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Studies and Analyses

Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk of Hearing Loss

“Hearing loss may be an under-recognized complication of diabetes. As diabetes becomes more common, the disease may become a more significant contributor to…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing Safety Assurance in the Poultry Supply Chain

In 2007, production reached 1,14 million tons in Germany alone. The growth in imports was even greater (14.9 %), reaching 572,100 tons, whilst exports,…

Studies and Analyses

Childhood Stress Linked to Higher Allergy Risk, Study Finds

These are the results from a long-term study correlating life-style, immune system development and allergies, led by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental…

Information Technology

Harmonised Data Exchange: SEMIC.EU Boosts EU Cooperation

SEMIC.EU offers a platform for European cooperation. The Centre enables users to exchange solutions for pan-European data interchange in eGovernment. This way,…

Studies and Analyses

Canadian Study on Osteoporosis Shapes Health Policy Insights

Dr David Goltzman and his team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) and McGill University – along with colleagues from…

Earth Sciences

Ebb and flow of the sea drives world's big extinction events

But a new study, published online today (June 15, 2008) in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Montezuma’s Revenge: Tackling Global Dysentery

Every year, about 500 million people worldwide are infected with the parasite that causes dysentery, a global medical burden that among infectious diseases is…

Environmental Conservation

Eight-Day Undersea Mission Aims to Boost Coral Restoration

Coral reefs worldwide are suffering from the combined effects of hurricanes, global warming, and increased boat traffic and pollution. As a result, their…

Environmental Conservation

NASA Data Enhances Disaster Response for Affected Populations

In the hours and days following the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, workers had the data they needed to assess the numbers of…

Social Sciences

Britain needs better ‘age proofing’

The authors of the report ‘Planning for the Ageing Countryside in Britain and Japan: City Regions and the Mobility of Older People’ are presenting their…

Physics & Astronomy

Queen’s astronomers ‘over the moon’ with £3m

In April, Queen’s astronomers announced the discovery of ten new planets as a result of their Wide Area Search for Planets project known as SuperWASP. They are…

Information Technology

European Grid Initiative at ISC’08: Supercomputers and Grids – The Future European Ecosystem

The EGI_DS Project Director Dieter Kranzlmüller states that “Science and research today requires that the best computing tools and services are available at…

Environmental Conservation

Finns Tackle Climate Change With Long-Term Carbon Goals

The long-term goals reach as far as 20 years into the future, and the ultimate goal is a carbon-neutral municipality.In the project, the municipalities will…

Life & Chemistry

New Design Promises Custom Drugs With Fewer Side Effects

Sten Ohlson has extensive experience of research into so-called transient biomolecular binding. Such binding is short-lived­-the biomolecules touch each other…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Space Weather: Risks and Costs Explored

There are high costs and high risks associated with the consequences of space weather events, as insurance companies recognise.Intense space weather events are…

Health & Medicine

New Patented Mesh Innovates Abdominal Wall Repair

A hernia is produced when the content of the abdominal cavity protrudes through a weakened natural orifice of the abdominal wall such as the inguinal canal,…

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