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Topological Insights Into Cultural Dynamics in Amsterdam

The first in a series of four colloquia recently took place in Amsterdam, Holland. The event marked the start of a project known as ‘A Topological Approach to…

Health & Medicine

Grants of over £500,000 for Queen’s to investigate blindness

Recognised as a centre of excellence for ophthalmic research, its researchers, led by director Professor Alan Stitt, will carry out studies of…

Earth Sciences

New Oceanographic Models Enhance Ocean Analysis and Forecasting

Ocean is an integral part of our environment, upon which many depend for survival, and it is a basic element of the Earth’s climate. It is also an important…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Day Blindness in Wirehaired Dachshunds

His findings are of comparative interest for the corresponding disease in people. Inherited photoreceptor diseases (diseases of the sensitive cells of the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Smart Camera Enhances Salmon Quality Assessment with AI

Misimi has combined machine vision with pattern recognition methods, and has fed geometrical descriptions of the size, colour and shape of salmon into a PC,…

Social Sciences

Mixed Attitudes on Migration and Workers in Northern Ireland

The figures come from the 2006 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, undertaken by ARK, a joint research initiative between Queen’s University, Belfast, and…

Life & Chemistry

Gentronix Unveils Innovative Genotoxic Metabolite Detection Assay

Potential pharmaceutical compounds which only present a genotoxicity hazard after metabolism, usually by the liver, are known as pro-genotoxins. The utility of…

Earth Sciences

ESA’s GENESI-DR Project Preserves Earth Science Data

GENESI-DR (Ground European Network for Earth Science Interoperations – Digital Repositories), an ESA-led, European Commission (EC)-funded two-year project, is…

Science Education

Imperial College and KAUST Launch $50M Academic Alliance

Imperial and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have signed a $50 million (US) Academic Excellence Alliance which will see joint…

Physics & Astronomy

Unveiling the Strength of the Hercules Beetle: Nature’s Champion

The Hercules Beetle is remarkable, not only for its strength, able to carry up to 850 times its own weight, the protective outgrowth of the insects’…

Health & Medicine

Diesel Exhaust Inhalation Impacts Brain Health Concerns

Previous studies have already suggested that very small particles, called nanoparticles, breathed in from polluted air can end up in the brain. But this is the…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring the Unique Partnership of Figs, Wasps, and Parasites

However, the long-term relationship between them can be threatened by individuals who take too much advantage of the relationship in the short-term for their…

Physics & Astronomy

Unlocking Gold Nanocrystal Secrets: New Measurement Technique

Finding the key to gold’s chemical reactivity (or that of any metal nanocrystal) has been difficult, as few measurement techniques work at the nanoscale. Now,…

Event News

e-Agriculture Innovations: PPP Strategies for Asia’s Growth

Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia Forum Starts TodayA Global Knowledge Partnership EventParticipate by registering at…

Machine Engineering

Discover Enhanced Logic Modules for Industry Systems

The logic modules of the 0BA6 series are significantly more powerful than their predecessor models. With 200 function blocks, the memory capacity is fifty…

Earth Sciences

Antarctica's coldest, darkest season draws MSU researchers

This year is different.The Montana State University scientist with an international reputation for polar research is spending his 24th season in Antarctica…

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