Comparison of the virus strain with the sequences of other previously isolated strains showed that it originated in sub-Saharan Africa, rather than from…
Dr. Densmore, Director of Hazards Research at the Institute of Hazard and Risk Research at Durham University, is the first UK scientist to visit the region to…
The catalyst was produced using Oxford Catalysts' patented organic matrix combustion (OMX) method, which makes it possible to achieve high metal loadings,…
Infants aged 5 months react very differently to a fearful face than those aged 7 months. “At the age of 7 months babies will watch a fearful face for longer…
Researchers in an Academy of Finland funded research project have discovered that the visual system of the brain processes another person’s face more…
The paper was published in Science, May 2008; 320: 677 – 681 and is the result of a collaboration between scientists at the Université Libre de Bruxelles,…
The Springer journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) was recently named a Rising Star among geosciences journals by ScienceWatch.com. According to…
A team lead by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research Council (BBSRC) fellow has made a significant step toward overcoming this major challenge faced…
The white-clawed crayfish is native to British waters and scientists believe it plays a vital role in preserving the natural biodiversity of our inland waters….
A study by psychologists Dr Carl Senior and Baldeesh Gakhal* found that even average looking celebrity models in advertisements produced a greater emotional…
The finalists each had the chance to give presentations on their submissions at a day long conference at Edinburgh University. The announcement marked the long…
E-government is the ‘in’ thing and a growing number of public services can now be delivered online. A major challenge faced, however, is how to get citizens…
Engineer Pedro Correa, from the UCL Telecommunications and Teledetection Laboratory, told SINC that, together with professor Ferran Marqués's unit at the UPC,…
The details of the processes that lead to the growth of these tumours have remained unknown until now. In two studies, working together with international…
The conference was organised as part of the European Science Foundation's EUROCORES programme. The programme supports a multi-million Euro project designed to…
Water is no passive spectator of biological processes; it is an active participant. Protein folding is thus a self-organized process in which the actions of…
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