by Admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Articles
Mapping every protein in the human body Almost twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project compiled the code of every gene in the human body. Now, Professor Neil Kelleher, of Northwestern University in Illinois in the US, wants to do the same thing for every protein in...
by Admin | Oct 13, 2021 | Articles
How does empathy help us to understand others? What does it mean to understand someone else? Some would say it requires knowledge of what that person is going through. Others would say shared personal experience is needed. One requirement for understanding is empathy,...
by Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | Articles
How does the type of payment you receive impact your health? By combining the expertise of economists and psychologists at the University of Aberdeen in the UK, Professor Keith Bender and Dr Nicole Andelic, along with colleagues Dr Julia Allan, Dr Dan Powell and...
by Admin | Oct 7, 2021 | Articles
Blood, sect and fears Why do people donate blood to strangers? Professor Jacob Copeman, a social anthropologist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, has discovered that religion, culture and politics all play their part TALK LIKE A SOCIAL...
by Admin | Oct 5, 2021 | Articles
What if electrical stimulation could treat phantom limb pain? Most people who have had a limb amputated will experience some form of phantom limb pain. Unfortunately, currently available drug treatments have varying success. Dr Katharine Polasek, at Hope College in...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | Articles
The art of propaganda Art and design have often had a major role in influencing the attitudes of society. Dr Harriet Atkinson, from the University of Brighton in the UK, is uncovering the role of modernist artists between 1933 and 1953 in Britain – how the influences...
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