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Six considerations for next-gen college student mental health
Colleges and universities can prioritize six areas to support student mental health and retention. PeopleImages/iStock/Getty Images Plus Addressing student mental health is a top priority for higher education leaders, in part because rates of generalized anxiety and depression have continued to grow among young people. A recent study from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education found…
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Blind Spot Detection Market is expected to reach US$ 9,058.10 million by 2033 | Future Market Insights, Inc. Estimation
NEWARK, Del, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The blind spot detection market is estimated to be worth US$ 2,464.90 million in 2023 and is projected to be valued at US$ 9,058.10 million by 2033. Between 2023 and 2033, the industry is expected to register a growth rate of 13.90%. The rise in the inclination…
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Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by embattled physicist
Physicist Ranga Dias is under investigation by his institution, the University of Rochester in New York.Credit: Lauren Petracca/New York Times/Redux/eyevine Nature has retracted a controversial paper1 claiming the discovery of a superconductor — a material that carries electrical currents with zero resistance — capable of operating at room temperature and relatively low pressure. Why a…
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How AI could lead to a better understanding of the brain
Can a computer be programmed to simulate a brain? It’s a question mathematicians, theoreticians and experimentalists have long been asking — whether spurred by a desire to create artificial intelligence (AI) or by the idea that a complex system such as the brain can be understood only when mathematics or a computer can reproduce its…
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Dentinomimetics and cementomimetics of Moringa oleifera leaves extract
Abstract To evaluate the biomimetic remineralization capabilities of Moringa oleifera leaves (MOL) extract on coronal dentin and acellular cementum, two different concentrations (50 and 200 mg/ml) of MOL extract loaded in plain varnish (M1 and M2 groups respectively) were compared to fluoride varnish (FL group) and native surface (C group). Eighty sound premolar teeth were collected.…
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Nobel win: spotlight on the attrition of women in science
Katalin Karikó’s joint win of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine helps to redress the history of gender bias in Nobel awards (see Nature 622, 228–229; 2023). Yet her achievement is not so much a win for female researchers as a warning of how much is being lost through the continued attrition of…
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Israel: when reality meets academia
On 7 October, thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel, killing at least 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 240 civilians. These include fellow faculty members, postdocs and students who are dead, wounded or still missing. Along with many other academics, we have been vocal advocates of greater liberalism in Israel (see E. Albin et…
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Lower serum testosterone is associated with increased likelihood of arthritis
Abstract Studies have suggested that serum testosterone levels may be strongly correlated with the pathogenesis of arthritis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between serum testosterone levels and arthritis in US adults using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). We used the database from NHANES, 2013–2016 to perform…
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Community speaks up for science in the UK culture wars
Last month I coordinated an open letter to the UK prime minister and the UK secretary of state for science, innovation and technology (go.nature.com/47exuxk), which directly challenges their vow to banish “the slow creep of wokeism” and “political correctness” from science (go.nature.com/3twjxdx). Competing Interests The author declares no competing interests.
