At the invitation of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Mike Dillinger has been giving a course on paraphrasing and text mining at the School of…
The research, published in the journal Gut, could lead to new therapies for the estimated one in five UK adults who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a…
Chemoprevention involves the use of natural or synthetic products (drugs, vitamins, etc.) to prevent or delay the formation of cancer. A research project in…
SESAM (Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine) 2008, which will attract delegates from over thirty countries, will take place from 19-21 June in…
They have taken delivery of the main body of the satellite donated by Loughborough-based engineering company Magna Parva. The project will result in the…
Comparing the new family tree with existing lists of endangered bird species, author Dr Gavin Thomas from the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial…
With support from the Food Standards Agency and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council they are investigating whether diet could control…
Teenage drivers' cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new Institute study finds.This is…
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe hosted 1,500 leading scientists from around the world at its 18th annual meeting in…
“Sequencing used to be like locating a golf ball by searching only on the fairway, but not the rough,” said IGSB Director Kevin White. “It used to be that only…
On June 11th, roughly 50 employees from HSBC, the world’s largest bank, will abandon their offices for a day to catalog hundreds of trees that were planted by…
A quaint community garden in New York—dedicated in part to growing food for the hungry—is about to become a small part of a big $100 million effort to fight…
May headlines:Tropics see 5th coolest month;Globe coolest since Jan. 2000Global trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decadeMay temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: – 0.18 C (about 0.32 degrees Fahrenheit) below…
The Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys viewed a large portion of the cluster, spanning several million light-years across. The entire cluster contains…
NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like more information, pictures or to interview the scientists, write to info@researchsea.com. 10 June 2008Penang, MalaysiaTurmeric has been used for centuries for cooking and cosmetics. However, its medicinal properties have not been fully uncovered by scientists. Researchers in University Science Malaysia (USM) discovered that extracts from fresh turmeric can be used as a medicinal source to cure various types of illnesses….
The findings raise concerns about the thawing of permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, and the potential consequences for sensitive ecosystems, human…
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