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- Protein biomarkers predict dementia 15 years before diagnosis in new study https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a17841a8d79730b018d9e2bbb0e054b 47 comments
- Politics in the Facebook Era: Evidence from the 2016 US Presidential Elections [pdf] https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/389-2018_redoano.pdf 5 comments
- Mysterious rainbow ‘glory’ lights observed on distant planet https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a1785d78e9e9da8018ead60b8cd208d 3 comments science
- Protein biomarkers predict dementia 15 years before diagnosis. The high accuracy of the predictive model, measured at over 90%*, indicating its potential future use in community-based dementia screening programs https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a17841a8d79730b018d9e2bbb0e054b 206 comments science
- Study reveals cardiac arrest figures in England – with just 1 in 12 people surviving and leaving hospital https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a1785d88ce92c6d018cee37670a79af 4 comments science
- New research explores the link between baby birthweight, length of pregnancy and future cognitive problems https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a17841b8a414dec018a4c3f46ba5214 3 comments science
- How people feel about their sleep matters to their well-being, new research suggests https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a1785d7898c29940189bfcf6ec10a59 63 comments science
- Researchers developed and successfully trialled an intervention programme designed to guide people in coming off prescription painkillers, taper their opioid intake and learn how to manage their pain using alternative techniques with a course which combines one-to-one and group support https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a17841b882e134001884932ecdf4f33 3 comments science
- Scientists have shown that orangutan call signals believed to be closest to the precursors to human language, travel through forest over long distances without losing their meaning. This throws into question the accepted mathematical model on the evolution of human speech. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/great_apes_consonant 10 comments science
- Researchers call for armchair astronomers to help find unknown hidden worlds https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/researchers_call_for_armchair_astronomers_to_help_find_unknown_hidden_worlds_1 6 comments space
- ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme drove new COVID-19 infections up by between 8 and 17%, new research finds https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/news/30-10-20-eat_out_to_help_out_scheme_drove_new_covid_19_infections_up_by_between_8_and_17_new_research_finds/ 6 comments europe
- Plants can pass on bad ‘memories’ to offspring, which results in growth and developmental defects, researchers found. Two proteins reset this epigenetic information during sexual reproduction to erase inappropriate ‘memories’ from being passed on to ensure the offspring grows normally. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/chemical_memory_in 54 comments science
- Research finds age is no barrier to successful weight loss. There are more than fifty co-morbidities of obesity that can be lessened as we lose weight, including diabetes, psychiatric conditions such as depression and anxiety, osteoarthritis and other mechanical problems https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/age_is_no 146 comments science
- Chimpanzees help trace the evolution of human speech back to ancient ancestors. Rhythm of chimpanzee lip-smacks exhibit a speech-like signature – a critical step towards a possible solution to the puzzle of speech evolution. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/chimpanzees_help_trace 3 comments science
- There may be no such thing as a ‘sugar rush’ - Sugar does not improve any aspect of mood and can even worsen it, according to new research using data from 31 studies, which found that sugar increases tiredness and lowers alertness within an hour after its consumption. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/no_such_thing 5 comments science
- The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone. Scientists predict that the Solar System’s asteroid belt will be pulverised by the Sun’s light in 6 billion years https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/supercharged_light_pulverises/ 11 comments science
- The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone. Solar System’s asteroid belt will be pulverised by the Sun’s light in 6 billion years. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/supercharged_light_pulverises 8 comments science
- Children’s mental health is affected by sleep duration. Depression, anxiety, impulsive behaviour and poor cognitive performance in children is effected by the amount of sleep they have. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/childrens_mental_health 32 comments science
- A ‘great’ space weather super-storm large enough to cause significant disruption to our electronic and networked systems occurred on average once in every 25 years according to a new joint study by the University of Warwick and the British Antarctic Survey. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/likelihood_of_space/ 15 comments science
- How humans learnt to dance; from the Chimpanzee Conga. Two chimpanzees housed in a zoo in the US have sparked the question about how human dance evolved after being observed performing a duo dance-like behaviour, similar to a human conga-line. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/how_humans_learnt/ 11 comments science
- Astronomers have discovered a new planet around a nearby star that is 9 times the mass of Jupiter and more than 2,800 times the mass of Earth. New discovery marks the first planetary system where one planet has been detected directly and a second planet through the indirect methods. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/new_planet_nine/ 4 comments science
- New study shows that living near greenspace increases mental wellbeing https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/green_space_is 15 comments science
- Scientists discovered for the first time immune cells called macrophages play a role in causing pain in endometriosis, which leads to pain and infertility in women, showing that reducing macrophages in a mouse model of endometriosis reversed pain behavior - a potential new non-hormonal solution. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/endometriosis_immune_cell 34 comments science
- A study of up to 4.4m adult participants has shown that those who were born pre-term (under 37 weeks gestation) are less likely to form romantic relationships, have sexual relations or experience parenthood than those who were born full term https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/pre-term_babies_are/ 22 comments science
- There may be no such thing as a ‘sugar rush’ - Sugar does not improve any aspect of mood and can even worsen it, according to new research using data from 31 studies, which found that sugar increases tiredness and lowers alertness within an hour after its consumption. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/no_such_thing 240 comments science
- New technique developed that makes transparent polythene films as strong as aluminium. Applications include impact resistant glazing, windscreens, and video displays in phones, tablets, etc. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/new_technique_to 19 comments science
- Iridium, a rare metal on earth from the meteorite that may have wiped out dinosaurs, attached to albumin, a protein in our blood, can penetrate into the nucleus of cancer cells and destroy them when blasted with light, finds a new in-vitro study. It may be applied locally and in smaller doses. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/simply_shining_light 693 comments science
- You can train your brain to form good habits – like going to the gym and eating healthily – simply by repeating actions until they stick, regardless of how much satisfaction you get from it, according to new research using computer simulations of digital rodents. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/train_the_brain 4 comments learnmachinelearning
- You can train your brain to form good habits – like going to the gym and eating healthily – simply by repeating actions until they stick, regardless of how much satisfaction you get from it, according to new research using computer simulations of digital rodents. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/train_the_brain 1439 comments science
- The first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals has been discovered. Astronomers detected stellar cores of solid oxygen and carbon, evidence of a phase change at the end of the stellar lifecycle. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/thousands_of_stars 3 comments science
- Mass proliferation of information evolving beyond our control, says new psychology research. The huge proliferation of information and communication is creating “attentional bottlenecks” which are acting to limit our choices to those based on fear, peer pressure, and global groupthink. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/mass_proliferation_of/ 42 comments science
- Brain Link Identified Between Depression and Poor Sleep. The relation between depression and sleep has been observed more than 100 years, and now researchers have identified the neural mechanisms of how they are connected for the first time https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/neural_link_between/ 47 comments science
- Sugar improves memory in older adults - and makes them more motivated to perform difficult tasks at full capacity - according to new research. The researchers measured participants' levels of engagement with the task, their memory score, mood, and their own perception of effort. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/sugar_improves_memory 30 comments science
- Bad news becomes hysteria in crowds. News stories about potential threats become more negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to person. Even drawing the public’s attention to balanced, neutral facts does not calm this hysteria https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/bad_news_becomes/ 22 comments science
- News stories about terrorism, outbreaks, natural disasters, and other potential threats become increasingly negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to person, according to new research. Even drawing the public’s attention to balanced, neutral facts does not calm this hysteria. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/bad_news_becomes 5 comments science
- Memory, learning and cognitive flexibility depend on a protein ‘off-switch’ in the brain. A new study suggests a lack of cognitive flexibility and ability to retain new information may be a result of the Arc protein not being fully switched off https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/memory_processes_depend/ 8 comments science
- Nearly 47.5 million people have dementia and the view that exercise might slow cognitive decline has widespread popularity. Study finds that though exercise improved physical fitness, it doesn't slow cognitive impairment in older people with dementia and can't be recommended as a treatment option. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/moderate_to_high/ 12 comments science
- Insufficient sleep in children associated with 58% higher risk of obesity https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/lack_of_sleep_leads_to_obesity_in_children_and_adolescents1/ 7 comments science
- Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/sibling_bullying_makes/ 40 comments science
- Introduction to Tropical Geometry (PDF) http://www.warwick.ac.uk/staff/d.maclagan/papers/tropicalbook.pdf 3 comments math