News A new study from the Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change at the University of Bath has found that combining step tracking with mindfulness training delivered via a mobile app can significantly boost people’s desire to exercise. Published in the journal Mental Health and Physical
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By Jill Dando News A study led by primatologist Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from The University of Warwick has found that Madagascar’s singing lemurs, the indris (indri indri), sing out of tune in infancy and improve as adults, just like a human child learning to control their voice. Have
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By Jill Dando News A national research partnership will explore ways to support wellbeing and sustainability in the NHS and social care same day and urgent care workforce. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and led by UWE Bristol, the partnership will investigate the root causes
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By Health Correspondent In our latest round of grants we’ve awarded funding for new projects that aim to improve symptoms of Parkinson’s without the need for extra medication. Alongside working to find better treatments, we know it’s important that research also focuses on addressing the day-to-day challenges
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By Jill Dando News Scientists have revealed for the first time that some fish sneak up on their prey by hiding behind sharks. The previously unknown behaviour was discovered by a team of researchers, including scientists from the University of Edinburgh, studying sandbar sharks in the Mediterranean Sea. Underwater video
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By Science Correspondent Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level – revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic material. The groundbreaking discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature, could have far-reaching implications, helping
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By Jill Dando News Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The awards honour academics, health care providers and educators who have contributed to
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By Health Correspondent A new service aimed at supporting older people who are starting to become frail, could reduce emergency hospital admissions by more than a third and save the NHS money, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The results from the clinical trial, published in The Lancet
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By Health Correspondent Patients with bipolar disorder could be improved with a high fat, low carb diet suggests a new study. Researchers found that maintaining a ketogenic diet over six weeks or more was linked with improvements in mood, energy and anxiety. Experts say the findings point to an important