Researchers from Texas, USA, carried out in-depth interviews with women aged between 20 and 61, after recruiting them through local advertisements placed in…
In a three-year study, funded with £360,000 from the Medical Research Council, Dr Lee Hogarth in the University’s School of Psychology will study the impact…
Emanating from the work carried out by CCS on the management of the processes involved in the construction of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), one of CERN’s…
Tesofensine can produce weight loss twice that of currently approved obesity drugs, and should be studied in phase III trials. These are the conclusions of an…
However, a new approach to creating the fastenings and tabs for such devices based on the shape-memory effect in plastics could mean that disassembling such…
The cohort study will observe a group of 200,000 people over a period of ten to twenty years. The subjects will be healthy at the time they are recruited and…
In order to recognize someone from their physical characteristics, you need to make a biometric record of them, consisting of a fingerprint, photograph or iris…
Mathematical modelling is a critical component of systems biology studies of biochemical networks. However, the use and applicability of computational methods…
The scientific community thinks that there is a higher probability that organic molecules precursors to life could form in those planets or satellites which…
The work follows a study carried out by Oregon Health and Science University, which suggested a link between a gene mutation in mice and tolerance to alcohol….
The consortium members include European leaders from the insurance sector (Allianz Seguros and Groupama), the insurance mediation sector (E2000) and in the…
THE GREAT CRASH OF 2008AT A GLANCE . . .The UK economy•The economy will contract in the second half of 2008 and GDP will fall by 0.9 per cent in 2009, the…
Suicide rates in those aged 10-19 in the UK declined by 28% in the seven year period from 1997-2003, shows a study published today in The Journal of Child…
The discovery is reported in the journal Nature on 23 October 2008.Scientists already knew that flowering plants, unlike animals require not one, but two sperm…
The decision was made today at the General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and should help provide the scientific knowledge needed to…
Such cells control aggressive immune cells and, thus, unwanted immune reactions by the graft can be avoided. However, to date, there were no adequate…
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