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Scientists test world-first Nipah virus vaccine

It uses the same vaccine technology as the Oxford Covid jab.

The Independent UK

Europeans' ancient ancestors passed down genes tied to multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's risk

New research suggests that the risk of Europeans developing diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's stems from ancient human migrations.

LiveScience

Cerne Abbas giant is Hercules and was army meeting point, say historians

Dorset hillside chalk figure was originally a muster station for West Saxon armies fending off Vikings, experts suggest

The Guardian - UK

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How to watch the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures online and on TV

Every Christmas, the U.K.'s Royal Institution puts on a set of lectures, each exploring a fascinating subject in science. Here's how you can watch the Ri Christmas Lectures wherever you are.

LiveScience

Insight from the UAE’s minister for A.I. on the tensions between the technology’s regulation and rollout

Omar Al Olama says the story of the growth of A.I. often mirrors that of the printing press, developed in the 15th century.

Fortune

Disposable Vape Pens: A Growing Environmental Threat, Warns Research

Disposable vape pens pose an environmental threat as discarded batteries retain high capacity, warns research.

Zenger

AI could predict if you will have a heart attack 10 years before it happens, study suggests

AI tool accurately predicted more than 3,000 heart attacks, new search shows

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AI could tackle ‘avoidable’ heart attack deaths, study finds

The tool also helped improve treatments plans for almost half of patients.

The Independent UK

Patients more likely to lose weight if GPs frame options as ‘good news’ – study

People were less likely to sign up to weight-loss programmes when doctors talked about obesity in a negative way, researchers found.

The Independent UK

Why some people got blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine – new clues

AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford developed one of the first vaccines against COVID. The vaccine, which used an adenovirus to smuggle instructions into human cells to make antibodies against the novel coronavirus, saved countless lives. But a problem soon emerged. A tiny proportion – about one in…

The Conversation

Trial to focus on finding treatments for ‘annual scourge’ of influenza

Flu can kill between 290,000 and 650,000 people globally each year, according to the World Health Organisation.

The Independent UK

New research campus to solve global problems

The campus will also establish a scholarship programme for 20 students each year to nurture the ‘next generation of thought leaders’.

The Independent UK

Good wines linked to warmer temperatures and higher rainfall, research finds

The weather drives wine quality and wine taste, according to a study from the University of Oxford.

The Independent UK

'We could eradicate malaria by 2040' says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO

The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. Trials have shown that the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by Oxford University together with the Serum Institute of India, reduces…

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The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the scientists behind the breakthrough – podcast

The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and now two have come along in quick succession. On October 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that a new malaria vaccine, R21, developed by the University of Oxford be rolled out for the prevention of malaria in children, just…

The Guardian - UK

Cheaper, more effective malaria vaccine wins WHO approval

R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is the first malaria vaccine to reach 75% efficacy target

The Guardian - UK

Mental health among UK secondary pupils worsened sharply in pandemic, study shows

First comparative research of its kind finds those with lots of social interaction and supportive family coped better

The Conversation

Age, not class, is now the biggest divide in British politics, new research confirms

“Class is the basis of British politics; all else is embellishment and detail.” So wrote Peter Pulzer, the former Gladstone professor of politics at the University of Oxford in the 1960s. Nowadays, however, it is age, not social class, that is the biggest demographic division in Britain’s electoral politics.

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‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winners

Immunologists behind pioneering cancer therapy also among recipients of most lucrative prize in science

Evening Standard

Scientists reveal why Covid-19 causes ‘brain fog’ and memory problems

Discovery could help clinicians to treat cognitive symptoms caused by virus

Evening Standard

New study reveals 11 key factors that could increase dementia risk

Researchers were able to create a new tool that can be used to predict risk of dementia

The Independent UK

Revealed: 11 signs that show if you’ll get dementia in next 14 years

Researchers have developed a tool which can ‘strongly predict’ whether a person will develop dementia

The Guardian - UK

Dementia risk study finds 11 key factors behind condition

Predictive tool ‘significantly outperforms’ others available and could help avert about 40% of cases

The Independent UK

Measures such as lockdowns and masks ‘unequivocally reduced Covid infections’

A new report draws together the findings of six expert-led evidence reviews.

The Independent UK

New model could offer personalised breast cancer screening approach, say experts

Researchers say their study could help to potentially reduce breast cancer deaths, and cut unnecessary screenings for those at lower risk.

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