Stay informed with the latest scientific research broken down by experts into 3-minute Digests.
In 10 seconds? Men have a 20% greater lifetime risk of developing any cancer than women. Scientists are looking into biological and environmental factors to understand why. What sorts of environmental factors? Tobacco and alcohol...
In 10 seconds? Scientists have created a method to allow people with mitochondrial diseases to have children without passing on their pathology, which is normally transmitted by the mother through her mitochondrial DNA. What is m...
In 10 seconds? Social media (and heavy social media use in particular) is frequently blamed for mental health issues and the drop in face-to-face (FtF) contact seen around the world. However, in the case of socializing there’s no...
In 10 seconds? Beating cancer is expensive. The sum of negative impacts of unaffordable healthcare is called ‘financial toxicity’. Researchers are working to understand the scope of the problem and propose solutions. What exactly...
In 10 seconds? Recent research suggests agriculture and preserving biodiversity are not mutually exclusive. Researchers have shown how vanilla, - one of our favourite spices – can benefit both people and nature when grown correctl...
In 10 seconds? Scientists are developing tests to detect cancer from breath samples. This work is still in development but could be a potential non-invasive way to screen for cancer. What possessed scientists to look for cancer i...
In 10 seconds: “The human operator” – the specialist performing embryo transfer (the process when one or more embryos are transferred back into the future mother’s uterine cavity) is still crucial in the success of in vitro fertil...
In 10 seconds? A study published in Health Communication reported that people with addiction-like obsessions about and compulsive consumption of negative news stories, report severe stress and anxiety, as well as pain, fatigue, an...
In 10 seconds? Type 2 diabetes and cancer have been linked in observational studies. New research unveils concrete ways by which fat cells affected by type 2 diabetes can facilitate cancer growth. Oh, no! But what exactly is type...
