ResearchPod
Episodes
Exploring transitions to chaos in complex systems
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Complex systems are found across a diverse array of situations in nature: from human societies to groups of interacting quantum particles.Dr Alberto R...
The String-player: What is it to be a human in the 21st century facing AI and multiple ecological crisis?
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 21st century, we sit in the driver’s seat to determine the technosphere and ecosphere we inhabit, in turn reshaping what it is to be human to...
The key role of building design in climate protection
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The bricks, steel and glass of modern architecture may seem brand new, but all came from somewhere. For the sake of sustainability, we can plan ah...
Obtaining Tsallis entropy at the onset of chaos
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tsallis entropy aims to extend traditional statistical mechanics, but some physicists believe the theory is incompatible with the fundamental princi...
Genetic insights into Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, or IPF, is a progressive lung disease with genetic and environmental causes, affecting 5 million people globally. Altho...
Wellbeing, resilience and peer support
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of Wellbeing can mean many different things, covering elements of mental, emotional, physical, social and societal functions. Whatever your d...
Novel CMV vaccine prevents cell-to-cell spread
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a post-pandemic world, governments around the world are looking to get ahead of whatever the next threat to public health might be. However, the tr...
'Off the shelf' organs and tissues
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Traumatic injuries or cancer resection can result in large soft tissue loss which can lead to severe functional impairments, including difficulties wi...
Innovation and exploration: Training the scientists of the future
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The effective training of upcoming scientists and researchers requires collaboration with practitioners, clinicians, and patients and a holistic overv...
Breast cancer management in Bosnia and Herzegovina
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite breast cancer being the most common cancer in women worldwide, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there is no accurate data on breast cancer patients, ...
Sloppy science, shortcuts, and COVID-19
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to one of the most public incidences of a phenomenon known as sloppy science, or slodderwetenschap in Dutch. Professor M...
Post-pandemic wellbeing for men and families
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this years Movember discussion, Dr Christine Wekerle from McMaster University joins us again to discuss mens mental health, masculinity, and family...
Is sterilisation for me?
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The usual method of sterilisation used in Scotland is to block the tubes with small clips so eggs and sperm cannot meet to start a pregnancy.Sterilisa...
Snakebite envenoming: Tackling a biting neglected tropical disease
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite its prevalence and seriousness, snakebite envenoming remains a neglected tropical disease (NTD).Dr Amy Marriott and Dr Stuart Ainsworth from t...
The science of dishwashing: Changing habits for a greener world
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Making small changes to our domestic habits can make a big difference to global energy use and resource consumption. Dr Lotta Schencking and Professor...
Eye90 microspheres® for treating unresectable liver cancer
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Current imaging options to assess the responses of liver cancer patients to treatment suffer from blurry resolution, making it hard to develop radioth...
Leptospirosis: Genomics and the road to vaccination
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leptospirosis, a neglected tropical disease caused by spiral-shaped bacteria called Leptospira, is a global health burden.Professor Joseph Vinetz and ...
Migraines, occipital neuralgia, and cluster headaches
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic headaches are extremely debilitating conditions which significantly impact the quality of life. Dr Giorgio Pietramaggiori and Dr Saja Scherer ...
Understanding risks and predictive factors behind Breast Cancer
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are some things you can do to manage your personal health and the risk of developing cancer in your lifetime. But, wherever you go, you’ll tak...
Be BiteSmart: Preventing family dog bites
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Family dogs are our best friends, but bites can still happen when they feel threatened or afraid. Learning what they don't like and how they co...
Dairy leftovers as crop biostimulants and the future of agricultural sustainability
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since industrialisation, agriculture has been heavily dependent on synthetic fertilisers to boost crop growth and yield, resulting in environmental an...
Digital health tools for children with chronic pain
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One persons mild pain could be debilitating for another. Chronic pain comes with even further complications for diagnosis and treatment, and affects a...
Engaging Economics: Levelling up learning with games
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many universities have kept online classes for some, if not all, of their teaching, but it requires lecturers to keep students attention and engagemen...
The social determinants to adopting digital grocery retail technology
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, shopping is increasingly digital, the retailer and customer completely separated, and a customer’s value lies not in their friendly wave as t...
Chemistry, microscopy and molecular health
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Taking an atomic view of health is means understanding the tiniest scales and interactions of why molecules act one way or the other within a cell.Pro...
Exercise and epidemiology: Bench to bench
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Weight lifting and heavy resistance exercise are good for are good for your general health and muscle function. But what effect do they have on life...
It’s Not Just Physical: Gender and Bias in Equity Crowdfunding
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Crowdfunding is a method for raising funds to support for-profit, social, and cultural initiatives. Sukanya Ayatakshi-Endow specialises in Environme...
Novel drugs help reset dysfunctional immune systems
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Autoimmune and allergic conditions are caused by dysfunctional immune responses that lead to excessive inflammation within the body. Such conditions i...
From mice to men: Will we soon be able to restore hearing loss?
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hearing loss is a disability that affects over one billion people worldwide, severely impacting wellbeing and quality of life by affecting an individu...
Can “Meaningful Impact” keep your salary down?
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does a company's mission and values affect applicants’ willingness to negotiate salary or make compensation demands? Marko Pitesa at ...
Challenges of trust and communication in science policy
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trust is the cornerstone to a healthy relationship, to be earned and appreciated, not demanded without evidence. However, trust, expectation, and au...
On the COST Action COSY: From a New-Generation of Materials to the Stars
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Establishing interdisciplinary research networks that bring researchers and innovators together is of utmost importance to all facets of academia. Th...
Contraceptive access and reproductive justice
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Regulating ones own fertility and pregnancy has long been an essential part of women’s health and wellbeing.However, even with multiple forms of b...
The need for speed: Overcoming the bottleneck in optical data transfer
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In high-speed communications, very fast optical signals connect to your office or even your home. But these optical signals have not yet reached end-o...
Is there an effective, holistic way to cure cardiovascular disease?
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death. Despite significant advances in its diagnosis, robust treatment remains elusive.US-bas...
A multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer detection with axillary lymph node staging
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, affecting over 2 million women each year. The most important predictor of both recurren...
Can a new electrocautery device revolutionize biopsies?
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, millions of people require organ biopsies to check whether the cells are cancerous or not. However, problems can arise when unintended ble...
CS-Light: a new energy-saving smart lighting system for optimised light control
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
LED lighting provides brighter, lower-power, longer lasting illumination than traditional lighting systems, and can be programmed to change color and ...
Poetry in sculpture: Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rainer Maria Rilke's poems creatively expressed ideas that are hard to put into words, and his writings on the work of sculptor Auguste Rodin glo...
Identification of a novel key player in lupus disease opens the door to treatment
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease, the precise cause of which is still unclear. Professor Shunichi Shiozawa from Kob...
Primal Sound: Rilke’s Encounter with Early Sound Recording
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Austrian poet and writer, Rainer Maria Rilke, explored many powerful and emotive themes, making one consider life, experience, reality and much mo...
The perpetual motion of digital scholarly preservation
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers are passionate about contributing to the ever-expanding network of knowledge. So, how can scholars ensure that their work is available for...
Engineering Recombinantly Expressed Antiviral Lectins
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cyanovirin-N, or CV-N for short, is a broadly binding molecule to glycopeptides and glycan structures on viral envelope spikes, which allows for scree...
Novel drug could aid stroke long-term recovery
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Strokes are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, leaving a pressing need for effective neuroprotective drugs. A team of researchers fro...
Educational assessment practices and emerging technology trends
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Assessment is a powerful tool in education which can influence the way in which students respond to teaching, and their overall learning experience. ...
Lead ammunition used by hunters has us all in its sights
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being toxic when consumed, lead ammunition is still commonly used by traditional game hunters and makes it way into the diet of millions of pe...
Online technologies provided peer support for teen mental health during the pandemic
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is currently a mental health epidemic among adolescent girls, which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have argued that digital tech...
Valuable insights into caring for women with heavy menstrual bleeding
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite heavy menstrual bleeding, or HMB, affecting many women worldwide, studies into HMB and effective primary care measures remain scarce. Profess...
Communicating health information to Chinese communities
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Migrant women can find it challenging to access maternity care for a number of reasons. Chinese women may also encounter poor treatment as a result of...
Mass Balance Analysis as a tool for investigating fluorine-based chemical pollutants
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The use and management of fluorine-based chemical pollutants is problematic, making better group approaches and analysis necessary. Researchers from ...
How can diet influence women’s reproductive health?
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is an urgent need to focus on women’s health to identify differences between sexes, including response to medications, to allow effective clin...
Human effects of e-cigarette use compared to smoking, quitting smoking and never-smoking
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, vaping has emerged as an alternative to traditional smoking, with e-cigarette devices forming a key part of plans to reduce smoking r...
Inclusivity, diversity, and gender equality in cybersecurity
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The ever-chaning nature of cybersecurity threats means that up-to-date skills training is critical.Dr Liqaa Nawaf from Cardif Cardiff Metropolitan Uni...
Should meditation be taught in schools?
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation has gained increased popularity in recent years, and is a well-established practice in many Eastern cultures. Why, then, has this remained ...
Why does COVID-19 affect people differently?
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 infection can have varying affects an individual’s health. So, in the wake of the pandemic, how can we better determine why some people exp...
Regulating RNA interference by modifying RNA backbone with amides
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Eriks Rozners and colleagues at Binghamton University in New York, USA, are using innovative nucleic acid chemistry to modify RNA-based tech...
One bite of a bad apple: Are unethical negotiators contagious?
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s business environment where a company is judged as much for its moral code as its commercial output, it might seem like integrity is highl...
Protecting brain function and mental health against isolation
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Loneliness and social isolation are known to cause several mental health issues, as the COVID-19 pandemic reminded us. This can cause long-term diff...
Love, lies and surprise: the digitalisation of dating
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Online dating has surged in recent years, providing unique opportunities for people to meet prospective partners, find lifelong friends, as well as to...
Long term strategies for unintended pregnancies
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnancy and fertility research come with powerful emotive and political connections beyond medicine alone. Professor Richard Santen, a reproductiv...
Ultraviolet Disinfection of Facemasks
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of FFRs – Filtering Facepiece Respirators, also known as face masks - raised questions about UV ...
Anticipative replenishment with reactive fulfilment for online retailing
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the rapid growth of online shopping, e-commerce retailers face shifting operating costs and challenges, including shipping across geographic regi...
Cyber Risk Evaluation and Mitigation - A Quantitative Research Analysis
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity has become increasingly important in recent years, with cyber-related crime on the rise. This had made cybersecurity, risk evaluation, a...
Unlocking immune cell activation against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Separating the self from non-self cells is an important part how your immune system is supposed to recognise disease, and the same mechanisms are how ...
Virtual Reality in the Classroom – Creating a VR Computing Lab
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
No longer just for gamers, VR is also becoming progressively more widespread, with uses in medicine to give an interactive visualisation of the human ...
How do we understand mental health?
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Psychological science has been trying to understand what exactly causes mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, or eating disorders. Different th...
The Flow Between Parallel Plates with Variable Mass Diffusivity
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Richard Feynman's words, turbulence is ‘the most important unsolved problem of classical physics’ with seemingly too many mathematical d...
Quantum Speed Limits, Qubits, and Cutting-Edge Computing
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum computing is coming close to reality, and its applications seem almost boundless. However, the bounds of those applications and of the very at...
A new anti-cancer molecule targets disease-causing proteins
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Proteins are important biomolecules, fulfilling tasks in every cell of your body and with a central role in health and disease.Dr. Harald Weinstabl an...
Persuasive crowdfunding video voiceovers
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Voice-based marketing is becoming increasingly popular on social media and video sites - Even in this very podcast, your player may drop an advert in ...
Fuzzy logic: Improving interfaces with computing with words
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Technology has become increasingly responsive to human behaviour, with AI tools and machine learning in high demand in modern society. The unpredictab...
Across the Great Divides: How do gender dynamics influence intercultural conflict and creative collaboration?
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Finding out why some collaborations are more successful than others is complex, and includes factors of culture, gender, and attitudes to conflict and...
Preventing sudden unexpected death in infancy
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sudden unexpected death in infancy, or SUDI, is the leading category of death after the first month of life, and it usually happens when babies are sl...
Updated NICE guidance on the PLASMA system
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Treatment for an enlarged prostate depends on the severity of symptoms, with various treatments available. In rare cases, however, surgery is needed...
Newly discovered actions of ketamine in pain and breathing regulation
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic pain is difficult to treat and affects the individual’s quality of life, often leading to severe disability. Ketamine was initially used...
Governance, Risk, and Compliance in Digital Transformation
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The trend of companies using technologies to improve their products, processes, and teams effectively is collectively described as a digital transform...
Culturally responsive teaching
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Culturally responsive teaching is the recognition that culture is a strength that can be used as a resource in the classroom to improve academic and s...
Building equitable early learning programs
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Racism is manifested and institutionalised in many areas of life, from education and housing to employment, health care, and the criminal justice syst...
The Science of Well-being
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well-being is a well-established and growing field within psychology, and an increasingly popular area of study for psychology students. However, it...
Solving the black hole information paradox
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The black hole information paradox laid out by Stephen Hawking says information cannot be destroyed or disappear, but black holes breach the time sy...
Mobile Health with Head-Worn Devices
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mobile Health, or mHealth, is branch of digital health focussed on monitoring health-related information which can be sent directly to doctors and oth...
Coordination of Cybersecurity Risk Management in the UK Insurance Sector
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The UK is the world's leading financial hub and the financial sector contributes a substantial part of its wealth. However, cybersecurity risk is...
Constitutional equality and executive action
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
General equality rights can seem quite straightforward. But treating someone equally can become complicated when we apply the concept of equality to a...
How to help women in leadership: The role of emotions and micropolitics
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professional workplaces are still a typically male dominated arena, especially in relation to leadership roles. How then should female managers behave...
Mitigating Climate Change in Southeast Asia
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earths changing climate is causing more frequent, more severe extreme weather events, which are having a devastating impact on ecosystems across the p...
The Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility Index
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Measurement of intravascular volume has only recently studied, covering the use of diuretics and filtration during dialysis.Dr Matthew Kaptein of Loma...
Networked policy instrument choices for sustainability regulation
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ecological concerns and climate change have risen on governmental policies around the globe, but regulatory differences between nations may leave gaps...
Establishing a druggable target for KRAS driven cancers
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For almost 30 years, the protein KRAS has been the "undruggable target" of cancer research. Gene mutations in KRAS are responsible for 33%...
Exploring the impacts of IPV on family dynamics
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An estimated one in three women has experienced some form of intimate partner violence (IPV), but it can affect people of all ages, genders, and backg...
Breaking gender equality barriers in women's global healthcare leadership
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Although women make up most of the health and social sector workforce, bias, discrimination, stereotypes, and systemic barriers often prevent women fr...
Do soil microbial inoculants hold the solution for future food security?
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Safe, reliable access to nutritious food is a challenge for many nations, and Earth’s changing climate adds an further challenges for ensuring crop ...
Co-existence of hepatosteatosis and skeletal muscle fat infiltration
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Accumulation of fat in the liver (hepatosteatosis) and muscle (myosteatosis) affects normal physiological functioning, leading to poorer health outcom...
ECLIPSE: A Phase III trial of Lutetium radioligand for mCRPC
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Treatment of prostate cancer has changed dramatically over the years, with multiple treatment options including chemotherapy, refined hormonal thera...
It's so boring - or is it? Examining mindfulness in monotonous jobs
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all get bored at work from time-to-time, but some jobs are more monotonous than others.Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, mindfulness has be...
Next generation opto-electronics in automotive engineering
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest generations of cars now carry technology borrowed from industries ranging from machine learning to medical imaging, contributing to enhance...
Fuzzy logic: The origin and future of non-Aristotelian thinking
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The history of logic tells us that the binary-based logic proposed by Aristotle was, and continues to be, a pervasive force. Logic does, however, have...
Young and old: The mortality trade-off of COVID-19 lockdowns in developing countries
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 virus and subsequent series of lockdowns had a major effect on mortality among the young and old of different countries. Whilst this may ...
Discovery of new HER2 inhibitors offers hope for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lung cancer accounts for one of the highest numbers of cancer related deaths, and - among its disease subtypes - HER2 mutations can play a key role in...
IP evolution and innovation in healthcare law
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ageing populations and the rise of globalisation demand that the life science and healthcare industries keep pace with speedy social changes, and tech...
Python Flipped Classroom: Teaching university students computer programming
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a “flipped classroom”, students are introduced to the learning materials prior to the class; the time in class is then used to deepen understan...