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Image: Shutterstock An army of home improvers and heat pump influencers is needed to help the UK reach its net zero domestic heating targets. That’s according to new research by the University of Sussex Business School, which suggests ‘enthusiastic’ heat pump users willing to share their experience are vital to complement government incentives and subsidies. The study draws on the example of Finland where residents have been very active in posting about their experiences on using greener...

Women who are fit and healthy tend to burn more fat when they exercise Females who are fit and healthy tend to burn more fat when they exercise than men, according to new research from a team of sports nutritionists. The research, comprising two new studies from academics led by the University of Baths Centre for Nutrition, Exercise & Metabolism, analysed the factors that most influenced individuals capacity to burn body fat when undertaking endurance sports. How the body burns fat is important...

Blight leads to increase in disease-carrying mosquitoes Louisiana State University researchers recently published findings that blight leads to an increased abundance of disease-carrying mosquitoes. The researchers investigated the presence of several mosquito species in two adjacent but socio-economically contrasting neighborhoods in Baton Rouge: the historic Garden District, a high-income neighborhood, and the Old South neighborhood, a low-income area. They found significantly higher adult an...

Statewide stay-at-home orders put in place as Tennessee fought to control the spread of coronavirus last March were associated with a 14% lower rate of preterm birth, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Pediatrics.

Read more about Covid jumped from bats to humans with very little change, say scientists on Business Standard. The progenitor of the novel coronavirus underwent very little change to adapt to humans from bats, according to a new study

Improving Carbon Fiber Recycling Image Credit: TLaoPhotography/shutterstock.com Carbon fiber reinforced polymers are used across a diverse range of applications in the engineering and building fields. New research aims to make these materials even more useful by making them reusable.  Increased concern for the environment and diminishing supplies of natural resources coupled with a burgeoning global population and increased urbanization has led to the need for a circular economy. This means an...

People with intellectual disability more likely to die from COVID-19 than general population Intellectual disability puts individuals at higher risk of dying earlier in life than the general population, for a variety of medical and institutional reasons. A new study from Jefferson Health examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected this group, which makes up 1-3% of the US population. The study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst, found that intellectual ...

This year, the theme of International Women's Day is "Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future for Covid-19 World". When the United Nations chose this theme, the idea was to celebrate and recognise women's leadership in confronting and tackling the challenges of Covid-19, both inside and outside the household. There is no doubt that such a theme befits the celebration of

Repeated attendance at mammography screening confers protection against breast cancer mortality Attending the two most recent screening appointments before a breast cancer diagnosis protects against breast cancer death, according to a Queen Mary study of over half a million Swedish women conducted over 24 years. For women who had participated in both of their previous two screening examinations, the incidence of breast cancers proving fatal within 10 years of diagnosis was 50 per cent lower tha...

Children in the United States who have more screen time at ages 9-10 are more likely to develop binge-eating disorder one year later, according to a new national study.