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A heart monitoring device at the end of a hospital bed

COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services

Published
31 May 2022
Categories
Global
Coronavirus
Health
Research

A major study has revealed the global collateral damage caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Critical global water questions

Published
27 May 2022
Categories
Global
Environment
Society & Politics
Research

Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages.

computerised human body with the heart highlighted

Investigating how scarred hearts affect athletes

Published
16 May 2022
Categories
Science
Health
Research

New research will monitor the heartbeats of more than 100 athletes over two years to measure how endurance exercise impacts their heart.

Hondartza Fraga photographed in front of Saturn and Melancholy

Seeing Stars: New exhibition takes art into outer space

Published
11 May 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture
Research

A new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is shining a light on contemporary artists who use the newest technologies for space imaging in their art practice.

A heart rate monitor screen showing numbers and heart rate waves

Cases of atrial fibrillation are at all-time high聽

Published
26 April 2022
Categories
Science
Health
Research

The number of people living with atrial fibrillation 鈥 a dangerous heart condition and major cause of stroke 鈥 has increased by 72% in England over the last two decades, according to new research.

A pathology slide of cancer cells

Using AI to detect cancer from patient data securely

Published
25 April 2022
Categories
Technology
Science
Health
Research

A new way of using artificial intelligence to predict cancer from patient data without putting personal information at risk has been developed.

Villarica (also known as Rucapillán) volcano, located in southern Chile.

Conserving overlooked and threatened regions

Published
7 April 2022
Categories
Environment
Global
Research

New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions.

Drone viewpoint taken looking directly down on a palm tree canopy

鈥淭ree of life鈥 could help slow climate change

Published
4 April 2022
Categories
Global
Environment
Research

Changing the way fruit is gathered from a 鈥渢ree of life鈥 could have hugely positive environmental and financial impacts in Amazonia, according to a new study.