It was previously assumed that in Western cultures scarring was an unattractive facial feature and in non-Western cultures they were perceived as a sign of…
The NWO and the Academy launched the joint research programme during their recent working visit to China with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science…
The site, Community Maps: Digital and Social Geographies of Great Britain (www.gps.communities.gov.uk/DigitalInclusion/), is intended to support the national…
Their findings suggest that for lonely people, drawing on nostalgic memories of happier times could provide a coping mechanism for their feelings, magnifying…
In this, the sixth round of the technical journalism competition organized by Siemens and the ZVEI (German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers'…
Microoled and CEA-Leti announce the OLED microdisplay with the finest pixel pitch (more than 1.7 million sub-pixels, 2 to 4 times more than the other emissive…
Between July 2006 and May 2008, 102 requests for funding for patients with “exceptional circumstances” were made to a total of 27 surrounding PCTs. The funding…
This finding provides important clues for protecting Europe's rivers against a combined onslaught from human development and climate change, which are…
The number of patients suffering from high blood pressure fell by 76 per cent, diabetes fell by 90 per cent and cases of dyslipidaemia – abnormal…
“The aim of this competition is to encourage the Swiss computer science community and in particular its younger researchers to determine and address the most…
At one time there was no choice. If you wanted to speak to someone you picked up the phone on the desk and called them. Today, you can also use a mobile…
When sensors, personal and home devices and in-car technology are all counted, expert group, the Wireless World Research Forum, believes people will own and…
One of the major challenges for our elected representatives is to stay on top of the increasing amounts of information they are required to process and, at the…
The two spin out companies, Oxsensis Ltd and LiteThru Ltd, both based at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, scooped the awards for their respective…
A major milestone has been achieved in the completion of the UK’s next-generation particle accelerator, ALICE, which is set to produce an intense beam of light…
The group researching this quantum cryptography network are members of the Quantum Computing and Information Research Group based at the School of Computing,…