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Parents' reactions to child cancer determined by type

Parents of children treated for skeletal and brain tumours run a relatively much higher risk of becoming distressed and depressed than parents of children with…

Life & Chemistry

New Biosensor Simplifies Drug Production Process

One-third of all our proteins have the cell membrane as their natural environment, where they perform several of the most basic life-preserving biological…

Environmental Conservation

Carbon Pricing Alone Won’t Save Rainforests, Experts Warn

Representatives from 190 countries are currently gathered in Poznan, Poland, for the UN-led negotiations on climate change. Reduced emissions from…

Health & Medicine

Good Teeth, Healthy Eating: Impact on Senior Well-Being

All the food we eat has to pass through the mouth, but does the state of our teeth affect our food choices? This question has been expounded by a thesis on the…

Earth Sciences

Swedish radar facility on Europe's wish list

On December 9, the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, ESFRI, published its updated roadmap to what infrastructure investments are deemed to…

Health & Medicine

NHS Access: Martyn Evans on Responsible Patient Behavior

Durham University’s Martyn Evans makes the comments as the Healthcare Commission publishes its ‘State of Healthcare’ annual report (10 December).Professor…

Health & Medicine

One-Third of Cancer Patients Lacking Dietary Guidance

“It is essential that we know about cancer patients’ opinions so that nutritional therapy alternatives can be found to improve their quality of life and sense…

Communications Media

Information Over Design: What Users Value in Brand Evaluation

The study, which took into account the profiles of various kinds of Internet users, reveals that positive assessment of a brand increases a user’s intention to…

Environmental Conservation

Ozone Pollution May Cut Tree Growth by 10% by 2100

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes, as shown in a paper…

Transportation and Logistics

VTT Explores Intelligent Vehicle Safety System Impacts

Intelligent vehicle safety systems will clearly improve traffic safety if they are extensively taken into use. Many of the systems effectively reduce the…

Awards Funding

Omega-3 Team Wins Best Young Entrepreneur Title at YES

The team scooped top prize in the annual Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) by impressing a panel of judges with their proposal for a hypothetical…

Health & Medicine

New Guidelines: Statin Risks for Pregnant Women Explained

Current clinical guidelines already recommend that women who are pregnant should stop taking statins but the advice is based on the knowledge that cholesterol…

Life & Chemistry

Mould Toxins: New Insights on Hazards in Our Homes

Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed to research in this field by analyzing dust and materials…

Health & Medicine

Arthritis Research Campaign Launches New Center in Keele

The Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre at Keele will have a direct benefit on the thousands of people in the UK who suffer from painful…

Physics & Astronomy

Mesoscopic Tunnelling: A Landmark Discovery in Physics

This is the first time that a Spanish physicist has received credit in this country as the discoverer of a new physical phenomenon: the mesoscopic tunnelling…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Research Advances: Genomics and Computation Insights

Bacteria in particular are shedding light on fundamental molecular and signalling processes of interest not just within microbiology, but across the whole…

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