Understanding Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: A Unique Collaboration
When a supposedly healthy infant passes away, it can be hard to understand why. Juan Lavista Ferres (Microsoft), Dr Jan-Marino Ramirez and Dr Tatiana Anderson (both from Seattle Children’s Research In...
4 Mar 202210min
Return of Baird’s Tapir: Blessing or Omen? | Dr LaRoy Brandt - Maggie Singleton
The destruction of jungle and forest habitats is a serious issue threatening species across the globe. Dr LaRoy Brandt and Maggie Singleton of Lincoln Memorial University studied one such threatened s...
2 Mar 20227min
Confronting Challenges to the Uptake of Digital Healthcare | Paola Mattei
Confronting Challenges to the Uptake ofDigital healthcare promises a wealth of benefits for current healthcare systems, yet its uptake has been remarkably slow across Europe. Taking the example of the...
28 Feb 20227min
Do Maternal Influences on Birthweight Influence Future Cardiometabolic Risk? | Dr Gunn-Helen Moen
Adverse environmental factors in the mother’s womb and/or during the first years of life have traditionally been thought to be responsible for an increased risk of cardiometabolic disease for children...
28 Feb 20228min
Using Machine Learning to Predict Bacterial Growth According to the Media Components | Dr Bei-Wen Ying
Bacterial growth depends on the complex interactions of a multitude of chemical components. Microbiologists have long attempted to predict bacterial growth according to culture media components, and h...
25 Feb 20227min
The Benefits and Costs of Legalising Same-Sex Marriage in the USA | Dr Kristina B. Wolff
On the 26th of June 2015, the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage across the USA, allowing same-sex couples to be legally recognised as married in all 50 states. In a study conducted one year...
25 Feb 20228min
Arendt’s Ethics of Otherness: Rethinking How We See Other People | Professor Andreea Deciu
The 20th Century philosopher Hannah Arendt grounded ethics in aesthetics because she viewed art as a way of understanding how the world appears to different people. In her recent work, Professor Andre...
23 Feb 20227min
Exploring the Surface Chemistry of Interstellar Dust | Albert Rimola
Interstellar space may seem like the last place you would look when searching for the chemical origins of life. Yet on the surfaces of tiny dust grains within this vast expanse, complex chemical react...
23 Feb 20227min
