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Borderless Biotech: German-Polish Innovation at Oder River

In cooperation with the West-Pomeranian Center of Advanced Technologies Szczecin (ZCZT) BioCon Valley is going to establish a German-Polish contact point for…

Studies and Analyses

First comprehensive “inventory” of life in Antarctica

Reporting this week in the Journal of Biogeography, the team from British Antarctic Survey and University of Hamburg, describe how they combed the land, sea…

Health & Medicine

First Patient Trial for Potential ALS Treatment Begins

Permission has been granted to start the first safety and tolerability trial on patients for a remedy for ALS. ALS is an incurable, paralyzing…

Physics & Astronomy

Decoding Data: Visual Insights from a Petabyte of Information

A picture paints more than a petabyte of dataIn the age of the petabyte, we all need help digesting and understanding massive amounts of information. In this…

Information Technology

Cognitive Telerehabilitation: VR Innovations by UPC and Guttmann

The Guttmann Institute, a university institute attached to the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), has been developing a clinical research program over…

Health & Medicine

Advancements in Immunotherapy: Enhancing Treatment Options

Immunotherapy refers to a collection of treatments based upon the concept of modulating the immune system to achieve a prophylactic and/or therapeutic goal.For…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Crops for the Future — New international organisation announced

‘Crops for the Future’ has evolved from a union of the International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC) and the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized…

Environmental Conservation

The East Midlands’ heathland needs you!

That makes it the perfect spot from which to launch a new research project run by The University of Nottingham as part of the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL)…

Science Education

Boosting Academic Growth: Impact of Pre-School Learning

The Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project (EPPE 3-11) carried out the study. One the principal investigators of the project is Pam Sammons, a…

Life & Chemistry

Sexual Cycle of Aspergillus Fumigatus Uncovered

The discovery of a sexual cycle in the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is highly significant in understanding the biology and evolution of the species…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Drug Rejection Through Cross-Disciplinary Research

The £92,300 study is funded by the Medical Research Council through its ‘Discipline Hopping’ Awards scheme which aims to provoke new collaborations between the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Study Explores Organic Attitudes in Nottinghamshire

These are some of the questions being asked exclusively of people in Nottinghamshire in a major new study, by a researcher at The University of Nottingham.PhD…

Earth Sciences

Wilkins Ice Shelf Faces New Threats from Rifts and Climate Change

The ice bridge connects the Wilkins Ice Shelf to two islands, Charcot and Latady. As seen in the Envisat image above acquired on 26 November 2008, new rifts…

Process Engineering

Dual-Function CNC Machine: Laser Welding and Milling Combined

The five-axis, computer-controlled milling center can now perform two jobs: Three-dimensional deposition welding using a 1.5-kilowatt diode laser and component…

Studies and Analyses

House price shocks and breaking up

A study carried out by research associate Helmut Rainer and his colleague Ian Smith concludes that unexpected downturns in the housing market can damage family…

Life & Chemistry

Overcoming Stem Cell Obstacles in Regenerative Medicine

In an article entitled, “Blazing the trail from stem cell research to regenerative medicine”, Jane Bower of the ESRC Innogen Centre, at University of…

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