By Steven W. Kerrigan, Professor of Precision Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Doctors must treat sepsis quickly to prevent organ failure. But demographic change and drug-resistant infections are making the condition harder to manage.
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By Birgit Derntl, Full Professor, Women's Mental Health and Brain Function, University of Tübingen
Ann-Christin S. Kimmig, Postdoc Researcher, Women’s Mental Health and Brain Function group, University of Tübingen
Franziska Weinmar, PhD Candidate, Women's Mental Health & Brain Function, University of Tübingen
Pregnancy reshapes the brain more profoundly than scientists ever imagined – and a landmark new study is finally mapping exactly how.
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By Kat Ford, Research Fellow in the Public Health Collaborating Unit, Bangor University
Karen Hughes, Professor of Public Health, Bangor University
Half of older adults surveyed faced adversity after 60, with abuse and isolation linked to worse physical and mental health.
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By Alice Mercier, PhD Candidate, Visual Culture, University of Westminster
American photographer Catherine Opie’s new show at the National Portrait Gallery begins – or ends, depending on which order you explore it in – with her “interventions”. These photographic portraits are installed between the gallery’s paintings of Victorian leaders, captains, artists and politicians. They sit alongside them as though somewhat familiar.
This familiarity is, in part, down to the formal qualities of Opie’s portraits. It is also due to the depth of the prints, and to the ways in which the National…
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By Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster
Dreaming in Colour, a new exhibition at the Opera Gallery in London, revisits the surrealists of the previous century, more in homage than imitation.
I suspect few of the emerging artists included here – and certainly none of those I spoke to on opening morning – would consciously describe themselves as surrealists. Yet the surrealist aspiration to evoke a sense of the marvellous and mysterious in the everyday is certainly…
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By Yuxuan Wu, PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham
The possibility of AI automating healthcare work has provoked intense debates, but despite the pace of innovation, here’s why it’s not there yet.
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By Sara Bannerman, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
Canada’s three main political parties — the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP — have banded together to avoid privacy laws aimed at protecting voter data.
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By François Leroy, Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology, The Ohio State University
Farming areas that use lots of fertilizers and pesticides stood out for the swift and accelerating decline of their bird populations.
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By Andres Bustamante, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine
Aria Gastón-Panthaki, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Irvine
Use of generative artificial intelligence technology is already widespread in K-12 schools and higher education. Now, AI technologies such as conversational agents and tablet-based assessments are starting to make their way toward early childhood education.
One concern with AI in a prekindergarten setting is that the technology will replace or disrupt…
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By Brendan Cantwell, Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
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