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agriculture and social welfare, people gardening

Exploring the partnership between the agriculture and social welfare sectors

The intrinsic value of the partnership between agriculture and social welfare sectors can help us to enrich the way that we work, and how we think about work.
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Advancements in how we identify and treat hypoxic cancers

Cancers that are starved of oxygen, otherwise known as hypoxic cancers, are generally difficult to identify – but medical imaging has taken a new step with the MR-Linac scanner.
Nanotexured surfaces could be transformative - If given a chance to flourish

Nanotexured surfaces could be transformative – If given a chance to flourish

Professor Parvaneh Mokarian, founder of the technology and SUN-PILOT coordinator from Trinity College Dublin and AMBER centre looks at the possibilities and applications of nanotextured surfaces.
magic mushrooms are chemicals called psilocybin and psilocin, understanding the regulatory landscape for psychedelic drugs

The global regulatory landscape for psychedelic drugs

Jessica Riggleman, Owner of Raeco, LLC, examines the global regulatory landscape for psychedelic drugs, with a particular focus on Schedule I classification.
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HIV therapeutic targets: Basic virology to the discovery of antiretroviral drugs

Do we need new antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection, and if so, what are the promising targets? Dr Eric O. Freed, Director of the HIV Dynamics and Replication Program at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, discusses these questions.
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Tackling invisible careers: How to expand career options for all students

As young people start to explore their career options, it’s not uncommon for them to feel unsure about what they want to do.

Eric O. Freed – Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute

Dr. Eric O. Freed received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison His Ph.D. work focused on the function of the murine leukemia virus and HIV envelope glycoproteins in membrane fusion and virus entry. He joined the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the NIH...
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Personalisation: The key to long-term success in organ transplantation

Personalised medicine has become essential in practically every field of healthcare, but tailored medicine is extremely vital when it comes to organ transplantation.

Bridging the cultural divide in social discourse, Part 3: The challenges of practicing intellectual...

In this third of a five-article series in Open Access Government on the topic of intellectual humility (IH), Peter C. Hill explores why political attitudes have created a cultural divide that makes it difficult for many to be intellectually humble.

Peroxisomes, lipids, and neurodegeneration

Prof. Michael Schrader at the University of Exeter looks to understand the role of peroxisomes in human health and disease.
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Providing opportunities and empowering women to become #Incharge

The #InCharge movement highlights the steps both education and career services need to make 'empowering women' a reality in the workplace.
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2022 – a year unlike any other for EU energy policy

Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, explains why 2022 was a year unlike any other for EU energy policy.
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How IoT can help housing associations protect vulnerable tenants 

IoT can help housing associations identify unsafe homes and ensure that tenants are not exposed to dangerous living areas.
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Emergency hospital admissions reduced by virtual wards

Virtual wards, a new NHS scheme to reduce patient waiting times and staff shortages, have already treated over 100,000 patients .

Demographic pressures on the Egyptian labour market

Ragui Assaad, Professor from Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, explores the upcoming resumption of demographic pressures on the Egyptian labour market and what can be done about it.
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Why are multi-disciplinary teams vital in public service delivery?

One of the reasons the UK became a world leader in digital government services was the work of multi-disciplinary teams across the government.

Ragui Assaad – University of Minnesota

Ragui Assaad is professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota He is Research Fellow of the Economic Research Forum in Cairo, Egypt, and a non-resident Research Fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, Germany.
Diatoms, algae under microscopic view, phytoplankton, fossils, silica, golden yellow algae

Can we produce new medicines from microalgae?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammation in the digestive tract. Currently no effective treatment exists, something that the researchers of the EU-funded Algae4IBD project want to change with the help of microalgae.
Ayahuasca brew with baniseriopsis caapi mimosa hostilis rootbark and chackruna leaves on wooden table from above.

Ayahuasca has transformational impact on how you think and feel

Ayahuasca's profound effect on the brain can help cure depression and improve planning, memory and language, says new study.
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Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion

A new projection of the population growth rate highlights that the world’s population could peak at 8.5 billion people by 2050, and decline to 7 billion in 2100.

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