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Information Technology

UNITE Creates Virtual Testbeds for Next-Gen IT Systems

Two years ago, the European research programme UNITE took on the challenge of creating a virtual testbed that IT developers across Europe could use easily and…

Environmental Conservation

Tiny Plants: A New Hope Against Global Warming Challenges

A possible solution to global warming may be further away than ever, according to a new report published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature this…

Science Education

ESA and Commission Expand GMES Cooperation Agreement

This amendment will extend the scope of the original Agreement (signed in February 2008) to activities of Segment 2 of the GMES Space Component Programme and…

Social Sciences

Researcher’s dreams inspire study showing women have more nightmares than men

As a mature student Dr Jennie Parker was interested in looking at some aspect of psychology for her PhD study and it was at a lecture about dreams, given by…

Awards Funding

Steven Holl: BBVA Award Winner in Arts for Innovative Design

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research at international level, and can be considered second…

Environmental Conservation

Carbon Dioxide Heating Expected to Surge Over Next Millennia

Scientists studied the impact that current carbon emissions have on the delicate balance between air and sea carbon exchange. They found that the ocean’s…

Studies and Analyses

Biofuels and Food Crisis: Cornell Research Sparks Debate

David Pimentel and his colleagues from Cornell University in New York highlight the problems linked to converting a variety of crops into biofuels. Not only…

Health & Medicine

Missing Genes Linked to Psoriasis Risk in New Study

The research, which has just been published in the journal Nature Genetics, shows that people who lack the genes LCE3B and LCE3C are more likely to be affected…

Studies and Analyses

Medical Staff Distress: New Insights from Leicester Study

New research from the University of Leicester shows that staff working in obstetrics and gynaecology, caring for families experiencing loss, can also…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Low-Cost LEDs Cut Household Electric Bills Efficiently

Gallium Nitride (GaN), a man-made semiconductor used to make LEDs (light emitting diodes), emits brilliant light but uses very little electricity. Until now…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Finland’s Bold Steps in Challenging Fusion Energy Project

Fusion is a promising option for a large scale energy production for the second half of this century and beyond. Fusion has practically unlimited fuel…

Medical Engineering

New Antithrombin Test by Siemens Enhances Thrombosis Detection

Reason: Antithrombin ensures balanced blood coagulation by reducing the activity of thrombin and coagulation factor Xa which are responsible for blood…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Transportation fuels of the future – Nottingham leads the way

The University of Nottingham is to lead the way in the development of sustainable bioenergy fuels — Ethanol and Butanol. These sustainable bioenergy fuels use…

Social Sciences

Increase in Repeat Pregnancies Among Teenagers in England

Using national abortion figures for England and Wales from 1991 to 2007, provided by the Office of National Statistics and Department of Health, researchers at…

Health & Medicine

Most bacteria from craft goat’s cheese come from lactic acid and could be very beneficial for health

The doctoral thesis by Antonio M. Martín Platero has been supervised by Professors Manuel Martínez Bueno, Mercedes Maqueda and Eva Valdivia, and is the first…

Health & Medicine

Custom-Fit Shortens Transfemoral Prosthesis Production Time

This is in short the Custom-Fit idea: geometrical characteristics are captured using 3D scans, then these data are used to adapt product shape with specialized…

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