‘Doing something for the real world’: how 1,000 UK schoolkids helped crack a crystals conundrum
When citizen science in school labs ended up in a particle accelerator, the results advanced our understanding of how crystals form – with a positive impact on the future of medicine, materials science and moreGry Christensen was a 15-year-old year 11 student when she took part in a “citizen science” project to understand how the different crystals in mussel shells form. But unlike most school experiments, the samples that she and her 1,000 fellow secondary school pupils prepared were then blasted by scientists in a particle accelerator using X-rays 10bn times brighter than the sun.“It was a bit of an eye opener,...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Anna Demming Tags: Chemistry Science Medical research Schools Education Source Type: news
CPH:DOX Competitor, Apache Doc Tribute ‘Phantoms of the Sierra Madre’ Added to DR Sales Slate
Danish sales outfit DR Sales, attached to the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning doc “A New Kind of Wilderness,” has boarded another high-quality Norwegian documentary – “Phantoms of the Sierra Madre” by the multi-awarded Håvard Bustnes (“Raging Grannies,” “Golden Dawn Girls”). The epic and…#danish #drsales #anewkindofwilderness #norwegian #håvardbustnes #raginggrannies #goldendawngirls #mescaleroapachetribe #copenhagen #bustnes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is the snake that just bit you deadly? Venom ‘pregnancy test’ could tell
Cecilie Knudsen placed the urine on one end of the strip, then sat anxiously for 15 minutes to see whether one or two lines appeared. She wasn’t testing for pregnancy. Instead, Knudsen, a biotechnologist and co-founder of VenomAid Diagnostics, was waiting to see whether the test she and her colleagues developed would accurately detect the presence of a particular snake venom in a sample of mouse urine.
It did
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The finding, published last month in
Scientific Reports
, represents “a really remarkable step in venom diagnosis,” says Kalana Maduwage, a physician and biochemist at the University ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 29, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Denmark Now Likely to Reach 2025 Climate Goal, Watchdog Says
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NIO Stock Analysis: The EV Dark Horse Poised for a Comeback?
This Chinese EV maker is a difficult one to assess My stance on Chinese EV maker Nio (NYSE:NIO) stock has changed, and I now see more relative upside for the company’s competitors, looking at this space more broadly. However, there are reasons investors may consider this stock an excellent…#gulfnation #abudhabis #cyvn #forseven #jpmorganchase #jpm #gordonmurray #murraysistream #arab #danish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ECR: Communication key to better imaging of elderly patients
Imaging elderly patients presents unique challenges, but radiologists can be proactive in making procedures for this population easier, according to a talk given at ECR 2024.
In his presentation, Uffe LW Jakobsen from UCL University College in Odense, Denmark, outlined strategies for radiologists to better communicate with elderly patients by treating them like any other patient and forming relationships with them.
“Only then can communicate and conduct an examination where we take the appropriate considerations into account without depriving them of their independence and without compromising image quality,” Jakobse...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Ozempic, Oprah, And Weight Loss Culture
“I’m not quite sure that something’s that’s just a tiny little prick can be so powerful in so many ways.” I’m not 14, but every time I hear that line, I giggle. It’s said in earnest as part of a woman’s testimonial for Ro.co, a telehealth enterprise now busy selling an Ozempic-like drug, one in a…#glp1s #clevelandclinic #gray #magnum #roman #viagra #novonordisk #danish #ozempicandwagovy #denmark (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030
Several European countries hit some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 a decade early, a study has found, but big gaps remain across the board. All EU member states made progress in the 2010s toward reaching the UN’s seventh sustainable development goal, which calls for access to…#polish #sweden #denmark #estonia #austria #malta #cyprus #latvia #belgium #bulgaria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups
Alphabet's Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the company's practices in digital advertising. Shares of the Mountain View, California-based company fell…#alphabet #google #axelspringer #mountainview #austria #belgium #bulgaria #czechrepublic #denmark #finland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novo Nordisk opens new R & D center in Lexington, plans to hire in 2024
The opening marks another big milestone for the Danish pharmaceutical giant as it consolidates its U.S. R&D operations to Greater Boston. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news
Eli Lilly could launch obesity drug in India next year, CEO says
Eli Lilly plans to launch its diabetes and obesity drug, Mounjaro, in India next year. The drug contains tirzepatide and is sold as Zepbound in the US. The global market for GLP-1 receptor agonists, including Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic, is expected to reach $100 billion by the end of the decade. Lilly's drugs as well as Danish rival Novo Nordisk's in-demand Wegovy and Ozempic are therapies known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, which were developed to control blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Currys rejects second takeover offer from US firm Elliott
It said that over the Christmas period, which is usually busy for retailers, it saw a 3% drop in sales compared with the same period a year earlier. The US firm, which bought UK book shop chain Waterstones in 2018, has a reputation as an activist investor, meaning it pursues companies in order to…#waterstones #boardofcurrys #elliottproposal #currys #norway #denmark #finland #ireland #investec #carerepair (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Drives Fatigue in Psoriasis and PsA? What Drives Fatigue in Psoriasis and PsA?
Joint pain and itch were key culprits, according to a cross-sectional analysis of Danish data.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - February 27, 2024 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
New Zealand Drama ‘My Life Is Murder’ Sees Brand New Season Widely Pre-sold by DCD Rights (EXCLUSIVE)
U.K.-based distributor DCD Rights has pre-sold the fourth season of New Zealand’s mystery drama “My Life Is Murder” to a raft of territories ahead of its Feb. 27 official launch at the London Screenings. Starring Lucy Lawless (“Top of the Lake,” “Spartacus,” “Xena: Warrior Princess”), the series’…#dcdrights #newzealands #mylifeismurder #londonscreenings #spartacus #ylefinland #denmark #israel #hungary #czechrepublic (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Naive’ Europe must spend more to deter Russia, says Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen says Moscow’s ‘aggression’ requires region to bolster defence by curbing welfare and tax cuts#mettefrederiksen #moscow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
