Rethinking Strategies For Increasing Salmon Survival – Dr David Welch, Kintama Research Services
It’s a long-held belief that a series of dams in the Snake River in Northwest USA constructed nearly 50 years ago has led to serious declines in Chinook salmon populations. However, new research by Dr...
19 Heinä 202110min
Dr Nicholas Spitzer – Neurotransmitter Switching: A New Form of Brain Plasticity
The discovery that the brain can change and reorganise itself revolutionised our understanding of neuroscience. Termed neuroplasticity, the field has seen an explosion of interest. An exciting form of...
19 Heinä 202111min
Microbes Agriculture’s Microscopic Helpers - Dr Zachary Senwo
Climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly threatening our ability to feed a burgeoning human population. Switching to agricultural practices that support beneficial soil microbes, ...
19 Heinä 202111min
Genetically Engineering Our Future Food Security - Dr Richard Goodman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Genetically modified crops can offer a range of environmental and health benefits, such as reduced usage of chemical pesticides, improved farm efficiency and crop yields, and an enhanced nutritional p...
19 Heinä 202110min
Comparative Optimism about Infection and Recovery From COVID-19; Implications for Adherence with Lockdown Advice - Dr Sasha Scambler and Dr Koula Asimakopoulou, King's College London
Comparative optimism is the belief that negative events are more likely to happen to others than oneself. Dr Sasha Scambler and Dr Koula Asimakopoulou from King’s College London and their colleague...
9 Heinä 20219min
Exploring How Technology Enhances Inclusion and Participation in Humanities Research
Digital technology can open up interesting possibilities for research, by enabling new public engagement initiatives and allowing researchers to easily reach out to countless individuals worldwide. Dr...
29 Kesä 20218min
Social and Political Determinants of Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The occupied Palestinian territory has faced specific challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic due to the existing political, economic and social instability. Dr Weeam Hammoudeh and Professor Rit...
17 Kesä 20217min
Spinal Cord Injury and Recovery in Rats Informing Human Rehabilitation - Professor David Magnuson, University of Louisville
Professor David Magnuson, at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, describes himself as ‘a CPG guy’ and occasionally, more informally as ‘a rat guy!’ His work on the function of the central pattern ...
10 Kesä 202112min
