IMR researchers on prestigeous Stanford ranking
Researchers Kristin Hamre and Kevin Glover are proud to be on the list. It is important to highlight our colleagues for great teamwork - that is what makes this possible , says the researchers Photo: Erlend Astad Lorentzen / Havforskningsinstituttet
19 researchers from the Institute of Marine Research are included in a recent ranking of the world s top scientists. Published: 17.02.2021 Updated: 18.02.2021 Author: Charlotte Muri
Researchers at Stanford University have published a ranking of the most influential researchers in the world within their disciplines.
The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has nineteen among the top 2 percent of world-leading researchers in the field of fisheries.
In the study, published on the preprint server bioRxiv, the team evaluated the ability of AS03, CpG 1018 formulated in Alum, the TLR-7 agonist adsorbed to Alum (AS37), the squalene-in-water emulsion (O/W), and Alum to boost protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2.
Eighties pop is the best musical genre for reducing blood pressure, due to its positive nostalgia , researchers have found.
Turkish researchers hooked up 1,540 volunteers aged between 18 and 65 to blood pressure and heart rate monitors and played them a variety of music on Spotify.
Music from the hit TV series It s a Sin, which is heavy with tunes from the likes of Eighties legends Wham!, Pet Shop Boys and Duran Duran, were more effective at reducing blood pressure – an indicator of low anxiety – than 10 other genres.
Other genres effective at decreasing blood pressure were Noughties pop, like Kylie Minogue and Rihanna, and heavy metal, like Black Sabbath.
They’ve also identified the variants first found in the U.K. and in South Africa in the samples they’ve tested and there’s one specific issue researchers worry about the most right now.
“There is concern that the current vaccine may not be effective against the South African variant,” said Kenji. “Most specifically, the Oxford astrazeneca vaccine.”
That variant’s now been found in adults in both Santa Clara and Alameda counties.
On Thursday, Alameda County health officials wouldn’t share any information about the infected person there, but Santa Clara health officials say the sick person in their county quarantined after an international trip so exposure to others may be low.