by Admin | Nov 30, 2021 | Articles
Your pain is my pain: what makes us feel empathy? The ability to feel what others are feeling, a phenomenon known as empathy, is a key part of people’s social behaviour. Despite us knowing how empathy feels, the neural processes behind empathy have long remained...
by Admin | Nov 25, 2021 | Articles
Can a circular economy make the construction industry sustainable? The construction industry is responsible for 40% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Danielle Densley Tingley of the University of Sheffield’s Department of Civil and Structural Engineering in the...
by Admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Articles
What does adolescence look like for teenagers in England and Japan? Our world may be home to many different cultures, but no matter where we are raised, the time we spend transitioning from children into adults is one of the most important stages of our lives. Dr...
by Admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Articles
Can we vaccinate against the viruses hiding in our cells? Many of us have viruses lying dormant within our cells. While our immune system controls these to keep us healthy, problems arise if our immune system becomes weakened. Dr Matthew Reeves is a molecular...
by Admin | Nov 17, 2021 | Articles
Does science have all the answers? Dr Siobhan Maderson, from Aberystwyth University, UK, has been investigating how traditional environmental knowledge is often overlooked by scientists and politicians. Her research into the knowledge of beekeepers could help put...
by Admin | Nov 17, 2021 | Articles
Why worms matter: the importance of nematode diversity for studying biology and evolution Dr Erik Andersen, of Northwestern University in the USA, is a man with a mission – to capture the genetic diversity of Caenorhabditis elegans. This tiny worm is used by...
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