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Life & Chemistry

Genetic Clues Uncovered: Nine Health Indicators Explored

Cohorts are followed throughout their lives, gathering lifelong information about their health: these data will help researchers to dissect the complex causes…

Life & Chemistry

The genetic heart of the lipids: Population cohort study finds six genetic variants associated with 'bad' cholesterol

The power of 'genetic microscopes' has increased because the methods are in place to study many thousands of DNA samples. This study, involving over 20,000…

Physics & Astronomy

UGR Scientists Use Light Diffraction to Identify Bootleg CDs

The research work has been recently published in the renowned international scientific journal “American Journal of Physics”, and the respective patent has…

Science Education

ECS Drives New Centres for Doctoral Training at Southampton

The University of Southampton has won funding for three new centres that will generate the scientists needed for Britain's future, it is announced today by the…

Information Technology

UPM Researchers Enhance Moodle for Third World Education

Moodle is an open software courses management system. The system helps educators to set up on-line learning communities. Moodle is now a popular on-line…

Life & Chemistry

How Food Influences Cells Like Hormones Do

This happens in the same way – and with the same effects – as when cells receive a message from a hormone. This finding can teach us more about how food…

Environmental Conservation

Plant-Based Diets Boost Salmon Intestinal Health, Study Finds

For his doctorate, Einar Lilleeng studied how plant ingredients in fish feeds affect the health and immune defence of fish. It is important to gain more…

Health & Medicine

Taiji and Therapy: New Hope for Dementia Care

The findings are detailed in the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias.“Most of the research on dementia and most of the dollars up until…

Awards Funding

Prof. Yehudit Bergman Wins Abisch-Frenkel Prize in Life Sciences

The award ceremony will take place on Monday, Dec. 8, at the Raphael Magid Auditorium, Ein Kerem campus, where Prof. Bergman will present a lecture on…

Information Technology

New Tool for Auditing Private Data Usage Unveiled

Recent and recurrent leaks of highly confidential information, prompted Professor Luc Moreau and Rocio Aldeco-Perez at the University's School of Electronics…

Physics & Astronomy

ESA Reveals European Team for Mars500 Isolation Study

This joint ESA IBMP campaign is a preparatory study leading up to the 520-day isolation study in the form of a full-fledged simulation of a mission to Mars…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Sierra Nevada Ski Station: Vegetation Recovery Potential Revealed

In their efforts to develop new methods to restore plant cover, researchers from the University of Granada have now successfully grown the area’s two native…

Life & Chemistry

Vitreous Humour Analysis: A New Method for Time of Death

This is based on the analysis of several substances from the vitreous humour of the eye of cadavers, according to an article published in the journal entitled…

Information Technology

Creating Virtual Faces: Emotions, Moods, and Personality Unveiled

“The aim of this work has been to design a model that reveals a person's moods and displays them on a virtual face”, SINC was informed by one of the authors of…

Transportation and Logistics

I+D+I Enhances Flight Safety: Insights From UC3M Collaboration

The Department of Continuous Media and Structural Theory at the University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with the aeronautical companies…

Information Technology

Managing Your Identity: Innovations in Privacy Protection

Privacy is a huge concern to many citizens, customers, patients, internet users and telephone subscribers especially as the lines are being blurred between…

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