“Because sharing information on the Internet today is a form of participating in public culture and contributing to public discourse, that tells us men’s…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that epigenetic marks on DNA-chemical marks other than the DNA sequence-do indeed change over a person's lifetime, and…
In Alzheimer's disease, nerve cell death and tissue loss cause all areas of the brain, especially the hippocampus region, to shrink. MRI with high spatial…
Along with certain risk factors, including age or recent fall, radiation-free ultrasound of the heel may be used to better select women who need further bone…
The most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia occurs when blood flow to the brain is impaired. The study examined 173 people…
Today's cars, aircrafts, intelligent buildings and home cinema systems all rely on embedded systems for vital functions. Advanced solutions actually are…
The scientific findings published in the latest edition of Nature Medicine suggest a potential new target for the development of drug therapies to fight the…
A new Economic and Social Research Council publication, ‘Behavioural Change and Water Efficiency’, which accompanied a seminar organised jointly with UK Water…
For this type of environment, the European Hydra project develops a “Networked Embedded System Middleware for Heterogeneous Physical Devices”, which will help…
AA amyloidosis is a potential complication of chronic inflammation or infection, for example, rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis, and is characterised by…
The ESF EUROHORCs Science Policy Briefing 33, The EUROHORCs and ESF Vision on a Globally Competitive ERA and their Road Map for Actions to Help Build it,…
Dr Bernd Fischer at the University's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research…
It has long been known that the first backboned land animals or “tetrapods” – the ancestors of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including ourselves -…
Published today (26th June ’08) in the scientific journal, Nature, this startling discovery was made by a team of scientists from the UK's National Centre for…
Titled Licensed to Hug, the report, which will be published by independent think-tank Civitas on 26 June, goes on to suggest that in a climate where many…
Promotion of innovative environmental technologies is essential for the environment and for the European economy. Proving that new technologies are working…