Tipped to win Gold this week, the Muscular Dystrophy UK Forest Bathing Garden designed by Ula Maria has left Rebecca Wallersteiner, our correspondent, utterly amazed at The Chelsea Flower Show 2024. One garden to look forward to at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower show is Ula Maria’s stunning garden for Muscular Dystrophy UK, sponsored by […]
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University of Queensland research has found exercise can help prevent or slow cognitive decline during ageing. A team led by Associate Professor Jana Vukovic from UQ’s School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute and Dr Solal Chauquet from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience assessed the expression of genes in individual brain cells of mice. […]
Judges and physicians have very different views about appointing a legal guardian for people with dementia: Published in the European Journal of Neurology, a new interdisciplinary study found weaknesses in guardianship assessment for people with dementia. The findings can be used to improve the consistency of medical and legal assessments, and to ensure equal treatment […]
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New cardiac research will save women’s lives by improving detection of heart failure: Researchers led by teams from the Universities of East Anglia (UEA), Sheffield and Leeds, have been able to fine-tune how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to detect heart failure in women’s hearts, making it more accurate. Lead author Dr Pankaj Garg, […]
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Miniature, lab-created human organs to fast-track new disease treatments: Creating tiny, laboratory grown organs is one of the latest developments in the search for new personalised medical treatments — and a new Curtin University-led project is looking to enhance this breakthrough’s real-world impact. ‘Organoids’ are miniature human organs grown in laboratories using a patient’s own […]
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Tony Eames, “Movement Champion” and Founder of Total Active Hub explores eight ways to use CSR initiatives to get staff moving and enhance their wellbeing at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 (which this year focuses on; “Movement: Moving more for our mental health.”) “In the corporate world, stress is a constant companion, […]
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New super-pure silicon chip opens path to powerful quantum computers: Researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and Manchester have invented a breakthrough technique for manufacturing highly purified silicon that brings powerful quantum computers a big step closer. The new technique to engineer ultra-pure silicon makes it the perfect material to make quantum computers at scale […]
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UQ develops new drug for sepsis: A new drug could prevent sepsis-related organ failure and death by restoring the health of a patient’s blood vessels. Researchers from The University of Queensland and the Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH) have successfully tested the first-in-class drug in mice. Dr Mark Coulthard from UQ and the QCH’s Paediatric Intensive […]
A group of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Freiburg and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have created an exceptionally small implant, with electrodes the size of a single neuron that can also remain intact in the body over time – a unique combination that holds promise for future vision implants […]
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Childhood sedentariness linked to premature heart damage – light physical activity reversed the risk: An increase in sedentary time from childhood caused progressing heart enlargement, a new study shows. However, light physical activity could reduce the risk. The study was conducted in collaboration between the Universities of Bristol and Exeter, and the University of Eastern […]
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