They found that the gene mutated in CHARGE syndrome – a multi-system disorder characterized by diverse problems from heart defects to hearing loss to cleft lip…
“We identified a new mechanism that explains why some patients with IPF get more short of breath than others, in spite of similar levels of lung scarring,”…
Elderly people who have a positive outlook, lower stress levels, moderate alcohol consumption, abstention from tobacco, moderate to higher income and no…
Using Envisat radar altimeter data, scientists from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at University College London (UCL) measured sea ice…
With bacterial resistance growing researchers are keen to uncover as many new antibiotics as possible. Some of the Streptomyces bacteria are already used…
The crack which was accomplished using resources at the SFI-Funded Irish Centre for High End Computing was announced at the Post-Quantum Cryptography…
Researchers working in the European ROLLED project have developed a flexible OLED element that can be mass produced using roll-to-roll printing technology. The…
Humans have an innate defence system against deadly bacteria. However, how the step from gene to anti-bacterial effect occurs in the body is not yet known. To…
In areas of extreme poverty it is often difficult to determine the standard of living. During her doctoral research in Uganda, Nicky Pouw developed a method to…
Part of the results of this research work has been included in a scientific paper of the August 2008 issue of the renowned international journal Bipolar…
The study, by Professor Semir Zeki and John Romaya of the Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology at UCL, examined the brain areas that correlate with the…
Beside cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumours take
the second place in cause of human death. Neoplastic
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Rapid changes in temperature which have led to changes in the timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering, make some closely related groups of species –…
The inner asteroid belt is a virtual twin of the belt in our solar system, while the outer asteroid belt holds 20 times more material. Moreover, the presence…
This could enable sensors to supply themselves with energy in future. The new fluidic energy transducer will be on display at the joint Fraunhofer stand number…
This is the first study of its kind and is carried out by an international team of scientists that includes researchers from the University of British…
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