In a Science Policy Briefing released today by the European Science Foundation, the scientists provide a detailed strategy for the application of systems…
The results of a study, published today in the Society for Applied Microbiology journal, Letters in Applied Microbiology, have shown that Cronobacter species…
Nicotine gum has been in use for over 20 years to help smokers quit abruptly yet close to two-thirds of smokers report that they would prefer to quit…
Ambitious work from European and Israeli researchers is making it easier to help students learn to think for themselves. This is exciting stuff for teachers. A…
The three year project, led by Professor Ravi Silva, Director of the Advanced Technology Institute, aims to utilise the nanotechnological expertise of the…
Initially designed to construct a dome, the building material is composed of a lunar rock-like material mixed with powdered aluminum that can be molded into…
The map shows the inner part of the Milky Way has two prominent, symmetric spiral arms, which extend into the outer galaxy where they branch into four spiral…
Hubble found only two brown dwarfs as companions to normal stars. This means the so-called “brown dwarf desert” (the absence of brown dwarfs around solar-type…
A wide range of human diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, arthritis and, most of all, cancer, goes along with malfunctions in the regulation of matrix…
One study found that women who started their leave in the last month of pregnancy were less likely to have cesarean deliveries, while another found that new…
An international team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative…
The presence of Lewy bodies suggests underlying problems in protein recycling and waste disposal, leading to the puzzle: how does disrupting those processes…
The Cascadia megathrust fault, named for its massive but infrequent earthquakes, runs along the length of North America's western coast from northern Vancouver…
“The manager has a key role when it comes to sick leave. He or she is often the best available measure for promoting health in these cases. A manager with good…
Making use of an Infrared Array Camera on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS) will make a very large…
It is by no means a simple matter to say anything with confidence about how the value of a share will develop over time. There is a varied menu of key figures…