By Vladimir Litvak, Professor of Translational Neurophysiology, UCL
Deep brain stimulation has been around for a few decades, but the technology has recently advanced in leaps and bounds.
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By Rebecca Hutcheon, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
In a year filled with centenaries of famous novels, including Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Franz Kafka’s The Trial, another novel also quietly turns 100. William…
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By Sajia Ferdous, Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, Queen's Business School, Queen's University Belfast
The world is facing a “silver tsunami” – an unprecedented ageing of the global workforce. By 2030, more than half of the labour force in many EU countries will be aged 50 or above. Similar trends are emerging across Australia, the…
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By Patrick Byrne, Professor of Water Science, Liverpool John Moores University
Despite achieving Unesco biosphere status on the basis of its marine reserves, hazardous chemical contaminants pollute the seas around the Isle of Man.
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Tetyana Malyarenko, Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
After more than three years of war, the prospects of peace for Ukraine remain slim. There is no obvious credible pathway even to a ceasefire, given Russia’s refusal to extend a brief and shaky truce over Easter. This, despite the US, UK…
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By Richard Cooke, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Staffordshire
Joel Crawford, Researcher in the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University
Research shows the fear of missing out on a good time while drinking usually outweighs any concerns young adults have about doing something they might regret.
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By Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor, The Conversation
Patrick Byrne, Professor of Water Science, Liverpool John Moores University
The Isle of Man government has said it is “fully committed to environmental protection and transparency” regarding its Unesco biosphere status – despite admitting that legacy landfill sites are discharging hazardous chemical contaminants into the sea.
The Isle of Man is a self-governing island in the Irish Sea between the UK and and Ireland. It is not part of the UK or the European Union, but has the status of “crown dependency” with an independent administration. Its population of about 84,000 people are British citizens.
It is known as the home of TT…
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By Rebecca Ellis, Assistant Researcher in Public Health, Swansea University
Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
Monique Craine, Researcher in Autism, Swansea University
Periods can be painful, unpredictable and disruptive. And for autistic people, they can present additional challenges. From sensory sensitivities to barriers accessing healthcare, the experience of autistic menstruation remains under-explored in research.
Our new review highlights just how little we know about autistic experiences of periods – and why more inclusive research from autistic people themselves is needed.
Menstruation – the biological process in which blood is discharged through the vagina from…
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By Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor
I first spoke to freshwater scientist Calum MacNeil in February 2022. He explained to me that The Isle of Man – a self-governing island in the Irish Sea between the UK and and Ireland – was being cast as world’s only “all-nation” Unesco biosphere reserve.
He explained how, in 2014, before its Unesco designation, contaminated silt was deliberately…
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By Dina Khapaeva, Professor of Cultural Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology
A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ‘political neomedievalism’ by the Kremlin.
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