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Life & Chemistry

Blue Bananas: Scientists Discover Color Change Under Black Light

Ripe bananas are of course yellow. However, under black light, the yellow bananas are bright blue, as discovered by scientists at the University of Innsbruck…

Machine Engineering

Discover Simatic HMI Basic Panels for Simple Applications

The new Basic Panels from the Simatic HMI (Human Machine Interface) product range have basic functions for operator control and monitoring, for example, an…

Technology Offerings

New Species-Independent Method for Detecting Biological Material

The SAPD-PCR (Specific amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR) is a species-independent detection method that allows the determination of the genetic relationship of…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Examines Work-Related Health and Well-Being Insights

In 2006 and 2007 more than half a million individuals in Britain reported experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill. Dr Maria…

Business and Finance

UK Exports: Can They Boost the Economy? Insights from GEP

The research from GEP — the Globalisation and Economic Policy Centre at The University of Nottingham — challenges expectations that UK firms might increase…

Life & Chemistry

Gorilla Study Sheds Light on Human Language Development

Psychologist Dr Gillian Sebestyen Forrester developed a new method of analysing the behaviour of gorillas in captivity and found there was a right-handed bias…

Health & Medicine

Mechanical Pressure Speeds Up Early Colon Cancer Development

Although inactivation of the APC gene remains the genetic precondition for the development of this type of cancer, mechanical pressure on the colon speeds up…

Health & Medicine

Granada Scientists Discover Potential Diabetes and Obesity Treatment

Vitagenes has collaborated in this project through its technical director, doctor José Luis Mesa, who has been one of the main authors of the study together…

Studies and Analyses

Facial Expressions Enhance Communication Beyond Words

The extra layer of information that you add to a message when speaking is called prosody. The most important conclusion is that prosody lies not only in the…

Communications Media

EU Space and Telecom Policies: Operators Seek Consistency

All European operators welcomed the resolution “Taking forward the European space policy” adopted during the Fifth Space Council held in September….

Health & Medicine

Children Near Radio Transmitters Not at Higher Leukemia Risk

This is one of the main results of the “Epidemiological study on childhood cancer and proximity to radio and television transmitters,” conducted by the…

Life & Chemistry

Recent Advances in Transplantation Research in Europe

The priorities of TRIE are focused in themes common to cell and solid organ transplantation for which integration is critical and which will add value to the…

Business and Finance

Experts Urge Protection of Millennium Goals at Manchester Summit

The group – who are some of the world’s leading experts in poverty research – made the declaration during a summit at The University of Manchester today (16…

Life & Chemistry

Red Squirrels Show Promise With Squirrelpox Immunity Discovery

A number of red squirrels are immune to squirrelpox viral disease, which many believed would lead to the extinction of the species, scientists have discovered.

Life & Chemistry

Proteins Unlock Cell Entry: New Findings Explained

The findings, published today [16 October 2008] in Science Express, are important because there are hundreds of transporter proteins in the body and…

Business and Finance

Venture Capitalism: A Solution for Economic Recovery

“The financial crisis is an excellent example of how important it is to build up lasting values in the economy, because it has several cornerstones. Some…

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