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New Knowledge Base for European Grid Initiatives Explained

Supported by 38 countries in Europe and collaborating with the National Grid Initiatives (NGIs), the EGI Design Study is defining the future operational model…

Life & Chemistry

Sex differences in the brain’s serotonin system

Serotonin is a brain neurotransmitter that is critical to the development and treatment of depression and chronic anxiety, conditions that, for reasons still…

Health & Medicine

Natural Olive Compound Maslinic Acid Inhibits Cancer Growth

Maslinic acid is a protease inhibitor that, among other features, has the capacity of regulating cell growth. It is useful for cancer treatment, as it allows…

Medical Engineering

How Web Technology Enhances Heart Assist Devices

Current implanted heart assist devices function by sucking blood from the ventricles and then expelling it into downstream vessels. Whilst these have been…

Awards Funding

Ireland's Celtic Catalysts wins "rising star award" at international biotech competition

Celtic Catalysts was among the four Irish biotech companies, all members of IBEC’s Irish BioIndustry Association (IBIA), who took part in the international…

Studies and Analyses

Award-Winning Research on Cross-Border Business Trends

The IMR International Marketing Award is awarded to the best research paper that is presented at the annual European International Business Academy (EIBA)…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

DDT Metabolite Disrupts Breast Cancer Cell Function

Michel Aubé and colleagues from Université Laval and Institut national de santé publique in Québec, Canada have published findings suggesting that DDT’s main…

Studies and Analyses

UK Doctors Call for National Licensing to Boost Standards

A UK-based research team assessed the performance of UK medical graduates from 19 British universities in the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians…

Environmental Conservation

Experimental Proof of Chaos in Food Webs Unveiled

Using a long-term laboratory experiment, the study demonstrates that, even under constant conditions, all species in a food web continued to fluctuate in a…

Business and Finance

Indian Pharma’s New Strategy: Are They Ready for Change?

April 11, 2001, when people saw a short, bespectacled figure waving from the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange, after his company became the first Indian…

Process Engineering

New Tech Enhances Conservation of Historic Paintings

Museums and art galleries are repositories of treasured artworks created by notable artists throughout history. These artworks are archived, conserved and…

Transportation and Logistics

Public Transportation in evolution—New ideas for more comfortable and convenient train rides

Taking on the challenge for new public transportation services with an academic-industrial alliance, with unique ideas that break down stereotyped thinkingAbout three years ago, when Prof. Takefuji, who specializes in network security and neural network (information processing mechanism modeled on human brain structure) met with the president of JR East at a meeting, the two found themselves as kindred spirits as soon as they met. Prof. Takefuji revealed his research ideas related to railway services, such as the “electricity generating floor” and “transverse wave speaker”, and an academic-industrial alliance was decided on at the spot. In cooperation with JR East Consultants Company, many projects are under way towards a railway service that is universally user-friendly….

Automotive Engineering

Natural Gas Vehicles Innovation in Malaysia: CNG/DI Advances

CNG/DI Engine and Transmission Researchers: Barkawi Sahari (1), Fakhru’l-Razi Ahmadun (1), Ishak Aris (1), Norman Mariun (1), T. G. Chuah (1) ; Yusoff Ali (2),…

Health & Medicine

Innovative All-Natural Sunscreen: The Future of Skin Protection

Project Title: Process and Production of Novel “All Natural” Sunscreen AgentsResearchers: O.M. Lai, C. Kong, C.T. Low, S.K. Lo, Rosfarizan Mohd., K. Long and…

Physics & Astronomy

Predicting the radiation risk to ESA’s astronauts

The new software package accurately simulates the physics of radiation particles passing through spacecraft walls and human bodies. Such techniques will be…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells Illuminate Childhood Leukaemia Treatment Breakthrough

The research should lead to less aggressive treatment for the disease and could result in the development of new and more effective drugs, an international…

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