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Diabetes Crisis: Urgent Action Needed in Developing Nations

Even in the next ten years, diabetes deaths will increase 50% without urgent action. And the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that 3.8 million…

Information Technology

The next step in robot development is child’s play

The team behind the iCub robot believes it, like children, will learn best from its own experiences.The technologies developed on the iCub platform – such as…

Physics & Astronomy

How Solar Flares Create Turbulence in the Sun’s Interior

The outermost quarter of the Sun’s interior is a constantly churning maelstrom of hot gas. Turbulence in this region causes ripples that criss-cross the solar…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Global Food Crisis: Urgent Solutions from Key Leaders

The meeting took place against the background of the greatest crisis in food security in 40 years. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the New Library and Chairman…

Medical Engineering

New Technique Enhances Cancer Diagnosis for Stomach Patients

The research focused on patients with the disease known as non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the stomach, which accounts for 5% of all gastric neoplasms. This disease is…

Environmental Conservation

Antarctic Deep Sea Cooling: Impacts on Ocean Circulation

The Antarctic deep sea gets colder, which might stimulate the circulation of the oceanic water masses. This is the first result of the Polarstern expedition of…

Science Education

£5 Million Grant Fuels Research on Population Change

Professor Jane Falkingham from Southampton will direct the new Centre which is expected to start work in October 2008. Nine extra members of staff at the…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Plankton Calcification Rises With Higher CO2 Levels

That is the conclusion of an international team of scientists led by investigators based at the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and the…

Studies and Analyses

Inhibiting Stress Oxidant: A New COPD Therapy Insight

The study “Oxidative Stress is an Important Component of Airway Inflammation in Mice Exposed to Cigarette Smoke or Lipopolysaccharide” investigates the…

Information Technology

Mobile phones 'could play a role in museums'

Mobile media has potential to ‘capture the everyday’ which can be used to enhance museum knowledge.The Everyday Museum is the title of the Doctoral Inaugural…

Physics & Astronomy

GMES Sentinel-2 Satellite Contract Signed in Friedrichshafen

The contract was signed today in Friedrichshafen by Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation, Evert Dudok, President of Astrium Satellites, and Uwe…

Environmental Conservation

Controlling Algal Blooms: Insights from Italian Researchers

Milena Bruno and colleagues in the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, in Rome, Italy, point out that bodies…

Environmental Conservation

Aerodynamic Trailer Cuts Fuel Use and Emissions by 15%

Earlier promising predictions, based on mathematical models and wind tunnel tests by TU Delft, have been confirmed during road tests with an adapted trailer….

Physics & Astronomy

Plasma Surpasses Expectations: Insights Into Laser-Induced Innovations

Laser-induced plasmas are of great interest because they are suitable for a variety of applications such as nuclear fusion, acceleration of electrons and ions,…

Machine Engineering

Streamline Control Cabinets With Innovative Device Bundling

The functions of overload relay, circuit breaker, and contactor are bundled in the device. This reduces installation and wiring overhead for the user and…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Phosphorus Removal System for Wastewater Treatment

The invention includes a procedure and an apparatus to purify waste water in small sewage treatment plants, and in particular, to remove phosphorus and its…

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