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Diversity has become a buzz-word in so many fields that we may be forgetting why it has gotten so important. Science and academia are no exception for… Read more »
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Highlights of the BMC Series: May 2019
Big toenail and hair samples can measure fluoride exposure •Existential suffering and assisted suicide in Switzerland •Near fatal Intoxication by… Read more »
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Better care through technology? Carers’ experience of assistive technology use in dementia
Advances in technology have the potential to assist persons with dementia living at home and their carers through assistive… Read more »
State-of-the-art technology seen at CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series Japan 2019, and more to come in 2020
The CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series Japan 2019 was held in May, welcoming eight teams from Russia, Switzerland, Hong Kong and Japan,… Read more »
Can an algorithm be trained to recognize different childhood coughs?
Respiratory illnesses affect hundreds of millions of children worldwide. In this blog, Dr Paul Porter, author of a new study in… Read more »
Dating app users more likely exhibit unhealthy weight control behaviors
Swipe left or swipe right? With a few images and a short bio to appeal to prospective partners, dating apps have undoubtedly put a… Read more »
Enriching the neuroscience data commons: An interview with the Editors-in-Chief of NeuroCommons
We talk to Satrajit Ghosh and Maryann Martone to learn more about the launch of their new neuroscience journal.
What can we learn from billions of food purchases derived from fidelity cards?
By combining 1.6B food item purchases with 1.1B medical prescriptions for the entire city of London for one year, researchers… Read more »
A new era in mosquito-borne disease surveillance
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) discusses the newest innovation in arbovirus surveillance, using mosquito excreta to test for… Read more »
Research on Augmented Reality in nursing still in its infancy
The use of Augmented Reality, such as that used in the widely popular video game Pokemon Go, has recently expanded within… Read more »