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Earth Sciences

Small glaciers — not large — account for most of Greenland's recent loss of ice

A new study shows that the dozens of much smaller outflow glaciers dotting Greenland's coast together account for three times more loss from the island's ice…

Information Technology

Unlocking Drug Discovery: SIMDAT Grid Transforms R&D

Step change in life sciences. Within the European SIMDAT project, at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) a substantial progress in pharmaceutical analysis has been achieved….

Social Sciences

Navigating Diversity Efforts Amid Sweden’s Ambiguous Ideal

But when organizational theorist Viktorija Kalonaityte studied diversity work at a Swedish adult education school, the school wanted to make everyone as…

Architecture & Construction

Hemp Houses: A Sustainable Solution for Climate Change

Currently the construction industry is a major contributor of environmental pollutants, with buildings and other build infrastructure contributing to around…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Colorectal Cancer Treatment Response

At the 33rd Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Stockholm, Dr. Christos Karapetis from Flinders University in Australia reports on…

Health & Medicine

Collaborative Innovations in Cancer Research: A New Era

“We are at a crucial moment in our fight against cancer,” said ESMO President Prof. Jose Baselga. “We have never before made so much progress in our fight to…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Significantly Boosts Survival in Pancreatic Cancer

European investigators led by Prof. Matthias Löhr from the Karolinska Institute evaluated the efficacy and safety of three different doses of cationic lipid…

Health & Medicine

Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoids Combat Neurodegenerative Diseases

The research, published in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry, aimed to study in depth the already known effects of lessening the symptoms and…

Health & Medicine

New Insights Into Melanoma Treatment Mechanisms Revealed

Melanomas are known to be caused by exposure to the ultraviolet light in sunlight, but the precise mechanisms involved are complex. In a presentation at the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Insect Pollination’s Value: €153 Billion Impact on Agriculture

This figure amounted to 9.5% of the total value of the world agricultural food production. The study also determined that pollinator disappearance would…

Health & Medicine

New Treatment Option for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

The combination, which importantly does not include a platinum drug, challenges the current standard of treatment for women whose cancer recurs at least 6…

Studies and Analyses

Gefitinib’s Impact on Lung Cancer in Asian Non-Smokers

Asia has a high proportion of lung cancer patients who are non-smokers, a significant proportion of whom develop a form of cancer known as adenocarcinoma. “Around 50% to 60% of this population have tumors with mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor, and we know that patients with such mutations have a significantly better treatment outcome with gefitinib,” said researcher Prof. Tony Mok from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. …

Life & Chemistry

A cell that is ‘adrift’ is not able to divide normally

A joint research group of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Turku, led by Professor Johanna Ivaska, has discovered why cells…

Life & Chemistry

The groan says it all — dominant male deer have the deepest calls

Research published this month in PLoS One, an online scientific journal, has shown that female fallow deer are attracted to a deep call. Data taken from a deer…

Communications Media

Mobile Phones Enhance Learning for Secondary Pupils

Exasperated by the distractions and problems they create, many headteachers have ordered that pupils must keep their phones switched off at school. Others have…

Health & Medicine

Strengthening Elderly Health Through Exercise and Nutrition

The researchers, based at the School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health in Derby, want to know what sort of exercise we can take and what food we should eat…

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