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Experience Ancient Egypt: The First All-Sensory VR Technology

What was it really like to live in Ancient Egypt? What did the streets there actually look, sound and smell like? For decades, Virtual Reality has held out the…

Information Technology

New 'smart' homes for dementia sufferers

Once installed, the systems are designed to closely monitor people's movements and actions around the home. As well as providing voice-prompts (e.g. reminders…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Study Reveals Hidden Gems in Australian Geckos

PhD student Paul Oliver, from the University's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has done a detailed genetic study of the Australian gecko genus…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Hearing Loss: Myosin 7 Protein Study

The Leeds team has discovered that the myosin 7 motor protein – found in the tiny hairs of the inner ear that pick up sound – moves and works in a different…

Health & Medicine

Hair Analysis for HIV/AIDS Treatment Success Insights

The findings, published in the February 20 issue of AIDS, note that the levels of antiretrovirals found in the hair of patients on treatment correlated…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Power Dynamics: Control and Its Illusions

Power holders often seem misguided in their actions. Leaders and commanders of warring nations regularly underestimate the costs in time, money, and human…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Oak Seedlings at Risk: Pine Voles Prefer Oak Roots

Purdue University researcher Robert Swihart found that pine voles, small rodents that live underground, prefer oak roots to those of other commonly growing…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Linked to Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Severity

The study appeared online last week in advance of print publication in Nature. It is the first published study to search the entire genome looking for genes…

Studies and Analyses

Impact of Nitrite Spikes on Heart Health: New Research Insights

In this study, just published in Circulation Research, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that short…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Immature Cells: Insights from Penn and UConn

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have pinpointed the source of immature cells that spur…

Environmental Conservation

Climate change affecting Europe's birds now, say researchers

Published in the journal PLoS ONE, Durham University scientists working with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds have shown a strong link between…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

AgriLife Research: Drip Irrigation Boosts Cotton Yields

Subsurface drip irrigation was able to produce up to four bales of cotton per acre with less water than conventional irrigation methods at the Texas AgriLife…

Health & Medicine

BCG Breakthrough: Strengthening Tuberculosis Vaccine Efficacy

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) provides only partial protection against tuberculosis (TB) in children and is ineffective in adults. As a result, tuberculosis…

Environmental Conservation

Bird Species Decline in Flint Hills of Kansas and Oklahoma

The researchers found that three bird species common to the Flint Hills region of Kansas and Oklahoma are experiencing serious population decline in the face…

Environmental Conservation

Earth's highest known microbial systems fueled by volcanic gases

Gases rising from deep within the Earth are fueling the world's highest-known microbial ecosystems, which have been detected near the rim of the…

Studies and Analyses

Workplace Discrimination Rises During Economic Turmoil

New research by Eden King, assistant professor of psychology at George Mason University, suggests that workplace discrimination can actually increase when…

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