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Cool, light-colored roofs could have reduced London's 2018 average temps by 0.8°C, potentially preventing 249 of the 786 heat-related deaths (32%)

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Cool, light-colored roofs could have reduced London's 2018 average temps by 0.8°C, potentially preventing 249 of the 786 heat-related deaths (32%)

Demographer's work debunking regions of exceptional lifespan wins Ig Nobel Prize

Study of 311,892 people from eight European countries over an average of 10.9 years found every 10% increase in ultra-processed foods in a person's diet is linked to a 17% rise in type 2 diabetes risk

A new wearable brain imaging headgear for babies found unexpected activity in the prefrontal cortex (an area that processes emotions), in response to social stimuli, appearing to confirm that babies start processing what’s happening to them in social situations as early as 5 months old

Weight loss surgery may reduce the risk of developing heart failure for people living with obesity by improving blood flow through their heart muscle

Routine blood test results could expedite cancer diagnosis in individuals with stomach pain or bloating, resulting in a 16% rise in urgent referrals for previously undiagnosed cancer cases

Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels

Structure and function of the kidneys altered by space flight, with galactic radiation causing permanent damage that would jeopardise any mission to Mars, according to a new study led by researchers from UCL

Potassium depletion in soil threatens global crop yields

Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression, with a positive impact on liver, kidney and brain function in rats and mice

Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared to those living in temperate climates, finds a new study

Poor spatial navigation could predict Alzheimer’s disease years or even decades before the onset of symptoms like cognitive problems or memory loss

Industrial pollution leaves its mark in Mediterranean corals. Corals showed a significant increase in SCP contamination between about 1969 and 1992

Study suggests that colours fade as people age, as the brain of older people is less responsive to the saturation levels of colours within the primary visual cortex

Financial stress is the most harmful type of stress to biological health, according to a study conducted on 4,934 individuals from the UK aged 50 and over.

Review of genetic data from 21 study with nearly one million study participants found more than 50 new genetic loci and 205 novel genes that are associated with depression, opening a potential target for drugs to treat depression

By exploiting mRNA technology used in Covid-19 vaccines, scientists have created, in a mouse model, an effective therapy to correct a rare liver genetic disease (argininosuccinic aciduria), demonstrating the technology’s potential therapeutic use in people

New theory seeks to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics

Researchers developed a re-usable vest with 256 sensors that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail and could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death

Reducing oxygen levels in critically ill children on mechanical ventilators in intensive care could save tens of young lives each year, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Despite pressures facing young families, parents take precious moments to play with their babies: 4 in 5 primary caregivers of 9-month-old babies reported cuddling, talking and playing with their little one several times a day, in the first national UK study of babies in over 2 decades…

Faster warming in the Arctic will be responsible for a global 2C temperature rise being reached eight years earlier than if the region was warming at the average global rate…

1 in 7 people in the US reported having long Covid by end of 2022

Adversarial Reinforcement Learning and Generalization

Analyzing data from 7,146 people with an average age of 65 years, study found that consistently sleeping less than 5 hours a night might raise the risk of developing depressive symptoms

UK air pollution regulations will reduce deaths, but do little to protect ecosystems

Calls for verbal abuse of children by adults to be formally recognised as a form of child maltreatment, a finding from a new systematic review of 149 quantitative and 17 qualitative studies.

Fully autonomous cars are not available for personal use, but cars with “driverless” auto-pilot mode are available in some locations

Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Functional Language

The Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy has become weaker and more prone to rupturing: researchers interpreted the patterns of earthquakes and ground uplift, and concluded that parts of the volcano had been stretched nearly to breaking point