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Wealth gap fuels health inequality for over 50s: new study reveals lifestyle divide and depression link

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

There is a "silent emergency” brewing under our noses as research from the University of Surrey finds that there is a clear wealth gap among adults over 50 who meet physical activity and dietary guidelines. The research also found that poorer adults are nearly three times more likely to be depressed than their wealthier counterparts.

Journal: Journal of Public Health

New technology could quash QR code phishing attacks

University of Rochester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Rochester have engineered a new form of QR codes that can protect smartphone users from QR code-based phishing attacks by signaling if users are being directed to a safe link or a potential scam. The technology is outlined in a new study published in the journal IEEE Security & Privacy.

Journal: IEEE Security & Privacy
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

NFL Alumni Association shares 8 plays needed to improve heart health

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

The American Heart Association and the NFL Alumni Association are sharing the 8 steps to boost heart health in a collaboration focused on improving men’s health

Last chance to get a hotel discount for the world’s largest physics meeting

American Physical Society
Meeting Announcement

Book your hotel for the American Physical Society’s joint March Meeting and April Meeting, now called the Global Physics Summit, being held in person in Anaheim and online everywhere March 17-21.

New study unravels the history of the largest pastoral population in Africa

Uppsala University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North and West Africa, shaped by historical migrations that have left a lasting impact on their genetic landscape.

Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
Funder: European Research Council, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, The Agency of the Czech Republic, The Czech Academy of Sciences award Praemium Academiae, Swedish Bertil Lundman Foundation, The Swedish Marcus Borgström Foundation, The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund

BSC presents the first quantum computer in Spain developed with 100% European technology

Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Business Announcement

Barcelona Supercomputing Center has presented the first quantum computer developed with 100% European technology. This milestone consolidates BSC at the forefront of supercomputing in Europe and lays the foundations for a new era of hybrid computing, combining traditional and quantum computing.

When art imitates life's mathematics: Fractals and how we perceive trees

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research has revealed a quantity related to the complexity and proportions of a tree's branches that artists have preserved and played with to affect if and how viewers perceive a tree.

Journal: PNAS Nexus

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