Herschel’s telescope, which will carry the largest mirror ever flown in space, has just been delivered to ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre,…
Computerized image analysis can be used to determine the size of organs like the liver, or to construct three-dimensional models of organs when surgery or…
It has long been known that the inner core of the earth, a sphere consisting of a solid mass with a radius of about 1,200 km, is mainly made up of iron….
It's late on Saturday night. Hundreds of revellers empty out of the bars and restaurants in town and call for cabs to get home. But can the taxi firm meet such…
The loss of a CD by HM Revenue & Customs in November 2007 containing personal and financial details of over 7 million families claiming child benefit was…
Type 2-diabetes is a chronic disease resulting from a reduction in insulin-production from the pancreas or an inability of other tissues in the body to respond…
The My Space/Facebook phenomenon has shown how we love to share personal information. But will we take the next step and share our feelings and emotions across…
Delegates at the British Society for Computer Aided Orthopaedic Surgery Conference will hear that results from a pilot study saw graduates 95 per cent more…
Some of these toxins, such as the mycoestrogen zearalenone (ZEA) produced by the Fusarium fungus species, can be found naturally in the environment, have…
This ‘molecular sieve’ is capable of removing water out of e.g. solvents and biofuels. It is a very energy efficient alternative to existing techniques like…
The Southampton Transient Oxygen and Radiation Monitor (STORM) instrument is destined for the International Space Station where it will be used in an…
More room for risky research — this is the motto under which the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) has introduced a new funding…
In our business area Mobile Knowledge we develop systems and technologies for knowledge and information transfer in the users' normal work or leisure time…
One of the main conclusions of this study is that the use of cigarettes has become very important for women in order to face up to stress and anxiety, control…
Although vaccines exist to protect against some strains of meningitis, there is still no vaccine to protect against all strains, including the most common in…
The £1.1m Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS) will explore cutting edge technology that ‘captures’ polluting carbon dioxide and stores…
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