Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered why smoking tobacco helps people suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease typified by inflammation of the large…
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Beyond non-technical skills: training ophthalmologists to appraise and integrate emerging technologies
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate…
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Redesigning cataract services through a value-based lens
The UK Government’s 10-Year Health Plan outlines a radical shift in how healthcare will be delivered: moving care closer to home, embracing digital innovation, and shifting the focus from treating illness to preserving health [1]. These…
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Scientists win Ig Nobel Prize for cracking the code to perfect cacio e pepe
The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly also makes people hungry: ISTA physicist Fabrizio Olmeda and colleagues researched the secret of a perfect cacio e pepe…
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Community-based management expands ecosystem protection footprint in Amazonian forests
Study area
This study was primarily conducted within the ~2.58 million-ha municipal county of Carauari (4° 52′ 58′′ S, 66° 53′ 45′′ W), State of Amazonas, Brazil, along the Juruá River, a major tributary of the…
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A dataset from a coordinated multi-site laboratory study investigating the Hue-Heat-Hypothesis
This section introduces the experimental protocol and the research institutes participating in this project.
Participants
Each laboratory defined its own strategy for recruiting participants. All subjects provided informed consent before…
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Land use modelling needs to better account for multiple cropping to inform pathways for sustainable agriculture
Campbell, B. et al. Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries. Ecol. Soc. 22, (2017).
Tang, F. H. M., Lenzen, M., McBratney, A. & Maggi, F. Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale. Nat….
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Intercropping with robots | Nature Plants
Intercropping is an agricultural practice that can enhance soil quality, total yield and biodiversity. Modern advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are helping this traditional approach to overcome some of its practical challenges.
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Breaking the cycle of underinvestment in climate-resilient energy infrastructure
IPCC. Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (eds Pörtner, H.-O. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2022).
Hall,…
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