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Studies and Analyses

New Cannabinoid Drugs Block Pain Without Brain Effects

The research demonstrates for the first time that cannabinoid receptors called CB2, which can be activated by cannabis use, are present in human sensory nerves…

Event News

University of Sunderland and Nissan Launch Hydrogen-Powered Car

The team, led by Dirk Kok from the Institute of Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice (AMAP), in partnership with the Centre for Process Innovation at…

Information Technology

CEA Joins DEISA to Enhance European Supercomputing Ecosystem

The ecosystem will integrate national supercomputer centres (Tier-1), and leadership-class European HPC centres (Tier-0), as planned by the Partnership for…

Machine Engineering

Energy-Efficient Automation Transforms Glass Production

Using integrated automation, instrumentation, drive and power distribution solutions, Siemens links all sequences of glass production. Services and solutions…

Life & Chemistry

Bay of Biscay: Ideal Habitat for Anchovy, Sardine, and Mackerel

The anchovy, sardine and horse-mackerel are three species of great commercial interest to the Basque fishing fleet. However, all three have suffered…

Earth Sciences

Hurricane Ike tracked by ESA’s Envisat

Knowing the strength and path of hurricanes is critical for issuing timely warnings. Earth observation (EO) satellites are key means of providing synoptic data…

Studies and Analyses

Making Snack Food Choices: Are “Bad Intentions” Stronger Than “Good Intentions?”

In an article in the September/October 2008 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Dutch researchers found that there is a substantial…

Interdisciplinary Research

New Research Links Cholesterol Metabolism to Malaria Infection

The new research findings are the first to describe a molecular link between cholesterol metabolism and malaria infection, and the new data could lead to new…

Environmental Conservation

Ensuring Safe Drinking Water Through Innovative Solutions

Climate change is also warming waterbodies, with implications for water quality, and in developing countries more and more people are reliant on groundwater…

Studies and Analyses

Violence against women impair children’s health

Kajsa Åsling Monemi, paediatrician, the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, monitored more than 3,000 children in Bangladesh from the women’s…

Earth Sciences

New Geomorphological Index Enhances Mountain Tectonics Study

Active tectonics comprise the most up-to-date deformation processes that affect the Earth's crust, resulting in earthquakes or recent deformations in the…

Medical Engineering

Delft University Patents New Method for Radioisotope Production

It has made global headlines recently: hospitals are facing a shortage of radio isotopes which means that patients will have to wait longer for cancer…

Information Technology

Easier-to-hit ‘targets’ could help older people make the most of computers

A new University of Reading study has shown that ‘expanding targets’ of this kind, which grow to twice their original size and provide a much larger area to…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Key to Keeping Seniors Fit Longer

A Manchester Metropolitan University study has found that taking carbohydrate and protein supplements just before and just after low-resistance exercise could…

Transportation and Logistics

New In-Car Tech Aims to Help Seniors Drive Longer

With input from older people, researchers from the University of the West of England, Bristol, have identified ideas for innovative in-car information systems…

Social Sciences

Educational Gaps: Impact of Social Background on Students

Sociologists at Mainz University investigate the educational opportunities of year four pupils in Wiesbaden relative to their social background. The results of…

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