Latest News Releases 16 April

At the Seismological Society of America’s Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire had Plymouth, Massachusetts colonists stumbling from the strong shaking and water sloshing out of the pots used by Native Americans to cook a midday meal along the St. Lawrence River, according to contemporaneous reports.

Historical beliefs of mammals’ daily activity periods may not hold true — especially in regions seeing increased human development, according to a global study.

Smokers and people who recently quit are more likely to face complications after having an operation than non-smokers, a new study The Lancet Regional Health - Europe reveals.

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that women are much more aware of knowledgeable about the obesity drugs GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists (that include semaglutide and tirzepatide). The study is by Nadja Auerbach, Voy*, London, UK and Dr Austen El-Osta, Director of the Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK, and colleagues.