ResearchPod

Could a serpin antibody help to treat type 1 diabetes?

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jan Czyzyk explores the biomolecules serpins, and how serpin activity can affect the inflammation and tissue regeneration of cells in the pancreas....

PNIRS Asia-Pacific: Building bridges between East and West

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The field of psycho-neuroimmunology – the study of relationships between the nervous and immune systems – has pioneered significant discoveries in...

Metabolic Syndrome and Breast Cancer risk

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Breast cancer on the African continent, and in Nigeria especially, is notable for being biologically distinct from those predominantly diagnosed among...

Antimicrobial metals: A recycled weapon against bacteria

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Before the development of antibiotics, even a small cut could have fatal results if a bacterial infection took hold. Today, the world faces a the retu...

Improving seafood shelf life and reducing food waste

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tilapia is one of the most popular seafood dishes, with annual production topping top 6 million tonnes globally. However, fish is a highly perishable ...

Clean technologies from molecular design

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tackling global challenges in sustainable energy production calls for the rational design of new generations of clean materials, coupling efficiency w...

Monitoring toxic pollutants for better air quality

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Toxic pollutants in the air are not a new phenomenon.  But what exactly are the toxic pollutants that can cause severe health issues when present in ...

Transforming the experience of pain and anxiety in clinical settings

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pain and anxiety are some of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by patients in all clinical settings. Research by Dr Elvira Lang an...

Money creation, debt, and justice

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Money plays an essential social role, and its distribution is linked to that of justice. Unfortunately, bias has corroded the mechanisms that govern m...

BOOSTing breastfeeding rates – a new protocol

19 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Yukiko Washio at RTI International and her colleagues at Temple University and Christiana Care have undertaken intervention research to increase br...

Climate change adaptation: Reimagining our place in the world

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How society can adapt to climate change is an urgent challenge for the global community. Yet what exactly is that challenge? How can we imagine new wa...

Self-efficacy in non-routine problem solving in STEM education

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Tanya Evans, Dr Mike Thomas and Dr Sergiy Klymchuk have designed an intervention to examine whether employability prospects for STEM students study...

Therapies and frameworks to tackle opioid use disorder

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Managing addiction and supporting recovery takes time, training, and legal processes that few can afford alone.Dr Jennifer Potter, Professor of Psychi...

The African tectonic retreat that shook Greece and Turkey

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Earth is a dynamic system. The cold rigid surface (or crust) on which we live is broken into many rigid plates that all move relative to one anoth...

Environmental and health impacts of residential wood combustion

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With the rising desire for a cosy and comfortable life full of 'hygge' has come a rising demand for the warm glow of a household fire to gat...

The financial toxicity of multiple sclerosis

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurologic autoimmune disease that is a lifelong condition with high medical costs.  As a result, many patients do not a...

Effects of training on blood brain flow

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brains, blood and beating heart are top of the list when it comes to thinking about your body, and your health. Understanding blood flow to and around...

Eyewitness testimony: how much alcohol is too much?

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alcohol is widely considered to be the most popular, most harmful drug, often leading to psychological or physical harm to the user and those around t...

Securing Smart Contracts with AI and Machine Learning

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Blockchain technology and smart contracts, the backbone of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge and more, is a method of recording and sto...

Transient dynamics in complex systems

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is behind phenomena such as the sudden extinction of species in population dynamics? What generates the spiral patterns that appear in density pr...

Could pollution from sweeteners be souring our environment? 

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Acesulfame potassium is one of several low- and no-calorie sweeteners used as a healthy alternative to sugar. But what if there is a price to pay for ...

Preventing opioid addiction in pain management with dopamine co-treatment

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What if there was a way to deliver on the painkilling potential of opioids while reducing the likelihood of addiction?Dr Stefan Clemens and Dr Kori Br...

Can mission statement language influence workplace discrimination?

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it’s a just few sentences or a full paragraph outlining the way your organisation pursues goals like delivering on time or anticipating cust...

How did bacterial glycogen branching enzymes evolve?

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Glycogen plays important roles in carbon and energy storage in bacteria, with highly branched structures linked with bacterial environmental durabilit...

Unravelling the Mysteries of Deep-Blue Luminescence

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the deepest, darkest parts of our oceans live creatures that have mastered bioluminescence. Out of all these creatures and their colourful displays...

Investigating Sexual and Reproductive Injustice

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The recent global pandemic has highlighted health inequities  across the world. Despite rapid medical and social advances in recent years, inequities...

Understanding Critical Race Theory and Anti-Racism

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To understand some of what Critical Race Theory means as a term, and means in educational practice, we are joined again by Dr Jen Neitzel, Executive D...

Robotic gastric bypass surgery

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The use of robotic technology in gastric bypass surgery is increasing and heralds a major turning point in bariatric surgery. However, robotic bariatr...

Inncelly Experimentation Chambers: Novel imaging of biological interactions

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Alexander Lichius and colleagues from the University of Innsbruck in Austria have developed the inncelly experimentation chambers to closely study ...

‘Rock Star’ Theory: How to Explain and Predict Entrepreneurial Success

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What do Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk have in common? In addition to being founders of multi-billion-dollar companies, they are also outl...

Will podcasts and social media replace academic journals?

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Will Podcasting and Social Media Replace Journals and Traditional Science Communication? No, but..." is the perhaps controversially titled ...

A new practice for improving subsoil health and crop yields

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With the global population growing rapidly every year and with millions already having limited access to enough food, where are the new productivity-e...

Loneliness, Sense of Control, and Risk of Dementia in Healthy Older Adults

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are said to be 50 million people living with dementia globally and this is expected to triple by 2050. Research conducted by Dr Hwajin Yang, Ass...

Investigating sexuality and consent in New Zealand’s residential aged care

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sexuality is an intrinsic part of identity. However, intimacy and sexuality in residential aged care are often contested issues, particularly in the c...

Quantum society: The logic of decision making, economics and relationships

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Can the decisions, personal ties and politics underlying society be understood mathematically? And do irrational choices make sense when viewed as unc...

Climate change economics: A net cost analysis of the Paris Agreement targets

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Global temperature rises and climate change will not only bring disruption to the planet’s ecosystems, weather systems, and sea levels – they will...

Stimulants and drug related deaths in America

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

News coverage of the drug overdose crisis gripping America has, for a large part, focused on opioid drug deaths. However, this represents a small part...

Sleep loss and circadian rhythms

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWPD) is characterised by an inability to fall asleep at a socially acceptable time,  and an inability to wake up...

Encephalitis – when viral infections attack the brain

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Prof Wiley investigates the emergence of new brain viral infections and their link to dementia.Read more about his work in Research Outreach, and find...

Sharing learning between childhood leukaemia and brain tumour trials

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last 50 years, advances in surgical procedures, clinical understandings and targeted treatments have changed the prospects of many cancer dia...

Coronavirus’s impact on maternal mental health

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It has been well established that mental health problems increase vulnerability to corona virus, COVID-19, and those contracting the virus are at high...

Huntington's disease and mouse models

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Huntington's Disease is characterised by a clear line of heritability within families, and an early onset of disease towards the middle of ones l...

Climate change and carbon in Antarctic expeditions

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change is real, happening now, and happening the world over.  However, it is not an evenly distributed problem - coastal areas are the most s...

Preference orderings represented by coherent upper and lower conditional previsions

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Modelling human decisions under uncertainty has become a crucial issue in the field of Artificial Intelligence over recent years. Mathematical models ...

Child rights and the climate strike movement

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since its adoption in 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has become the most widely ratified treaty in history. One of the...

How the arts, society and technology intersect

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Synthesis Center, a unique institutional experiment at Arizona State University created by Professor Sha Xin Wei, brings like minds together to ex...

Cellular sensing in a disordered environment

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Farzan Beroz developed a physical theory of sensing that predicts cell behaviour. Cells are continuously exposed to mechanical stimuli from their s...

Nicotine dynamics in e-cigarette use

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The rising trends of e-cigarette use pose a new problem for regulators and healthcare providers: who is vaping, and how much nicotine. are they gettin...

Bringing space closer with 3D printing

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Low-cost accessible space technologies are necessary to fulfil the promise of the “New Space” revolution and open the door to space exploration to...

Eliminating rheumatic heart disease in Nepal

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rheumatic heart disease is the most common acquired heart disease in children and adolescents, and is disproportionately prevalent in marginalised com...

Traditions and tool use among Bili-Uéré chimpanzees

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Cleve Hicks from the University of Warsaw in Poland has been observing a special group of chimpanzees that have developed their own customs and tra...

Is Russia Fascist? Unraveling Propaganda East and West

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Is Russia Fascist?  (Cornell University Press), author Marlene Laruelle argues that the charge of "fascism" has become a strategic narra...

A paradigm shift for fluid management in surgery

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Advances in modern surgery have been dependent upon advances in anaesthetic management. However, anaesthesia can have detrimental effects, as it is us...

Tackling maths anxiety to improve STEM participation for women

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Despite advances in the education of women and girls worldwide, UNICEF reported in 2020 that female students still lag behind in terms of access to sc...

The Serotonin Power Diet

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Serotonin Power Diet is a clinically-proven, practical, and easy to follow 12-week program that gives you the tools to stop weight gain naturally,...

Learning and Memory: How memories are encoded in the brain of the fruit fly

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When thinking of tiny fruit flies, one doesn’t usually have their brainpower in mind. But even these small insects, like all animals, can learn beha...

Uncovering universal behaviour in biological systems

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Deciphering the patterns of nature is something that has occupied curious minds for countless generations, from swarms of bugs to the flight of birds ...

Digital transformation in Financial Services: The age of Fintech

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Financial innovation presents a significant opportunity that goes beyond its impact on financial services firms; the entire economy can benefit. Prof ...

Saving the world with better data simulations

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ecosystem loss, extinctions and climate change are ongoing challenges to life on Earth, and coming up with a plan to tackle their effects requires an ...

Theories of mind and consciousness

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Pollard-Wright has formulated a transdisciplinary theory of mind as energy, which has implications for mindful control of experiences, emotions and...

Picking exercise plans to fit your fitness goals

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Finding a fitness plan that will help you reach your goals is a unique personal challenge for anyone embarking on a new exercise regime, and for perso...

Road sign psychology and dangerous driving

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Speed Display Signs inform drivers if they are breaking local limits, and are part of road systems internationally.  But how much effect do they have...

How could biology open chances for victory at the Winter Olympics?

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While the Winter Olympics may not have as high a profile as the Summer Olympics, the featured events are some of the most exciting sports around – b...

Equity and equal opportunities in US education

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Equal access to education was an essential facet of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and has since come to be enshrined in law internationally....

Cod liver oil analysis for anti oxidant potential

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cod liver has long reputation of health benefits, but manufacturers of fermented cod liver oils claim that their product contains more antioxidants, m...

Tracing the history of East African artefacts in the Smithsonian

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

William Louis Abbott, a medical doctor sent to East Africa to gather artefacts for the Smithsonian in 1887, collected hundreds of pieces of art, craft...

Stem cells could offer hope for muscular dystrophy

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Researchers are investigating several novel approaches, including gene and stem cell therapy, to meet the challenges of diseases like muscular dystrop...

Psychological support and counselling for couples

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Vincent and colleagues have developed a specialist interest in the impacts of serious illness on couples and family life. This gap between avai...

Mitochondria mutations underlying cancer

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mutations that affect the mitochondrial DNA may play a key role in cancers. However, the exact mutations that are involved in cancer are still unknown...

Your DNA, Your Say

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our DNA holds our deepest cellular secrets, from markers of our health the keys to our family tree. But if that information is stored in online databa...

New standards for plastic analysis to prevent pollution

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Plastic pollution is an environmental catastrophe in progress. 32% of the plastic we use escapes into the environment, and only 9% currently gets recy...

Innovation and evolution in business strategy

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Darwins theory of evolution underpins much of our current understanding of biology, and its concepts have even come to be applied in other disciplines...

Wellbeing and beliefs among prisoners

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do prisoners with religious beliefs and behaviours experience their incarceration differently? How does their emotional state affect the likelihood of...

How do zebra finches learn to talk?

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How exactly do birds ‘talk’ to one another? And might research into how birds listen to birdsong help us understand communication both in humans a...

Free Electron Lasers: The biggest and brightest

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A millisecond may seem a short time to you, but for molecules, this may be longer than their entire lifetime.  Dr Sergio Carbajo and his team at the ...

Capturing three-dimensional cell structure with X-ray tomography

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Optical microscopes, with the help of cell-staining to colour cells, can help us peer into the invisible world of cells. However, they only show us a ...

Reducing harmful emissions from cows using genetics

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dairy farming can have negative effects on the environment, polluting waterways with an excess of nitrogen that can have long-term impacts. Past work ...

Movember, Coronavirus and mens mental health

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This year has proven a unique challenge to the mental health and resilience of many across the globe. Dr Christine Wekerle discusses how, for young pe...

Trauma-informed care and youth resilience

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Christine Wekerle discusses the MAP study on trauma resilience among youth, well-venture interventions, and the JoyPop mobile platform for well-bei...

Nicotine and disease in review

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While nicotine is perhaps the most notorious component of tobacco smoke, what can be said of its biological and chemical activity by itself? A recent ...

Canadian National Sport Organizations’ Governance, Branding and Social Media

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How can non-profit National Sport Organizations in Canada create effective brands, especially on social media, from which they can co-create value wit...

War, colonialism and medicine

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leo van Bergen is a medical historian who has spent his career chronicling the history of health and humanitarianism in warfare. In 2009 Van Bergen wa...

Dementia, degeneration, and gold nanoparticles

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prof Kazushige Yokoyama, State University of New York Geneseo College, investigates how peptide interactions lead to fibrillogenesis, the process in t...

Cannabis in healthcare and medical research

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cannabis and its derivatives have been at the centre of whirlwind of social, legal and medical change, from criminalisation to commercialisation in a ...

Global Quality of Democracy as an Innovation Enabler

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Global Quality of Democracy as an Innovation Enabler" by Dr David Campbell, University of Vienna, asks how can we conceptualise and measure de...

Subnanometer engineering: Clean energy sources and new materials properties

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Maria Pilar de Lara-Castells from the Institute of Fundamental Physics at the Spanish National Research Council is leading research in order...

Energy futures: A new model for resource extraction and investment decisions

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prof Alexander David of the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, has developed a new framework that demonstrates the strong link betwee...

How ritual creates religion

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Religions across the world incorporate group prayer, dancing and devotions.  Dr James Jones, clinical psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Religion...

Catching lung cancer earlier with new detection techniques

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most widespread forms of the disease. As with many other cancers, the best chance of survival comes w...

The psychology of trust

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cooperation with others, including strangers, has helped humanity prosper throughout history. However, much of the psychology of cooperation is still ...

Breast cancer, breathing and controlled radiotherapy

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Vishruta Dumane, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, is working on improving breast cancer treatments with the goal of delivering th...

Climate change and childhood

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Richard C. Mitchell, Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University in Canada, celebrates the work of youth climate activists and advocat...

Toxic violence in the Middle East

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Decades of conflict in the middle east and north Africa have left scores dead, an entire generation displaced, and lingering damages to health, infras...

Biochar for soil quality and farming sustainability in Brazil

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are all increasingly aware of the extent of humanity’s impact on Earth. The increasing concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases and Earth’...

ResearchPod Trailer

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to ResearchPod - a science communications podcast connecting you to research from across disciplines and across the world. Stay tuned for inte...

Revisiting the collapse of the Alexander L Kielland platform

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

40 years ago, the Alexander L Kielland oil platform suffered a catastrophic structural failure and sank into the North Sea, with 123 of the crew onboa...

What makes Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet what it is?

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What makes a great work of music what it is? What integrates a given piece as one coherent whole? It may help to step back and ask what makes any give...

Examining air pollution using citizen science

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Air pollution directly contributes to a host of health concerns, and is of increasing concern in highly industrialised cities. For insights beyond air...

Physics, philosophy, and the emergence of life

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Despite best efforts, the origin of life on Earth remains an open mystery. In a recent analysis bridging physics, evolutionary biology and the philoso...

Engineering algae for photosynthetic fuel

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Nanette Boyle leads a lab which uses genetic engineering to design photosynthetic organisms capable of producing sustainable fuels and chemicals .H...