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12 Jan 2022: Teaching younger children through 'guided' play can support key aspects of their learning and development at least as well, and sometimes better, than

30 Nov 2022: In the first study, researchers compared the numeracy test scores of 2,700 Grade 4 pupils in June 2019 with their scores shortly after they returned to school, in January 2021.

28 Nov 2022: days). Following these results, the trial will continue to test another drug called Atorvastatin, a widely used lipid lowering drug (‘a statin’) that acts on other mechanisms of disease that are

11 Apr 2022: After completing the six preparatory exercises, the trainees then took two similar follow-up tests – this time without any feedback. ... The tests were scored by the researchers, who assessed both their ‘diagnostic accuracy’ (whether the trainees

14 Mar 2022: Implantable electronic medical devices are already widely used for a number of applications, but they also offer the prospect of transforming the treatment of

3 May 2022: In the UK, a study found that around one in seven individuals surveyed reported having symptoms that included cognitive difficulties 12 weeks after a positive COVID-19 test. ... The individuals underwent detailed computerised cognitive tests an average

8 Feb 2022: There are currently no suitable mouse models of mitochondrial DNA diseases, so the researchers used healthy mice to test the mitochondrial base editors.

8 Jun 2022: Participants also took thinking and memory tests to assess their cognitive function.

26 Oct 2022: In the study, led by researchers at the Autism Research Centre, 524 non-autistic people and 417 autistic people completed an online survey about their

13 Jun 2022: evidence paints a bleak picture for the future as extreme events drive economic instability, food insecurity, and mental stress, and disrupt infrastructure and exacerbate gender inequality. ... cisgender. women and girls. The researchers found evidence

3 May 2022: A study of thousands of stories from media outlets churning out propaganda in Ukrainian Donbas following Russia’s first invasion suggests that Kremlin

12 May 2022: The sting is the final battle between good and evil that tests the character of a hunter and must be played out before a live audience – any subsequent convictions in court

4 Aug 2022: Testing for prostate cancer involves a blood test that looks for a protein known as a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) that is made only by the prostate gland; however, it is ... If men were aware that just because they have no symptoms doesn’t

6 May 2022: A characteristic of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – collectively known as neurodegenerative diseases – is the build-up of misfolded proteins.

23 Aug 2022: Tests with 88 commercial batteries showed that the algorithm did not require any information about previous usage of the battery to make an accurate prediction.

1 Sep 2022: Cannabis users also show no difference in motivation for rewards, pleasure taken from rewards, or the brain’s response when seeking rewards, compared to

10 Oct 2022: Recent years have seen the emergence of AI tools marketed as an answer to lack of diversity in the workforce, from use of chatbots and CV scrapers to line up

28 Apr 2022: Participants were asked about their sleeping patterns, mental health and wellbeing, and took part in a series of cognitive tests.

23 Feb 2022: England) examined the effectiveness of this policy by analysing contact-tracing data from NHS Test and Trace and genome sequences made available through COG-UK.

21 Apr 2022: This study shows how powerful whole genome sequencing tests can be in giving clues into how the cancer may have developed, how it will behave and what treatment options would work

2 Feb 2022: XetaBase is built on the open-source OpenCB platform, the first proven big data system optimised for genomic data. The result of a five-year collaboration

15 Feb 2022: A team of researchers, led by Dr Sarah Cassidy from the University of Nottingham and Professor Simon Baron-Cohen from the Autism Research Centre at the

20 Oct 2022: The Swedish Medical Products Agency has granted approval for the trial to proceed; ethical approval has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review

21 Jun 2022: In a new compendium of academic analysis, researchers argue that despite decades of investment in ‘positive education’ – such as programmes to teach children

16 Aug 2022: The engineers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a machine learning algorithm that can detect and correct a wide variety of different errors in real

20 Jun 2022: Motor neurone degenerative diseases (MNDs) are a large family of neurological disorders. Currently, there are no treatments available to prevent onset or

16 Mar 2022: The Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study, funded by the NIHR, is published in The Lancet Neurology and provides data to assist in decision making and improving

4 Nov 2022: In a study published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, researchers looked at the risk of mortality and loss of life-years among people who developed 28 different

11 Aug 2022: Physical activity is beneficial for our physical and mental health, but activity levels tend to decrease across childhood and adolescence. Current UK physical

23 Mar 2022: In addition, the trial will test varieties of barley that have been gene edited to suppress their interaction with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

3 Aug 2022: With the advent of rapid whole genome sequencing, children presenting with an intellectual disability or developmental delay are recommended to have their DNA

20 Dec 2022: The Landscape Recovery strand of the ELM is set to receive under 1% of the overall budget next year – a dramatic underspend considering the economic, environmental and food security benefits of

8 Mar 2022: There are many different types of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which are characterised by the build-up of different

14 Nov 2022: The team found that the end of 2020 was the time when young people faced the most difficulties and that the mental health of those young people without access

11 May 2022: accurate lab tests.

10 Jun 2022: Without a genetic test, it may not be immediately obvious. Men with extra X chromosomes are sometimes identified during investigations of delayed puberty and infertility; however, most are unaware that they