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Today, shopping is increasingly digital, the retailer and customer completely separated, and a customer’s value lies not in their friendly wave as they enter a store, but in the data displayed in the…
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.
Professor David Punihaole at the University of Vermo…
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 after cancer? And how does it do anything at all…
Crowdfunding is a method for raising funds to support for-profit, social, and cultural initiatives.
Sukanya Ayatakshi-Endow specialises in Environmental Economics at Bournemouth University, UK and e…
Autoimmune and allergic conditions are caused by dysfunctional immune responses that lead to excessive inflammation within the body.
Such conditions include rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis a…
Hearing loss is a disability that affects over one billion people worldwide, severely impacting wellbeing and quality of life by affecting an individual’s ability to communicate and socialise with ot…
How does a company's mission and values affect applicants’ willingness to negotiate salary or make compensation demands?
Marko Pitesa at Singapore Management University is part of a research team …
Trust is the cornerstone to a healthy relationship, to be earned and appreciated, not demanded without evidence. However, trust, expectation, and authority is ever-shifting in society, and for Scien…
Establishing interdisciplinary research networks that bring researchers and innovators together is of utmost importance to all facets of academia.
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology A…
Regulating ones own fertility and pregnancy has long been an essential part of women’s health and wellbeing.
However, even with multiple forms of birth control now available, there is not global, equ…
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-of-edge terminals such as personal computers and s…
Cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death. Despite significant advances in its diagnosis, robust treatment remains elusive.
US-based cardiovascular specialists Dr Bradley Bale and D…
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, affecting over 2 million women each year. The most important predictor of both recurrence and survival in patients with breast cancer is…
Every year, millions of people require organ biopsies to check whether the cells are cancerous or not. However, problems can arise when unintended bleeding occurs after taking the biopsy sample and r…
LED lighting provides brighter, lower-power, longer lasting illumination than traditional lighting systems, and can be programmed to change color and brightness instantaneously. Despite this, lightin…
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 glorified their skill at creating tiny surfaces that refl…
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease, the precise cause of which is still unclear.
Professor Shunichi Shiozawa from Kobe University, Japan, uncovers the underlying cellu…
The Austrian poet and writer, Rainer Maria Rilke, explored many powerful and emotive themes, making one consider life, experience, reality and much more.
In his monograph on the writings of Rilke, D…
Researchers are passionate about contributing to the ever-expanding network of knowledge. So, how can scholars ensure that their work is available for future generations to access and build on?
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Cyanovirin-N, or CV-N for short, is a broadly binding molecule to glycopeptides and glycan structures on viral envelope spikes, which allows for screening of these structures by protein-interaction b…