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Omega-3 for increased attention
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| In a study with adolescents it has been found that Omega-3 fatty acids, and there particularly DHA, are important for a good attention score. This confirms the importance of a healthy diet for a healthy brain development. related: #omega3 #attention |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Mind & Brain
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Right Livelihood Awards Announced
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| The Right Livelihood Awards 2022 were awarded. The prizes go to Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties ("for building sustainable democratic institutions in Ukraine"), Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman ("for promoting peace, demilitarisation and human rights in Somalia"), the Africa Institute for Energy Governance in Uganda (for their fight for climate justice and community rights in Uganda), and the Cecosesola organization ("for establishing an equitable economic model as an alternative to profit-driven economies" in Venezuela). related: #Right_Livelihood_Award |
News seen at: Deutsche Welle - Top Stories
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Coffee for the heart
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| A new study with people in the age range of 40 to 69 years finds that people who drink coffee have (looked at 12.5 years later) a reduced chance of dying from cardiovascular disease (11 percent reduction for instant, 14 percent for decaffeinated, and 27 for ground coffee). related: #coffee #heart |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Living Well
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Deflecting asteroids
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| NASA has successfully hit the 160 metre wide asteroid Dimorphos by a spacecraft in order to deflect it. How successful this was will be evaluated over the next months. If successful the approach could be used to deflect dangerous asteroids from hitting the Earth. related: #asteroid #deflection |
News seen at: BBC - Science & Environment
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Swimming in icy water
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| Voluntary swimming in icy water can be dangerous, but seems - at least for men - have significant health benefits such as cutting bad body fats and reduce the risk of developing diabetes, a new review finds. related: #ice #swim #diabetes |
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Treating pneumonia with micro-robots?
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| Nanoengineers built tiny robots that can deliver antibiotics to lungs cells of mice with pneumonia. The robots themselves are built of biodegradable polymer cells. 100 percent of the treated mice survived whereas all of the non-treated ones died. related: #pneumonia #nano |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Health
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Personhood for Spanish lagoon
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| Spanish parliament made a law that grants the Mar Menor in Murcia, Spain, the legal status of a person. As a consequence the lagoon has rights like a person and can be easier protected as a vulnerable ecosystem. It is the first ecosystem in Europe with such a status. related: #lagoon #personhood |
News seen at: Deutsche Welle
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Oldest tree?
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| In Chile an alerce tree, called Gran Abuelo, has been estimated to be 5484 years old. If confirmed, it would be more than 600 years more than the oldest living tree known so far, Methuselah in California. related: #oldest_tree |
News seen at: The Guardian - Environment
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Babies can smell in the womb
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| Using ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women, scientists could see that fetuses showed a pleased facial reaction shortly after their mothers ate carrot and a displeased one after they ate kale. It may be that babies build up food preference even before their births. related: #taste #smell #baby |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Health & Medicine
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Number of ants estimated
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| Scientists have estimated the number of ants on Earth. With 20,000,000,000,000,000 (20 quadrillion) of them they have together about as much biomass as mammals and birds combined. related: #ants |
News seen at: Der Spiegel - Science (in German)
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Nudging for sustainable buying
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| Consumers can be nudged in the direction of making more environmentally choices, be it when buying in a supermarket or when choosing an electricity tariff, by showing the organic produce or the renewable tariff at a prominent place. related: #nudging |
News seen at: Article with a film on encouraging sustainable buying (Film 3:45)
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Car free Sunday in Brussels
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| Car Free Sunday has taken place in Brussels once a year for two decades. In the current energy crisis, some see it as a way forward and advocate to have every week a Car Free Sunday. related: #car_free_city |
News seen at: Deutsche Welle - Environment (Film 2:05)
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Ancient Egyptian tomb found in Israel
![]() | On a construction site in Israel, a 3300 year old Egyptian tomb chamber has been found, containing pots made of clay and arrowheads. The chamber is assumed to be untouched and could give important information about the bronze age. related: #ancient_tomb |
News seen at: Der Spiegel - Panorama (in German)
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Injecting aerosols over the poles?
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| The poles are warming and melting at a frightening speed. Now it has been suggested to inject over the poles some microscopic aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the poles and refreeze them. The project would cost some 11 billion dollars per year. related: #poles #refreezing |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Earth & Climate
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Patagonia boss donates company to climate charity
![]() | The founder of the Patagonia company has donated his company to a charity that will put any profits that are not reinvested into fighting climate change. related: #climate #charity |
News seen at: BBC - Business
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10000 fast steps towards health
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| A new study not only confirms the value of doing 10,000 steps a day for physical and mental health but also suggests that the effect is better when people walk fast. related: #steps #health #physical_activity |
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How to get a baby to sleep
![]() | Scientists have systematically tested how a mother can bring her crying baby to sleep in 13 minutes. When a child is held while the mother is walking, typically they calm within 30 seconds and fall asleep shortly after that. Rather than putting them to bed immediately when they fall asleep it is better when the mother keeps on walking for another 5 to 8 minutes. related: #baby #sleep |
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Exercising against Parkinson's
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| New research with mice finds that exercising triggers the generation of a hormone, called irisin, that can be found in the blood and reduces levels of a protein related to Parkinson's disease. As a consequence movement problems are reduced. related: #exercising #Parkinson |
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Why does air pollution cause cancer?
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| There is a better understanding why air pollution causes cancer. Rather than always leading to mutations, at least some damaged cells are reactivated by the air pollution. This new insight may lead to the development of new drugs preventing the cancer from developing. related: #cancer #pollution |
News seen at: BBC - Health
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Big breakfast reduces hunger later
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| In a new study it has been found that the advice "breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper" is wrong on the one hand: When you eat the calories does not affect weight loss or gain. But it is good on the other hand: after a big breakfast people feel less hungry for the rest of the day and eat less later on, making a weight loss more likely. related: #breakfast #weight |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Health & Medicine
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Surgery 31000 years ago
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| In a cave in Borneo the at leat 31,000 year old remains of a young adult was found who had - probably as a child - the left lower leg and foot amputated and survived for at least 6 to 9 years. In the light that this would even today be a difficult operation it is a very astonishing achievement. related: #prehistory #operation #surgery |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Environment
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Record amount of electricity from solar in EU
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| Due to the expansion of solar panels and record sunshine in the EU in the period from May to August 2022, 28 percent more solar electricity has been generated in the EU than in the same period in 2021. In the EU 12 percent of the electricity has been generated by photovoltaic in this period with the Netherlands leading with 23 percent. related: #solar #photo_voltaic #EU #renewable |
News seen at: Die Tagesschau - Economy (in German)
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Malaria vaccination
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| In a double-blind trial in Burkina Faso with children aged 5-17 months it was found that a vaccination against malaria has an efficacy of almost 80 percent. This could have significant consequences in the fight against this deadly disease. related: #malaria #vaccination |
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Toxin may lead to new antibiotics
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| In new research it has been found that a dangerous bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, produces a toxin that kills other bacteria by targeting the RNA molecules of these bacteria. Understanding this process in detail may lead to a new type of antibiotics. related: #toxin #antibiotics |
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Reducing pollution in schools
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| By simple measures such as using air purifiers and reducing traffic around the schools during pick-up and drop-off hours it is possible to reduce classroom pollution by more than 50 percent. related: #air_pollution #school |
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Hydrogen in powder
![]() | Hydrogen is major contestant for the decarbonization of energy, however, storage and transport are problems. Now a silica based powder has been developed that can bind hydrogen. It currently has still the disadvantage that the powder weighs seven times more than the hydrogen it can generate. related: #hydrogen #powder |
News seen at: SpringWise
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Urban gardening
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| The German town of Andernach is to become an 'edible city'. The centre of the 2000 year old town at the river Rhine has organic fruit and vegetable gardens from which everybody can harvest for free. The project started in 2010. related: #urban_gardening |
News seen at: Deutsche Welle - Environment
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Towards oral insulin tablets
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| In tests with rats, it has been found that the insulin from a newly developed tablet goes directly to the liver (rather than the stomach as previous tablets did). This means that after more trials, insulin injections might be replaced by tablets, improving the quality of life for millions of diabetes patients. related: #diabetes #insulin #tablet |
News seen at: ScienceDaily - Top Health
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Perception changes with knowledge
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| In a new study it has been found that our knowledge changes the perception of objects. For instance, if we recognize an object as a tool, it is perceived faster but with less detail. related: #perception #knowledge #vision |
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Library in Afghanistan
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| A group of Afghan women has opened a library in Kabul, Afghanistan, to give access to books for girls who cannot go to school and for women who lost their jobs. related: #Afghanistan #library |