On a Sunday evening in June 2022, a patient walked into a hospital in Rio de Janeiro. “I remember it very clearly,” says Mayara Secco, the doctor responsible for handling emergency cases that night. “The patient just returned from Europe and had a single lesion on his body. He didn’t have fever or
For Zoe Lefkofridi, a professor of politics and gender at the University of Salzburg in Austria, there cannot be real democracy without gender equality. But past progress cannot be taken for granted. Despite significant steps in Europe towards gender equality, opposition seems to be on the rise. “The EU has been a pioneer
EU-funded researchers are advancing new technology that allows them to monitor brain activity as the patient moves. Their work should pave the way for early detection of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders affecting millions worldwide. Until recently, it was impossible to observe what is happening in the brain during movement. Standard brain
Dr Niels Rochow is a researcher and neonatologist at Klinikum Nürnberg, in Nürnberg, Germany, one of the largest municipal hospitals in Europe. His work, looking after newborns born early or with medical problems, keeps him very close to the topic of his research. He recalls a tense battle over the weekend to save a
From risottos to sauces, mushrooms have long been a staple in the kitchen. Now fungi are showing the potential to serve up more than just flavour – as a sustainable, bendy material for the fashion industry. Researchers are using the web-like structure of the mushroom’s root system – the mycelium – as an
Researchers in the education sphere benefit from collaboration and idea-sharing. cgstock/Shutterstock Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise, University of South Africa and Maureen Robinson, Stellenbosch University South Africa has for many years been a strong player in several areas of world-class research. Some of the country’s researchers have made major contributions in areas like the biomedical
What do a Greek pharmacy, a Spanish multinational bank, a German foundation specialised in the digital economy and a UK university have in common? They all helped develop software tools with EU funding to counter cyber and physical threats to e-commerce in the European single market, the world’s most lucrative. Prime targets Called ENSURESEC,
On 28 October 2003, Barcelona became the backdrop for a tragic incident that would reverberate across the Spanish port city and beyond. Leaving his school that Tuesday afternoon, 15-year-old Ronny Tapias was shot dead by a Barcelona gang that mistakenly identified him as a member of a rival clan. Warring factions The murder
Even for 60ish youngsters, researchers reaffirm that exercise is essential. But just walking won’t cut it — break out the weights and go for strength training too. By Lola Butcher Like many in her age range, Sylvia McGregor, a 97-year-old in Sydney, Australia, deals with her share of maladies — in her case,
by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s ResourceJune 28, 2022 Recent mass shootings, including one in which 19 elementary school children were killed in Uvalde, Texas, have pushed some journalists to suggest news outlets should publish, or consider publishing, graphic images from those shootings to show the unvarnished reality of what fired bullets do to