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Breakthrough Against Deadly Superbug: University of Sunderland

But a research team led by University of Sunderland scientists has made a major breakthrough in the fight against a deadly hospital infection which kills tens…

Health & Medicine

Genetic Variation Linked to Higher HIV Risk in Africans

The discovery marks the first genetic risk factor for HIV found only in people of African descent, and sheds light on the differences in genetic makeup that…

Health & Medicine

Drugs industry protecting ‘morally unacceptable’ patent system

Addressing an audience that will include senior figures from the pharmaceutical industry, Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at…

Awards Funding

£9.84 million awarded to safeguard UK's research journals and provide central access point for academic community

UKRR is an agreement between higher education and the British Library whereby the British Library will store low-use journals for the HE community and make…

Information Technology

Fixing Faulty Software: A New Era of Reliability Emerges

We have become used to the idea that software will not work properly. While we would take a faulty car back to the dealer and demand they put it right, we are…

Life & Chemistry

Fuel From Food Waste: Bacteria Powering Sustainable Energy

According to an article in the August issue of Microbiology Today, this technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scavenge precious metals…

Event News

Artificial Life Conference Marks 21 Years in Winchester

The newly-formed Science and Engineering of Natural Systems (SENSe) group within the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science…

Life & Chemistry

D-Cycloserine Boosts Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Treatment

Effective treatments are available and can involve either behavioral therapy or medications.Although “it makes intuitive sense that combining these two…

Health & Medicine

Peers Enhance Nutrition Education for Latinos: Study Insights

A systematic literature review conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut, the Hispanic Health Council (Hartford), and the…

Studies and Analyses

Global Cancer Survival Study Reveals Country Disparities

Cancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.* More than 100 investigators…

Studies and Analyses

New Research Shifts Focus to Risky Drinking in Over 55s

Traditionally, risky drinking in young men and women receives most attention but the ageing process means that older people experience alcohol-related problems…

Health & Medicine

Unlocking Hormone Potential: New Avenues in Osteoporosis Research

The exciting potential of so-called 'negative allosteric modulators' will be put under the microscope at a special symposium at The Federation of European…

Social Sciences

Mathematics Unveils Altruism in Public Good Games

One such example are public good games (or PGG), which are frequently used to study cooperation as they look into social behaviour towards public goods – such…

Life & Chemistry

How Birds Identify Cuckoos in Their Nests: A Fresh Perspective

The problem remained largely unsolved while looking at it through our own eyes. It was only when people started thinking from the birds' perspective that they…

Life & Chemistry

Angiocidin: New Hope for Leukemia Treatment Identified

Angiocidin, a tumor-inhibiting novel protein discovered by Temple University researchers, may also have a role as a new therapeutic application in treating…

Health & Medicine

Oxygen Therapy: A New Hope for Migraine and Cluster Pain

Migraine headaches are severely painful and usually occur with other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and painful sensitivity to light. Cluster headaches…

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