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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

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There is still much we do not know about the disease, and researchers are working hard to learn more about what causes it. ME/CFS can get worse after any activity, whether it is physical or mental. To do this, researchers need access to as much data about ME/ CFS as possible. At times, they cannot get out of bed.

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What causes problems with the lower urinary tract?

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In the US, a team of doctors and researchers, including Professor Cindy L. Symptoms can limit activities people enjoy doing outside the home, reduce their social interactions, disrupt sleep, and decrease their feeling of mental and physical wellness,” says Cindy. How does a country-wide research programme like LURN work?

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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

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This means that research teams tend to focus on discovering more about specific, often quite niche, topics. Networking and training opportunities will help strengthen collaboration, not only on scientific research itself but also exploring funding opportunities and developing useful shared tools and methods. WHY WE NEED THE ATLAS.

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How does the Southern Ocean help protect our planet?

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Despite its global importance, the Southern Ocean is the least studied ocean in the world, largely due to the logistical and practical challenges of working in such an isolated, hostile environment. What is the team hoping to discover? What are geochemical proxies?

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Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands

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Led by Professor Mariana Rufino at Lancaster University , UK, an international team of researchers, including Dr Joseph Hitimana at the University of Kabianga in Kenya, is working with Kenyan farmers to find solutions to this problem. ECOSYSTEM – a biological community of organisms and the physical environment with which they interact.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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By combining engineering and human rights disciplines, he is researching the links between access to transport and the inequalities facing Peruvians today. Davis hopes his research findings in Cusco can influence transport policies in Peru and beyond. PERIPHERALISATION – being forced to live on the periphery, or outskirts, of a city.

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How does pre-birth milk expression help with breastfeeding?

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At the University of Pittsburgh in the US, Dr Jill Demirci is researching why antenatal milk expression is becoming increasingly popular and whether this technique might improve breastfeeding post-birth. AME seems to be a catalyst to get people thinking through the mechanics and logistics of breastfeeding,” says Jill.