Tag: Study
Companies failing to protect millions of hectares of tropical forest
Despite international agreements, an analysis carried out by the Zoological Society of London reveals widespread failure of timber companies to guarantee environmental protections for...
JHS Students in Upper West Akim District advised to study hard
Mr Eugene Sackey, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper West Akim District, has advised Junior High School (JSS) students in the area to...
Wuhan lockdown prevents 12-42 million people from catching COVID-19
By Liu Caiyu
The “decisive” lockdown imposed in Wuhan, capital of Central China’s Hubei Province largely cut off the COVID-19 infections, preventing 500,000 to 3...
Spain starts study to detect true spread of COVID-19
The Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services on Monday began a study to determine how widely COVID-19 has spread in the...
Start-ups in Europe to face existential challenge
A "massive slump" in start-up financing was expected for 2020 in Europe due to the coronavirus crisis, according to a study published by the...
Lifestyle weighs more than geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome
Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their intestinal tracts that are more similar to those of people who eat a non-Western diet...
Wuhan lockdown significantly effective in curbing COVID-19 spread
The lockdown of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, was effective in containing the COVID-19 spread during the early stages of the outbreak and significatnly...
Emotions play key role on social media during outbreaks
Examining the role of fear and anger in connection with exposure to MERS-related information through social media, researchers at the University of Illinois (UI)...
Novel coronavirus stable for days on surfaces
The virus causing COVID-19 disease is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study published on...
Majority of child abuse cases in UK remain hidden
More than 227,000 cases of child abuse in England and Wales were recorded by police in the year ending March 2019, but an official...
Revving up immune system may help treat eczema
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a drug strategy that aims at revving up the immune system and...
Playing table tennis may relieve Parkinson’s symptoms
Playing Pingpong may benefit people with Parkinson's disease, according to preliminary findings released on Tuesday.
The researchers from Fukuoka University found that...
New algorithm may help control driverless cars
Researchers at Northwestern University (NU) have developed the first decentralized algorithm which may help self-driving vehicles safely navigate one another without crashing or causing...
Paper-based device could lead to efficient lab-free infection test
Researchers have developed a new paper-based device that can help doctors identify infection and find the right treatment much faster than conventional lab test...
Researchers breaking temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing
Researchers at the University of Illinois (UI) have demonstrated a new method that can evaluate microscopic aeronautical materials at ultra-high temperatures by combing electron...
I have not received GETFund sponsorship to study– Education Minister
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education has described as ‘false’ the news allegedly carried by some media houses, that suggests that...
Earth’s precursor may form within 5 million years, much faster than previously thought
Danish scientists found that the precursor of the Earth formed within a time span of approximately 5 million years, much faster than previously thought.
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Tips for extending lifetime of lithium-ion batteries
Researchers at the University of Michigan (UM) have developed a list of best practices for lithium-ion battery lifetime extension after plowing through scores of...
Consumers waste much more food than commonly believed
Consumers may waste more than twice as much food as is commonly believed, a study published on Wednesday in scientific journal PLOS ONE showed.
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Lifting weights protects brain against Alzheimer’s
Australian researchers showed that lifting weights can help protect the brain from degenerative Alzheimer's disease, according to the study revealed on Tuesday.
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Pangolins a potential intermediate host of novel coronavirus
The metagenome sequence of the novel coronavirus strain separated from pangolins was 99 percent identical to that from infected people, indicating pangolins may be...
High school GPAs outweigh ACTs for college readiness
Students' high school grade point averages are five times stronger than their ACT scores at predicting college graduation, according to a study posted on...
Genetically-edited cells survive for months in cancer patients
A clinical trial in the United States showed that genetically-edited immune cells can thrive and function multiple months after cancer patients receive them.
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Eating red meat, processed meat increases heart disease, death risk
A large, carefully analyzed study from Northwestern Medicine and Cornell University links red and processed meat consumption with slightly higher risk of heart disease...
Buildings can become carbon sink if wood replaces cement, steel
Replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood could avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production and turn buildings into a...
Women and people of color underrepresented at top film festivals – Study
Women and people of color are still underrepresented at top film festivals from 2017-2019 worldwide, said a new study released on Saturday.
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Kenya’s free maternity care services hampered by inadequate personnel
The delivery of free maternity care services in Kenya is being hampered by inadequate personnel and poor working conditions, says a study that was...
Racial discrimination found responsible for suicidal thoughts
A study posted on the website of the University of Michigan (UM) on Wednesday found that various forms of discrimination are associated with increased...
Data Scientist Finds Which failure could yield results
Looking at the dynamics of failure in three different areas, science, entrepreneurship and terrorism, data scientists from Northwestern University (NU) and the University of...
Carbon emission reduction could cost Germany about US$2.06 trillion until 2050
A reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 95 percent until 2050 compared to the levels of 1990 could cost Germany about 1.85 trillion...