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Digital replicas of infrastructure such as oil platforms could help prevent accidents by spotting potential ruptures before they happen. Image credit - Akselos

Industry

15 November 2019

How digital ‘twins’ are guiding the future of maintenance and manufacturing

Virtual simulations can also help build aeroplane wings more efficiently.

Studies into consciousness could help explain why patients in vegetative states have varying levels of awareness. Image credit - Dr. Leon Kaufman. University Of California, San Francisco, licensed under CC0

Health

13 November 2019

Pinning down consciousness could improve mental health, brain disorder treatments

Understanding consciousness in healthy people could help when things go wrong.

The habitability of a super-Earth could be related to its having a magnetic field. Image credit - ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Artist’s impression of super-Earth K2-18 b

Space

12 November 2019

Is there life on super-Earths? The answer could lie in their cores

If an exoplanet can generate a magnetic field, it could harbour life.

Industry | 15 November 2019

How digital ‘twins’ are guiding the future of maintenance and manufacturing

Virtual simulations can also help build aeroplane wings more efficiently.

Health | 13 November 2019

Pinning down consciousness could improve mental health, brain disorder treatments

Understanding consciousness in healthy people could help when things go wrong.

Space | 12 November 2019

Is there life on super-Earths? The answer could lie in their cores

If an exoplanet can generate a magnetic field, it could harbour life.

One of the main goals of exoplanet research is to work out the frequency of potentially habitable planets, according to Dr Gillon. Image credit - ©ULiège / JLWertz

Dr Michaël Gillon, University of Liège, Belgium

Interview | 04 November 2019

'Now we know for sure that most stars of our galaxy and in the universe harbour their own planetary system.'

Dr Michaël Gillon on what's next for exoplanet science.

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Exoplanets

In November, Horizon takes stock of efforts to find planets – and life - beyond our solar system.

The volatility of seasons is affecting the breeding patterns of Brent geese, a migratory bird species. Image credit - Flickr/milo bostock, licensed under CC BY 2.0

Environment | 07 November 2019

Changing climate is narrowing options for migrating birds

Tags and tiny backpacks are revealing details of birds’ migratory behaviour.

This micro-swimmer encased in a soft hydrogel-like material has fins that are mobile and can expand and contract when stimulated. Such structures could in the future be used to deliver treatments inside the human body. Image credit - Dr Florea

Health | 05 November 2019

Nanovehicles that mimic nature could deliver treatments of the future

Biological camouflage and self-propulsion could have health, industry applications.

The peat fire in the field experiment in Dumai, South Sumatra, continued to burn after three days of torrential rain. Video/image credit - Yulianto Sulistyo Nugroho

Interview | 31 October 2019

In a picture: ‘Not enough people are aware of this monster’

Smouldering fires may not look as fierce as wildfires, but they are a huge environmental and health hazard.

More than half of people with advanced Parkinson's disease experience freezing of gait, which can lead to falls. Image credit - Fernandoz Himinaicela/ pixabay

Health | 29 October 2019

Parkinson’s disease: Stimulation of brain, feet may help people overcome freezing episodes

Freezing of gait can often lead to falls.

In poorer countries, using raw wastewater to irrigate urban farms could be an underlying cause of antibiotic resistance. Image credit - SuSanA Secretariat, licensed under CC BY 2.0

Environment | 28 October 2019

Sewage, rivers and soils provide missing link in antibiotic resistance story

Wastewater analyses indicate environmental contribution to spread of resistance.

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Computer models – what are they?

In this week’s podcast, the Naked Scientists discuss how we use models to better understand the world and make predictions about the future.

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Fish migration map to promote conservation

New protected areas could be established to protect fish species.

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Climate change has profound health implications - report

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Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine | European Commission

How digital ‘twins’ are guiding the future of maintenance and manufacturing

Pinning down consciousness could improve mental health, brain disorder treatments

Is there life on super-Earths? The answer could lie in their cores

How digital ‘twins’ are guiding the future of maintenance and manufacturing

Pinning down consciousness could improve mental health, brain disorder treatments

Is there life on super-Earths? The answer could lie in their cores

'Now we know for sure that most stars of our galaxy and in the universe harbour their own planetary system.'

Exoplanets

Environment | 07 November 2019

Changing climate is narrowing options for migrating birds

Health | 05 November 2019

Nanovehicles that mimic nature could deliver treatments of the future

In a picture: ‘Not enough people are aware of this monster’

Parkinson’s disease: Stimulation of brain, feet may help people overcome freezing episodes

Sewage, rivers and soils provide missing link in antibiotic resistance story

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Computer models – what are they?

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Fish migration map to promote conservation

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