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WEBJul 31, 2024 · expert reaction to study looking at cognitive and psychiatric symptom trajectories 2–3 years after hospital admission for COVID-19. A study published in the Lancet Psychiatry looks at cognitive and psychiatric symptoms after COVID-19 related hospitalisation. Prof Dame Til Wykes, … read more. July 31, 2024.
about us - Science Media Centre
WEBabout us . The Science Media Centre has its roots in the influential House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee third report on Science and Society, which wanted to renew public trust in science.Established in 2002, it was originally based in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, until becoming a separate charity in its own right in April 2011.
staff - Science Media Centre
WEBChief Executive. Fiona Fox, the chief executive of the Science Media Centre, has a degree in journalism and many years of experience working in media relations for high profile national organisations. Her career includes stints working for, amongst others, the Equal Opportunities Committee, the National Council for One Parent Families, and ...
expert reaction to paper warning of a collapse of the Atlantic ...
WEBJuly 25, 2023 expert reaction to paper warning of a collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation . A paper published in Nature Communications warns of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).. Prof Andrew Watson FRS, Royal Society Research Professor at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, said:
expert reaction to the AR6 synthesis report, as published by the …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have published it’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). This Roundup accompanied an SMC Briefing. Prof Rachel Warren, from UEA’s School of Environmental Sciences and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at UEA, said: “The report demonstrates the increased urgency of …
expert reaction to study looking at an artificial sweetener …
WEBFebruary 27, 2023 expert reaction to study looking at an artificial sweetener (erythritol) and cardiovascular disease events . A study published in Nature Medicine looks at the artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk.. Prof Nita Forouhi, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, said:
expert reaction to reported spill of sodium cyanide in Walsall canal
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Scientists comment on a spill of sodium cyanide in a Walsall canal. Dr Andrew Shaw, Assistant Professor of Toxicology at Heriot-Watt University, said: “Sodium cyanide is an extremely toxic substance, as it rapidly inhibits fundamental life functions. “However, the risk is poses in this case is dependent on how much was released and the ...
expert reaction to Baltimore bridge collapse - Science Media Centre
WEBMar 26, 2024 · Scientists react to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing in Baltimore. Dr Stergios Mitoulis, Head of the Structures Research Group at the University of Birmingham, said: “The Francis Scott Key Bridge, known originally as the Outer Harbor Crossing until it was renamed in 1977, or simply the Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge, was a steel arch ...
WEB6161c Peer Soundbite Guide. 1. The process: ‘Most journals select two or three independent experts who understand the fi eld that the piece of work covers. They assess the scientifi c method, factual accuracy, results and conclusions put forward by the authors, and pass their comments anonymously. The comments then go back to the author of ...
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