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Nanotechnology
Targeted nanoparticles demonstrate the potential for more effective antifungal therapy
Candida albicans is associated with Candida auris. Credit: CDC A team of researchers at Brown University has developed a new nanotechnology-based approach that can improve the treatment of fungal infections, especially those caused by increasingly drug-resistant Candida species. In a new study, the team demonstrated ways to target lipid-based nanoparticle drug delivery systems (fungal cells). This study found that a…
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Environment
Experts argue that dissociation is a coping mechanism that hinders effective climate behavior
Credit: Sveta K of Pexel Collective dissociation prevents people from taking effective action to tackle overwhelming climate emergency, finding a study published in Cambridge Prism: Global Mental Health. The overwhelming scale and complexity of climate emergency often brings a sense of futileness to the individual’s ability to feel helpless and to bring about meaningful change. Group dissociation is a form…
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Science
Emotional Marketing for Sustainable Consumption: Research Test Social Media Post Effective Chocolate Evaluation
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Does evoking certain emotions increase your desire to pay for sustainedly produced food? Social media often uses emotional messages to influence users’ consumer behavior. An international team of researchers, including the University of Goettingen, investigated the short- and medium-term effects of such content on the willingness to pay for bars of chocolate. They found that in…
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Biology
Targeting bacterial defense mechanisms for effective antibiotic treatment
Possible causes of mortality upon loss of membrane potential. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51347-0 In addition to the urgent need for new antibiotics, alternative strategies are also needed to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance. Associate Professor Michaela Wenzel of Chalmers University of Technology studies bacterial defenses against external stress and targets these for efficient antibiotic treatments. Michaela Wenzel…
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Other Sciences
Study finds teacher strikes are effective in improving wages and working conditions
Credit: LaTerrian McIntosh, unsplash.com A detailed study of more than 770 teacher strikes in the United States between 2007 and 2023 finds that strikes benefited teachers and classrooms, with no measurable impact on students. did. Melissa Arnold Ryan, assistant professor of public policy at the Rockefeller School of Public Policy, is the lead author of the study “Causes and Consequences…
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