Cognitive decline comes sooner for people with heart failure
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There are over six million Americans with heart failure who are at greater risk of losing their cognitive abilities earlier in life, a study suggests. Global cognition and executive functioning declined more rapidly over the years after heart failure diagnosis, as people with the condition mentally aged the equivalent of 10 years within just seven years of a heart failure diagnosis.
IMDEA Networks has contributed to the ECOMOME project, a research initiative focused on optimizing energy consumption in mobile networks. The project, which concluded recently, was funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the European Union’s NextGenerationEU/PRTR program and awarded under CHIST-ERA 2021 call. It addressed energy efficiency challenges across all components of mobile networks, from user devices to radio access and core networks.
An international study led by the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Meteorological Institute has demonstrated that the formation and properties of lower-atmosphere clouds are highly sensitive to changes in atmospheric aerosol concentrations. This finding is significant as it impacts the assessment of how much human-induced fine particles have slowed down climate warming caused by greenhouse gases. The study was published in the prestigious Nature Geoscience journal.
Professors Zhaoyang Zeng and Can Guo from the Xiangya School of Basic Medical Sciences, Central South University, in collaboration with Researcher Wenjia Guo from Xinjiang Medical University, have discovered a novel circular RNA, circTP63-N, encoded by the TP63 gene, which suppresses the malignant progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. This significant finding has been recently published in Science China Life Sciences.
Fluency in a foreign language is often thought to be about speaking quickly and using advanced vocabulary. However, researchers from Waseda University reveal that speakers who use common, everyday expressions sound more fluent than those who rely on rare, complex words. The study highlights the importance of mastering familiar phrases to improve fluency perception, suggesting that learners should naturally incorporate common formulaic expressions in spontaneous speech.
New research by Henan University has achieved significant progress in eco-friendly display technology, constructing bright and efficient green ZnSeTe-based quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QD-LEDs). This achievement was enabled by developing an effective quantum dot defect passivation strategy, which involves inserting an ultrathin ZnSeS interlayer. This research is poised to propel the advancement of the next-generation low-toxic and environmentally friendly display technology.
A population-based cohort study of more than three million adults assessed the association between changes in residential neighbourhood walkability and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence. Four different walkability trajectories were observed: stable high, stable low, increasing over time and decreasing over time. Over 90% of residents lived in areas of stable low walkability and these individuals had a 5% higher risk of any CVD than those living in areas with stable high walkability. Those living in areas with increasing walkability also had a 5% higher CVD risk, which may be due to lower cumulative walkability during the exposure period. These findings highlight the need to consider walkability in long-term urban planning for cardiovascular health.
A groundbreaking new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Israeli researchers promises to revolutionize wildfire prediction, with a particular focus on lightning-induced blazes that are growing increasingly common due to climate change. The new AI model can predict where and when lightning strikes are most likely to cause wildfires, achieving over 90% accuracy—a first in wildfire forecasting.
Eventgoers’ live experiences are shaped by media technologies like social media, whether used in the moment or not, and memory and anticipation are increasingly part of live experiences themselves, research published in Cambridge University Press journal Memory, Mind & Media has found.