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Environmental Conservation

New Rural Partnership Transforms Research in South East England

The RRSP brings together five of the region's leading research institutions to help find ways to solve its most pressing rural problems.It comprises Farnham,…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Gender Stereotypes in Competence and Sociability

A group of scientists from the University of Granada has studied for the first time from a scientific point of view gender driven prejudices, proving that both…

Environmental Conservation

New Method Cuts Greenhouse Gases Using Waste Carbon

The Newcastle University team, led by Michael North, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has developed a highly energy-efficient method of converting waste carbon…

Information Technology

European Light Research Boosts Optical Storage and Computing

The phenomenon of “fast and slow” light arises from the dispersion of electromagnetic waves when they interact with, and travel through, a physical medium such…

Studies and Analyses

Smokers Face 41% Higher Depression Risk, Study Finds

This was the conclusion of a study undertaken with 8,556 participants by scientists of the University of Navarra, in collaboration with the University of Las…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Spanish Innovations in Precision Agriculture: 3D Mapping Tech

Spanish scientists have designed a mechanism that by simulating human sight generates 3D maps of agricultural land, as well as a system that can apply…

Health & Medicine

Communication Issues Behind Preventable Drug-Related Admissions

The findings from a research study supported by a grant from the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust (the Trust) highlight key areas where communication problems…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Asparagus Quality with Computer Innovation

By contrast, when asparagus plants are cut too long, the sugar level is depleted and the quality declines. Wageningen UR researchers are working on a computer…

Physics & Astronomy

Galaxies Interacting: A Closer Look at Cosmic Collisions

Interacting galaxies are found throughout the Universe, sometimes as dramatic collisions that trigger bursts of star formation, on other occasions as stealthy…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit-Eating Bats: The Surprising Reason They Eat Dirt

Each night, tropical fruit-eating bats ingest large amounts of secondary plant compounds with their food. This may become particularly problematic for pregnant…

Social Sciences

Young, Homeless Drug-Users Exit Treatment Early: Study Insights

It found that problem drug-users who were younger, homeless or not currently injecting are significantly more likely to exit early, possibly because drug…

Health & Medicine

Cancer Immunotherapy: Long-Term Success in Lung Cancer

Prof. Johan Vansteenkiste from University Hospital Gasthuisberg in Belgium described the results after 44-months follow-up from a double-blind,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

More Access to Biotech Crop Data: Scientists’ Call to Action

Access to maps of biotech crops on a county and township level will give researchers greater ability to analyze the effects of biotech crops on wildlife, water…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Ocean Current Stripes in Southern Ocean

In parts of the Southern Ocean, the striations — also known as ocean fronts — produce alternating eastward and westward accelerations of circulation….

Earth Sciences

Ozone-Hole Recovery Could Influence Antarctic Warming

“If the successful control of ozone-depleting substances allows for a full recovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica, we may finally see the interior of…

Life & Chemistry

New Strategy Unveils Potential of Vaccinia Virus in Virology

The vaccinia virus has a problem: it is a giant among viruses and needs a special strategy in order to infiltrate a cell and reproduce. Professor Ari Helenius…

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