When asked to stay in bed for 16 hours in the dark each day for several days, younger people get an average of 9 hours of shuteye compared to 7.5 for older…
The new agents are based on special polymers, which strongly inhibit fungal growth, but can not be taken up by humans. Additional wood-improving…
New extrusion based process for the production of biofuel pellets, no more expensive preliminary drying of material is needed. Freshly harvested biomass with a…
Hereditary changes in the regulation of the immune system influence the risk of contracting AMD. Opthalmologists at the University Clinic in Bonn, working in…
Launching the SFI Annual Report at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin, Minister Devins said “Investment in research is at the core of the Government’s…
Originally, the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission had been scheduled for launch in May 2008, but as a result of…
Europe’s Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for future mobile communications has galvanised the continent’s telecom companies and research institutes into action…
These guidelines are the result of a close cooperation between scientists, primary care professionals, and patients’ organisations. GA²LEN, Global Allergy and…
In science fiction stories it is either the inexhaustible energy source of the future or a superweapon of galactic magnitude: antimaterial. In fact,…
Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the Joneses. For a whole society, this can lead to a spiral of…
Quasars are the brilliant cores of remote galaxies, at the hearts of which lie supermassive black holes that can generate enough power to outshine the Sun a…
In a similar way that a fisherman would wear polarised sunglasses to help get rid of the glare from the water surface and allow him to see more clearly under…
The £28.5 million funding comes from the science portfolio of the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), and will be used for the study of…
Overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, during Phoenix's 57th Martian day, or sol, since landing, Phoenix used its robotic arm to scrape the top of the hard layer in…
You may read the scientific abstract for any already-published paper (not papers “in press”) by clicking on the link provided at the end of each Highlight. You…
In the largest study in humans to examine the relationship between semen quality and phytoestrogens (plant compounds that can behave like the hormone,…
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