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Life & Chemistry

New Bacteria Threatens Sexually-Active Gay Men’s Health

The bacteria appear to be transmitted most easily through intimate sexual contact, but can spread through casual skin-to-skin contact or contact with…

Life & Chemistry

Mouse Model Highlights New HIV Prevention Strategy Efficacy

The findings, published in PLoS Medicine, demonstrate the utility of such mice for animal testing of pre-exposure antiviral drugs to protect against HIV…

Health & Medicine

Vascular Surgeons Ask, What's Next for Carotid Artery Stenting?

“Currently, the choice of CEA versus CAS in individual patients is based more on individual practitioner experience than on clear evidence-derived guidelines,”…

Information Technology

New MSc in Artificial Intelligence Launches at Southampton

The MSc which will be offered by the University of Southampton's School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) in October this year, builds on the School's…

Earth Sciences

Exploring How Some Species Defy the Aging Process

Some, however, live to extreme ages, such as the English yew, of which at least one alive today is recorded in the Domesday Book; while a few organisms seem to…

Information Technology

New survey to reveal "Britain's Atlantis"

Professor David Sear, of the University of Southampton, and marine archaeologist Stuart Bacon, will explore the ancient sunken city, off the Suffolk coast, in…

Health & Medicine

Science Tackles 2,500-Year-Old Drug Issues Through Innovation

“Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed,” warned the father of medicine, Hippocrates,…

Medical Engineering

Exploring the Evolution of Medical Implants in Healthcare

Half a century ago, Swedish scientists invented the first implantable heart pacemaker, demonstrating the potential of treating medical conditions by placing…

Studies and Analyses

The link between children’s nutrition and the development of adult diseases such as diabetes or allergies

Thanks to this project, the University of Granada becomes the only Spanish investigation centre taking part in this ambitious initiative, the first of its kind…

Information Technology

New 'Digital Design with VHDL' book

The book, which was authored by Professor Mark Zwolinski at the University's School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) and is published by Pearson…

Environmental Conservation

Unlocking Biomass Production: Benefits Through Smart Planning

Better still, the growing plants could be used to help solve other environmental problems. In a review of current systems, Göran Berndes from the Department of…

Life & Chemistry

Viroporins: Unlocking Poliovirus’s Membrane-Penetrating Mechanism

Mechanisms that create non selective pores in cellular membranes have been a defence and attack tool used by a wide range organisms form time immemorial….

Studies and Analyses

Lack of training for children’s medicines prescribing may increase risk of error

The authors, from The University of Nottingham, base their findings on a trawl of published research on techniques to reduce prescribing errors and a survey of…

Health & Medicine

Cell Death Suppression Boosts M2 Vaccine Effectiveness

Scientists from Cure Lab, Inc. in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine published new findings indicating that unmodified M2 may have a…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Impact on Deep Sea Populations: A Growing Concern

The progressive depletion of world fisheries is one of the key socio-economical issues of the forthcoming century. However, amid this worrying scenario,…

Studies and Analyses

T. Rex Teen Pregnancies: New Study Reveals Early Motherhood

Dinosaurs had pregnancies as early as age 8, far before they reached their maximum adult size, a new study finds. Researchers at Ohio University and University…

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