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Why Some Primates Thrive With Immunodeficiency Viruses

Following the identification of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) as the cause of AIDS 25 years ago, an extensive search was undertaken to identify the source…

Information Technology

Faculty Voices – Aiming to create an incredible computer

Inviting researchers from around the world, everyone aims at positively getting out of stereotypes in their research and everyday life. If I say, “Raise your…

Life & Chemistry

FUMINOMICS: Tackling Dangerous Mould Through European Research

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has launched a new Research Networking Programme, FUMINOMICS, to study the basic genetic and molecular mechanisms…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Funds Concepts for Microgravity Experiments in Space

Suborbital spacecraft are launched into space, but do not have enough speed to achieve orbit. They experience several minutes of microgravity (“free fall”) and…

Medical Engineering

Optical Sensors Enhance Safety in MRI Scans

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful, non-invasive way of obtaining detailed internal images of the human body. Unlike x-rays, MRI does not use…

Physics & Astronomy

Terahertz Radiation: Enhancing Airport Security Checks

Within the last few years the number of transport checks – above all at airports – has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it…

Information Technology

Unlocking Drug Discovery: SIMDAT Grid Transforms R&D

It enables pharmaceutical companies to Virtualise and Globalise their Research and Development (R&D) chain, lowering costs as well as considerably improving…

Materials Sciences

DuPont and Toppan Partner on Innovative Solar Backsheet Technology

DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials (PVFM) announced it has developed a proprietary technology to produce backsheet containing DuPont™ Tedlar® polyvinyl…

Information Technology

Mobile Video Communication from Mountain Tops: A New Technique

This is a technique that can be used by reporters in remote locations to give live reports and by everyday people, regardless of their location. The technique…

Information Technology

Transforming Images Into Words: Bridging Visual and Textual Worlds

Digital images can open our eyes to the most extraordinary detail and beauty. But there is one major drawback. The information in an image is purely visual. It…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Greening Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Dutch Researchers

Now, writing in the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation researchers in The Netherlands point to possible causes for this disparity and offer…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Significant increase in alien plants in Europe – detailed overview available for the first time

5789 plant species were classified as alien. 2843 originating outside of Europe, according to the researchers and their publication in the journal Preslia. By…

Life & Chemistry

Alzhemier's Research Trust funding for Essex

Dr Mason explains: ‘In neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, aggregation (or clumping) of proteins into toxic fibrils (or chains) is…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

University and Tesco Launch Innovative Dairy Centre Collaboration

In the first major collaboration between a retailer and a University veterinary school, Wood Park farm – at the University’s Leahurst veterinary campus – will…

Medical Engineering

New Tool Enhances Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis Precision

This technique could be used in the next years in hospitals. It may help doctors to detect tumours with greater precision than is possible using current X-ray…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Bovine Mastitis — could a vaccine be on the way?

Now The University of Nottingham, with funding worth £2.2m, is to carry out a study of the most common cause of Bovine Mastitis in the UK — Streptococcus…

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