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Heavy drinking linked to signs of brain injury and cognitive decline

A new study has found that consuming eight or more alcoholic drinks per week is associated with signs of brain injury, including damage to small blood vessels and markers related to memory and thinking problems.

Metastable and excited negative ion formation in lanthanide and actinide atoms: Implications for electron affinity determination

Dr Alfred Msezane from the Department of Physics, Clark Atlanta University, tells us about the implications for electron affinity determination when considering metastable and excited negative ion formation in lanthanide and actinide atoms.

Boosting innovation in the NHS

Innovative technologies have the power to entirely transform the NHS, mitigating the workforce challenges that it faces and transforming the patient experience, whilst improving outcomes, Justin Hall, Vice President and General Manager at iRhythm, discusses here.

Researchers test drug that stops early stages of COVID-19

Dr. Josef Penninger led an international team from the University of British Columbia to pioneer a trial drug that could stop infection in the early stages of COVID-19.

Chemistry analysis: Microfluidic detection of intracellular nitric oxide levels

Jay Sibbitts, Prof Dr Stefan H. Bossmann and Prof Dr Christopher T. Culbertson, from Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry in the U.S., underline microfluidic detection of intracellular nitric oxide levels.

Progress in battery research: Safety and ageing studies using calorimeters

Here, Dr Carlos Ziebert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, discusses progress in battery research through safety and ageing studies using calorimeters.

Pop-Machina: The breakthrough of the circular maker movement in Europe

Kris Bachus and Julie Metta from the HIVA Research Institute of KU Leuven, Belgium, present Pop-Machina, a Horizon 2020 Innovation project that promotes circular maker communities in urban areas.

The great need for Analgesic innovation: 1 in 4 of us are waiting

Here, Mark J. Field M.Sc. FRSB, FIScT, MRPharmS, Owner and Founder of Analgesic Innovation, discusses the ever-pressing need for Analgesic Innovation.

HYDROUSA: Water loops with regenerative business models for the Mediterranean

Here, Simos Malamis explains the HYDROUSA project, which seeks to innovate wastewater treatment and create regenerative business models in the Mediterranean region.

Taking the edge off nitric oxide: The functional impact of myoglobin redox homeostasis

Professor Ulrich Flögel, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, details to us how to reveal the functional impact of myoglobin redox homeostasis by cardiac magnetic resonance.

The NanoStreeM Project: Results and Perspectives

Here, Dr Dimiter Prodanov discusses the results and perspectives of NanoStreeM, a consortium which examines occupational safety of nanomaterials.

Ageing: Detection of cognitive impairment using voice analysis technology

Shinichi Tokuno from Voice Analysis and Measurement of Pathophysiology, Department of Bioengineering, at the University of Tokyo, shares with us what we need to know about the detection of cognitive impairment with the benefit of voice analysis technology concerning the ageing of people globally.

Reading in the age of digitalisation: How media shape the reader’s thinking

Sarah Bro Trasmundi, Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, provides a fascinating look at reading in the age of digitalisation and how media shape the reader’s thinking.

SUPREME: EU-project improves sustainability of powder metallurgy processes

Thierry Baffie, research engineer at the CEA/LITEN Grenoble (France) and coordinator of the EU project SUPREME, highlights the achievements in sustainable powder metallurgy processes.

PTSD: Can traumatic memories ever be re-written?

Researchers found that environmental light shown to affect retention of traumatic memories in flies, suggesting a real possibility of change for trauma survivors.

Transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) in the SEM: A technique that came to stay

Here, Alice Bastos da Silva Fanta, discusses the long-lasting use of Transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) in the SEM.

Using battery calorimeters for Thermal propagation research

Dr Carlos Ziebert, Head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, outlines how research and testing in battery calorimeters improves materials for thermal propagation mitigation in Lithium-ion batteries.

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