The invisible ‘dust’ that settles after a cigarette has been extinguished is known as third-hand smoke - and can be especially harmful to babies and children. Here’s what you need to know.

Elaine Thelen 15 Jul 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

5 ways to bridge the global health worker shortage

The world's health workers are both in increasing demand and unevenly distributed across different regions. Here's how we can ensure healthcare for future generations.

Shobana Kamineni 15 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Voice technology could soon be your new best friend. Here's why

As AI-backed voice technology evolved, it will come to understand its users in deeply intimate ways.

David Mattin 10 Jul 2019

Global Health

Could implants treat people with brain disease? A young scientist explains

First we need to study the communication between different brain areas and the role of our neurons, says scientist Gaelle Piret Offranc.

Gaëlle Offranc Piret 03 Jul 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

5 ways for scientists and clinicians to double up on healthcare

Treating the rise in non-communicable diseases could be made easier if 'bench and bedside' finally starting collaborating

Jerica Reyes 01 Jul 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Inflammation is the fuel that feeds the cancer flame. So how do we fight back?

Inflammation is the body’s first line of defence against insult. Without inflammation, most of us would not make it past the first year of life. This rapid reaction force fights infection...

Frances Balkwill 01 Jul 2019

Global Risks

Resiliency is the key to strong investments in a chaotic world

With climate change and environmental degradation looming, technologies that can build greater resiliency into planetary and man-made systems are the new prize.

Zachary Bogue 29 Jun 2019

Youth Perspectives

A robot could be your carer in old age - but are you ready?

The best learning agent is that of the human mind, and modelling how humans learn could help develop robots that we can interact with naturally, say computer scientists.

Patricia Shaw · The Conversation 27 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Bacteria live on our eyeballs. Understanding their role could help treat common eye diseases

Scientists have began to delve into the realms of eye biology, exploring innovative therapies for a range of disorders.

Tony St. Leger · The Conversation 26 Jun 2019

China

China is picking up the fight against rare diseases

Beijing has made rare diseases a public health priority as it overhauls its healthcare system

Pius Hornstein 25 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

How to create a world where healthcare is a right, not a luxury

In a world where half the population lacks essential healthcare, key questions immediately arise: how do we achieve Universal Health Coverage and how do we pay for it?

Jamie Bay Nishi and Catherine Ohura 25 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

30 years of tissue engineering, what has been achieved?

Daniel Heath spoke to Professor Andrea O’Connor about the development of tissue engineering

Daniel Heath 25 Jun 2019

Education, Gender and Work

This discovery could lead to better prenatal vaccines

A newly identified cellular process could lead to safer and more effective vaccines that protect pregnant women and newborns from dangerous infections, researchers say.

Sarah Avery · Futurity 20 Jun 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

New AI could spot early signs of brain disease after a single scan

MIT researchers have developed a system that gleans far more labeled training data from unlabeled data, which could help machine-learning models better detect structural patterns in brain...

Rob Matheson · MIT News 20 Jun 2019

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