Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction – study
Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists.
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Aug. 15, 2023 • ~7 min
Aug. 15, 2023 • ~7 min
Death tolls from climate disasters will ‘balloon’ without investment in Africa’s weather stations
Investment in ‘hydromet systems’ using technologies from AI to SMS would provide a nine-to-one ROI in saved lives and assets across African nations.
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Aug. 14, 2023 • ~6 min
Aug. 14, 2023 • ~6 min
Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs
Scientists have discovered how poxviruses evade natural defences in living cells, and realised that drugs to stop them doing this are already available.
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Aug. 9, 2023 • ~5 min
Aug. 9, 2023 • ~5 min
Brain’s ‘appetite control centre’ different in people who are overweight or living with obesity
Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are
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Aug. 8, 2023 • ~5 min
Aug. 8, 2023 • ~5 min
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