Kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy, develops progressively in patients with type 2 diabetes. Early development of kidney disease is assessed by a high…
Several hundred species of lupin exist. Lupin seed, rich in protein and fibre, has formed part of the diet of some southern European and south American…
The metal, osmium, is closely related to platinum, which is widely used to treat cancers in the form of the drug cisplatin. Most famously, the cyclist Lance…
Researchers in the Department of Electronics have overcome two of the major technological challenges which severely limit the services currently provided on…
Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, marketing expert Maurizio Catulli of the University of Hertfordshire, UK,…
To help scientists working in this area two leading funding bodies in the UK and US have joined forces to fund a programme of collaborative transatlantic…
With millions of illegally copied songs and videos winging their way across file-sharing networks, artists and producers have been sent scrambling for ways to…
Ultra-thin and energy efficient displays that use organic compounds to emit light have been stirring up excitement in the consumer electronics industry for…
Determined by a jury consisting of leading experts from both academia and industry, the three highest ranked applications in each category were awarded cash…
Sodium valproate – which is marketed as the anti-seizure drug Epilim – has been shown by scientists at the University of Leeds to reactivate the body’s own…
Various studies in recent years have repeatedly shown that the hormone Oxytocin in the brain of mammals – and therefore human beings too – is jointly…
“Our test wind screen set up on the Rhône glacier resulted in a definite cooling of the air near the surface, with the drop in temperature being up to three…
Alzheimer’s disease causes nerve cells in the brain to die, resulting in problems with memory, speech and understanding. Little is known about how the nerve…
Durham University is a Tier 2 site within EGEE, which means it is playing an important role in processing and analysing the data produced from the LHC, as well…
The research group from the University of Valencia (UV) that carried out the bibliometric research sought to identify the most productive authors and…
“Just as we depend upon mobile phones and cars in our daily lives today, the next 15 years will see mass hybridisation between humans and robots,” predicts…
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