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Social Sciences

New research provides insight into children’s views on ageing

The researchers at Queen’s Institute of Child Care Research hope their review will influence a change in the policies and practices that contribute to the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Europe Starts ITER Procurement to Unlock Fusion Energy Potential

ITER is the world’s largest scientific partnership that aims to demonstrate the potential of fusion as an energy source, bringing together seven parties that…

Information Technology

"I’m listening” – Conversations with Computers

Known as SEMAINE, the project will build a Sensitive Artificial Listener (SAL) system, which will perceive a human user’s facial expression, gaze, and voice…

Studies and Analyses

Medication Boosts Driving Skills in ADHD Patients

People with ADHD are often prescribed methylphenidate (brand name Ritalin) to counteract hyperactive behavior and attention dysfunction that may negatively…

Awards Funding

BBVA Foundation Awards 2007 Biomedicine Chairs for Innovation

The aim of these Chairs is to facilitate knowledge transfer and strengthen cooperative ties between world-class teams and centers in Spain and international…

Studies and Analyses

Intelligence Linked to Rhythmic Accuracy, Study Finds

Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University have now demonstrated a correlation between general intelligence and the…

Business and Finance

Unlocking Nanotech Potential: Finland’s Success Stories in Industry

Finland's nanotech development has produced numerous success stories. For example, Nicanti technology helps combat product forgeries through marking genuine…

Materials Sciences

Functional Materials Program Boosts Cross-Industry Innovation

The Tekes Functional Materials programme aims to develop functional materials for different industries in Finland. The aim is to provide Finnish industry with…

Health & Medicine

New Chemotherapy Combo Shows Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer

Professor Gunter von Minckwitz, Chairman of the German Breast Group, Neu-Isenberg, Germany, and his team set out to look at the use of the combination in early…

Studies and Analyses

New Study: Aromatase Inhibitors Safe for Heart Health

In a study presented today (Thursday) at the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) in Berlin, the researcher, Dr Alain Monnier, said that this was…

Physics & Astronomy

New Model Reveals Low Odds of Life on Earth-like Planets

A mathematical model produced by Prof Andrew Watson suggests that the odds of finding new life on other Earth-like planets are low, given the time it has taken…

Transportation and Logistics

Model Enhances Motorway Journey Time Reliability in Netherlands

For that reason the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management has listed the improvement of the reliability of door-to-door journey times…

Studies and Analyses

Getting a good night’s sleep is the biggest problem for women entering the menopause

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, USA, spoke to 110 women entering the menopause – when periods can become lighter or heavier and…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Uncovers Insulin Production Issues in Type 2 Diabetes

In Germany, about 8 million people are affected. These numbers could even be an underestimation as a relatively high number of undiagnosed diabetics remains….

Life & Chemistry

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Exploring Complex Origins

The proponents of intelligent design believe that chance and selection are too casual and slow to allow complex new properties to arise. In particular, they…

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D Receptor Variants Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Jenny Chang-Claude of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology, at the German Cancer Research Center, in Heidelberg, and colleagues there and at the Institute for…

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