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I am proud to be one of four specialist experts who helped write Psych. The Story of Psychology from DK Publishing.
This visually stunning text covers more than 2,500 years of groundbreaking ideas and discoveries that have shaped the field of psychology. From the early musings of Greek philosophers, to the game-changing theories of Freud, Jung, and Skinner, to modern advances in brain imaging, Psych. explores the milestones that have made psychology what it is today.
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It’s a noisy world, and scientists are listening! Bioacoustics — studying animals through the sounds they make — is becoming a powerful tool in wildlife conservation. From jungles to oceans, conservationists are eavesdropping on the calls of the wild to learn about and protect endangered species.
Read my article on research projects involving big cats, rare primates, and marine mammals at Science News Explores: Calls of the wild offer sound guidance for protecting animals.
Advances in early detection and personalized treatments have led to improvements in quality of life and survival rates for many cancers. However, cancer detection and monitoring traditionally rely on tissue biopsies, which are invasive, potentially risky, not appropriate for all cancers, and often unable to capture the full heterogeneity of genetic mutations within a tumor.
Liquid biopsies are less invasive and more informative than standard tissue biopsies, with the potential to detect tumors at their earliest stages, track cancer in real time, and underpin targeted and adaptive treatment strategies.
Read more at IEEE Pulse: Liquid and Synthetic Biopsies are Poised to Rewrite Cancer Care.
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