Have you ever scrolled past a viral claim online and thought, ‘That sounds true’? Maybe it was a headline about a miracle cure or a diet hack. Or noticed how quickly new ideas spread online – sometimes before anyone has checked if they’re real? From scientific labs to TikTok feeds, we’re constantly asked to decide: What is true? And more often than not, the answer lies in one underappreciated scientific principle – reproducibility.
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Most of us move through life with a quiet certainty that being alive is self-evident. We grow, think, love, worry, plan. We distinguish instinctively between what lives and what does not. A person is alive; a stone is not. A dog is alive; a machine is not. The line feels obvious, until someone asks us to explain it.
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At the European Society of Oncologic Imaging (ESOI) Touchdown 2025 in Malta, radiologists and imaging specialists from around the world gathered to explore not just the science of oncologic imaging, but its soul. In a field defined by technology and precision, last year’s focus turned inward – to the art of communication, empathy, and the enduring humanity that binds medicine together.
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While olive oil production generates vast amounts of nutrient-rich waste, approximately 98% of the antioxidant-rich phenolics in olives are lost during oil extraction. To combat rapid degradation, the OliveGREEN team is exploring a novel strategy using sulphur dioxide and enzymes to stabilise olive pomace. THINK speaks with Dr Frederick Lia to learn why saving this discarded byproduct makes a difference.
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As Malta’s cannabis sector continues to develop, understanding plant health risks is becoming increasingly important. This study provides the first structured insight into the presence of Hop Latent Viroid (HLVd) in local cultivations, offering practical guidance for growers and contributing to long-term industry sustainability.
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Established and growing in Malta, MedTech World is positioning the island as a strategic hub for medical innovation. By blending a forward-looking vision with Malta’s long history of connectivity, care, and resilience, the company is shaping how the next decade of healthcare innovation will unfold.
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What if an invisible energy could both reveal disease and help cure it? From diagnostic scans to targeted cancer therapy, radiation drives some of medicine’s most powerful tools. Understanding how this force can both benefit and harm patients is key to using it safely, responsibly, and to its greatest clinical advantage.
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As part of the BEE-OPTECH4Honey project, master’s student Matthew Calleja is seeking to demonstrate that Maltese thyme honey is worthy of a protected status. In discussion with THINK’s Jonathan Firbank, Calleja shares how best to prove it and the benefits PGI status can bring.
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The annual HUMS Yuletide gathering has become a familiar fixture in the University of Malta’s calendar, but it remains distinctive in bringing together scholars who otherwise rarely share academic spaces, inviting them to think and reflect together. Last year’s event hosted a range of speakers who exemplified the interdisciplinary and playful ethos of the annual event, now linked to the catchphrase ‘erudite but light’.
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Science has quite a few skeletons tucked away in its closet; small, rhesus monkey-shaped ones. The results of these morbid experiments have moulded how we understand loneliness and love. What happened exactly?
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