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Health

Mindfulness and compassion sessions linked to reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression

Pranjal Malewar

An approach that can be easily adopted in a range of contexts.

A graphic of a virus with blue and red dots
Health

SARS-CoV-2 variants: How a set of key covariates affect viral kinetics?

Pranjal Malewar

A prospective observational cohort study.

newborn baby with mother
Health

Non-invasive wearable devices might be able to predict preterm birth

Pranjal Malewar

By monitoring changes in maternal heart rate variability.

human red blood cells isolated on white background
Health

6 in 10 children under five have micronutrient deficiencies

Pranjal Malewar

Maternal factors played a crucial role in the nutritional status of the children.

A raft of sea otters (Enhydra nereis) congregates off the back deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in kelp
Environment

Sea otters may be key drivers of changes in California’s kelp forests

Pranjal Malewar

A blueprint for nature-based solutions that enhance coastal resilience to climate change.

human heart design
Health

High cholesterol and blood pressure raise lifelong heart disease risk

Pranjal Malewar

Even if you subsequently lower your levels.

The impact of tecovirimat
Health

Predicting viral clearance: Early Tecovirimat administration in patients with MPOX infection

Pranjal Malewar

It used an integrative modeling approach.

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Health

The association between assisted reproductive technologies and obesity

Pranjal Malewar

The associations between different fertility treatments and BMI in children.

Meat-free burgers
Science

Meat-free burgers could be made tastier, juicier and more digestible

Pranjal Malewar

Protein-glutaminase treatment.

Exercise status of women three month
Health

Moderate-intensity exercises may reduce postpartum depression

Pranjal Malewar

Effectiveness of aerobic exercise in the prevention and treatment of postpartum depression.

Suncus murinus
Technology

Obesity-resistant shrews can aid weight loss in mice

Pranjal Malewar

Transplanting gut microbes from an obesity-resistant shrew can improve microbiome diversity.

delivery of positive and negative ions into a room
Health

NPBI-based air purifiers could reduce airborne virus infectivity by up to 99.98%

Pranjal Malewar

The experiment used real-world concentrations of COVID-19 strains, flu and RSV viruses.

Digital detox
Psychology

A digital detox may not improve wellbeing, study

Pranjal Malewar

Social media users who reduced usage for a week saw decreases in both positive and negative emotions.

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Education & Business

Uncredited work and lack of recognition: A conundrum for Postdocs

Pranjal Malewar

Postdoctoral scientists are mentors, and it is time to recognize their work.

Colonoscopy
Health

How FDRs with Familial Risk for CRC can benefit from colonoscopy screening?

Pranjal Malewar

Study investigated whether the uptake of FIT screening is superior to the uptake of colonoscopy screening.

Image showing red ribbon indicating HIV
Health

HIV research output in African Countries increased from 5.1% to 31.3%

Pranjal Malewar

Describing HIV research output in Africa by country.

Dafeng coastal salt marshes
Environment

Plastic-eating fungi thriving in plastisphere offer exciting possibilities for tackling global waste

Amit Malewar

Unique ecological niche identified for the first time dubbed ‘terrestrial plastisphere’.

Image showing kid picking food in supermarket
Health

Child-appealing packaged food and beverage is high in sugar and low in nutrients

Pranjal Malewar

Child-appealing packaged food and beverage products in Canada–Prevalence, power, and nutritional quality.

Image showing zika virus mosquito
Health

Climate change could drive more Zika and dengue epidemics and longer transmission seasons

Pranjal Malewar

Examining how newly emerging diseases will be impacted by specific future climate change scenarios.

bee hotels
Science

Bee abundance and diversity are higher in actively managed green spaces

Amit Malewar

Study explores how wild bee communities are affected by greenspace and landscape-level features.

Goldfish with recording implant
Science

Study identifies a new building block in the navigation system of fish

Amit Malewar

Defining the basic inventory of spatial and kinematical cells in the goldfish telencephalon.

Image showing influenza
Health

Indigenous people are 3 to 6 times more likely to be hospitalized for influenza

Pranjal Malewar

Comparing rates of influenza-associated hospitalization and mortality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

Recent Stories

MIT turns mud into gold: Good old mud can lower building costs

Invention

New ‘periodic table’ could unlock new insights into psychiatric disorders

Neuroscience

New strategy to maintain communications in an unpredictable quantum network

Quantum Computing

Managing physical and cognitive impairments in post-COVID-19 syndrome

Science

A rare Pterosaur fossil has a Crocodile bite mark on its neck bone

Science