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Scientists at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science and Imperial College London have discovered that ‘switching off’ a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%.
Blocking Inflammation Protein Extends Lifespan - Neuroscience Newsneurosciencenews.com Researchers discovered that inhibiting the protein IL-11 extends the lifespan of mice by up to 25%.
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💬 Audiobooks not videos for your child. 👉🏻 “Unlike videos, which provide visual and auditory stimuli, audiobooks rely solely on listening. This encourages children to visualize the story in their minds, training them to use their voluntary imagination.”
Want to spur your child's intellectual development? Use audiobooks instead of videos, says researcherphys.org It's not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch YouTube videos, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll. H...
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👇🏻 “The commercial stranglehold on academic publishing is doing considerable damage to our intellectual and scientific culture. As disinformation and propaganda spread freely online, genuine research and scholarship remains gated and prohibitively expensive.”
More on the mass resignation of editors of 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 & 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴: an op-ed by yrs truly in The Guardian, about the commercial academic publishing scam #PolTheory #philsky #polisky #academicsky
Academic publishing is a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadehwww.theguardian.com Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
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“New research suggests sex and gender are associated with distinct brain networks. Published in Science Advances, the findings draw on brain imaging data from nearly 5000 children to reveal that gender and sex aren’t just distinct from one another in society—they also play unique roles in biology.”
Brain imaging study in children shows sex and gender operate in different networks of the brainwww.science.org Experts say the study reinforces the need to consider sex and gender separately in biomedical research
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“When this many universities are projected to be in deficit, you can’t say: ‘This is a market and some institutions will have to go,’ because there is a serious risk of a domino effect,” the Higher Education Policy Institute director Nick Hillman said, as The Guardian reports.
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“The new head of the Office for Students (OfS) will have to oversee rescue plans to avoid a ‘domino effect’ with a number of universities going under, experts have warned.”
UK universities need rescue package to stop ‘domino effect’ of going underwww.theguardian.com Experts say the next head of the Office for Students must oversee a programme that will protect higher education
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“With 40% of universities projected to be in deficit, according to recent reports by both PricewaterhouseCoopers and the OfS, experts said this weekend there has never been a more crucial time to have a more effective and stronger regulator with clearer priorities.”
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“When this many universities are projected to be in deficit, you can’t say: ‘This is a market and some institutions will have to go,’ because there is a serious risk of a domino effect,” the Higher Education Policy Institute director Nick Hillman said, as The Guardian reports.
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“New research suggests sex and gender are associated with distinct brain networks. Published in Science Advances, the findings draw on brain imaging data from nearly 5000 children to reveal that gender and sex aren’t just distinct from one another in society—they also play unique roles in biology.”
Brain imaging study in children shows sex and gender operate in different networks of the brainwww.science.org Experts say the study reinforces the need to consider sex and gender separately in biomedical research
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A new study by the American Cancer Society found that a high number of cancer cases and deaths in adults 30 and older were due to factors that could potentially be prevented, like cigarette smoking and poor diet.
Nearly half of cancer deaths preventable with lifestyle changeswww.euronews.com Just under half of all cancer deaths in the US and 40 per cent of cases were linked to preventable factors, according to new research.
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RNA modification could serve as a therapeutic target for certain types of cancer, according to a new study published in Molecular Cell, which sheds new light on the complex process underlying RNA transcription. 🧪 #SciSky · #MedSky · #Methylation · #Cancer 🧪
Understanding the role of RNA methylation in cancerphys.org RNA modification could serve as a therapeutic target for certain types of cancer, according to a new study published in Molecular Cell, which sheds new light on the complex process underlying RNA tran...
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“The European Commission has found Elon Musk’s X to be in breach of EU laws after an investigation found the platform’s blue checkmarks ‘deceptive’, among other shortcomings.” From @siliconrepublic.bsky.social
EU says blue verification checks on X ‘deceive’ userswww.siliconrepublic.com The EU has found X to be in breach of the DSA after an investigation found its blue verification checkmarks to be 'deceptive' to users.
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“The latest preliminary findings [...] also found the platform fails to provide access to its public data to researchers [...] In particular, the Commission claims X prohibits eligible researchers from independently accessing its public data, such as by scraping, as stated in its terms of service.”
EU says blue verification checks on X ‘deceive’ userswww.siliconrepublic.com The EU has found X to be in breach of the DSA after an investigation found its blue verification checkmarks to be 'deceptive' to users.
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“The story of how Anne L’Huillier learned mid-lecture that she had received a Nobel prize but returned to finish her presentation – without divulging her win to students – has entered scientific folklore.” “It’s a neat tale [...] but [...] not entirely accurate, said Professor L’Huillier.” More 🔻
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