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Physics & Astronomy

RAS Voices Concerns Over UK Astronomy Cuts at Town Meeting

At Monday’s ‘Town Meeting’ organised for the members of the scientific community most affected by the cuts, STFC officials presented the Programmatic Review…

Medical Engineering

New System Enhances Hearing for Cochlear Implant Patients

The main aim of this work includes improving the acquisition of Compound Action Potential records, carrying out an application analysis in the cochlear implant…

Medical Engineering

New Robotic Surgery Centre Opens at Imperial College London

The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery – supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust – established at Imperial College London, will push forward the integration of…

Life & Chemistry

Can Moths and Butterflies Retain Caterpillar Memories?

Butterflies and moths are well known for their striking metamorphosis from crawling caterpillars to winged adults. In light of this radical change, not just in…

Environmental Conservation

Arctic Tundra Fires: Impact of Climate Change Uncovered

The findings, published this week in the online journal, PLoS ONE, are important given the potential for tundra fires to release organic carbon – which could…

Environmental Conservation

Antarctic Fish Exhibit Hibernation-Like Behavior in Winter

The study showed that the fish activate a seasonal ‘switch’ in ecological strategy – going from one that maximises feeding and growth in summer to another that…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals Schistosomiasis Impact Underestimated

In a new study, published March 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the researchers calculate that the impact of symptoms associated…

Machine Engineering

Insulation Monitors Ensure Reliable Power for Medical Equipment

Mains-dependent medical equipment must remain in operation even when threatened with a short-circuit to frame, or when the general power supply fails. The 7LQ3…

Life & Chemistry

Cocktail Party Filter: How Our Brain Enhances Sound Clarity

Holger Schulze and his team found a surprising answer: the auditory system can discriminate voices according to their time structure. Only signals from the…

Awards Funding

European Science Awards 2007: Celebrating Innovative Research

WHAT? The European Science Awards 2007 …

Materials Sciences

Jacketing of DuPont™ Hytrel® insulates and protects Leoni spiral jumper cables at 350 km/h

Leoni, a manufacturer of tailor-made special cables and specialist for mobile high-flex connections, picked this thermoplastic elastomer because it met the…

Studies and Analyses

Cell Phone Use Linked to Increased Risk-Taking in Students

A survey of 305 students at one campus found that 40 percent of cell phone users said they walked somewhere after dark that they normally wouldn’t go.A…

Studies and Analyses

Watery Pools in Bone Marrow Linked to Psoriatic Arthritis Damage

Researchers have learned more about how a leading drug prevents certain types of arthritis from eating away at bone, according to a study published in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Gold Becomes Magnetic at Nanoscale: New Physicists’ Discovery

In another paper, they relate their discovery that gold in this size regime can be made magnetic through oxygenation of gold nanowires. They also found that up…

Studies and Analyses

The myth of runner's high revisited with brain imaging

Throughout the world, amateurs, experts and the media agree that prolonged jogging raises people's spirits. And many believe that the body’s own opioids, so…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Marker Increases Breast Cancer Risk by 1.4 Times

Women with this DNA variation are at a 1.4 times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to those without the variation. The findings are to be…

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