The findings, they write, may also have implications for the regulating of olfactory receptors, which are responsible for the detection of smells, because both…
In a series of studies, Elizabeth Cowley (University of Sydney) examines repeat gambling in the face of loss. She finds that people often engage in too much…
Mirroring human cohabitation, they offer a valuable contribution to the understanding of a new world order, which is particularly sensitive to troubled regions…
How can the engineering science faculties of German universities meet the increasing demand for engineers in Germany, the world champion in exports? How must…
What makes Science TV special: The material for the films is recorded by the participating scientists themselves. The original raw material is then compressed…
The importance of understanding teenage healthThe Helena Study was conceived to understand and effectively enhance nutritional and lifestyle habits of 13 to 17…
Gondwana was a ‘supercontinent’ that existed between 500 and 180 million years ago. For the past four decades, geologists have debated how Gondwana eventually…
Unfortunately it is still unclear precisely which ageing process forms the basis of this spectacular rise in the occurrence of the disease. VIB scientists…
Published last year, Mediaciones y Traslaciones (Mediations and Movement) is the first scientific-educational study providing a critical survey of how the…
Reducing social inequalities in smoking and its health consequences is a public health and political priority. However, little is known about the actual…
The €16.25m (with €9.7m of European Commission funding) project called WWW.BRIGHTER.EU, which runs until September 2009, has brought 22 of Europe's top…
The 1930s semi is an icon of its age but 80 years on it is about to undergo a green revolution. Experts at The University of Nottingham together with the…
The report, entitled Monitoring Care of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal cancers: 2005, compares care for patients diagnosed with cancers of the oesophagus…
At worst, it can mean having to wet wrap wriggly toddlers each day with bandages soaked in moisturisers. It usually starts in the first year of life and…
Remarkable new research into the way environmental factors affect the development of the brain has opened up the possibility that an infant’s future mental…
Carl Zeiss supports the rising quality requirements for components for wind turbines with highly precise MMZ 3D coordinate measuring machines. Carl Zeiss…