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Physics & Astronomy

Heat from the Heavens – Opening up the Infrared Sky

UKIDSS DR1 has mapped a larger volume of the sky than any previous infrared survey. As the UKIDSS project progresses, it will gradually become the dominant…

Studies and Analyses

Adapting Business Strategies: Insights from Networks of Competence

Companies and networks alike are in need to adjust their business strategies to constantly changing economic and technological conditions continuously. To…

Studies and Analyses

One in Five African Doctors Work Abroad: A Closer Look

The fraction of health professionals abroad varies enormously across African countries, from 1% to over 70% according to the occupation and country. For…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Predict New Extra-Solar Planet Around HD 74156

The UA's Rory Barnes and his associates predicted the unknown planet from their theoretical study of the orbits of two planets known to orbit star HD 74156….

Physics & Astronomy

Snakes Can Hear in Stereo Through Their Jaws

Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes…

Physics & Astronomy

Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles Explained

Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for…

Information Technology

RFID Pilots Enhance Global Supply Chain Tracking Solutions

The mass implementation of electronic, internet-based systems to track products along global supply chains in real time comes a step closer following a series…

Information Technology

Purging nano’s innovation bottleneck

In laboratories dotted across the continent, dedicated and ingenious researchers work feverishly for years, or even careers, to increase our understanding of…

Life & Chemistry

Smiling Voice Research: How Expressions Impact Communication

The research, which also suggested that some people have “smilier” voices than others, adds to the growing body of evidence that smiling and other expressions…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Nut Allergy: Insights from Children and Families

A University of Leicester research project is now to look at the views and experiences of children and their families living with nut allergy, which accounts…

Business and Finance

UK Tax Credit Policy Insights for Austria’s Future Success

It is also imperative that a good and tested IT system is put in place before introducing the scheme. The success of the tax credit policy in Austria will also…

Life & Chemistry

Cultural Differences in Chimpanzee Colonies Revealed by Scientists

Historically, scientists believed that behavioural differences between colonies of chimpanzees were due to variations in genetics. A team at Liverpool,…

Life & Chemistry

University of Bristol’s New Solution for Selective Choices

A novel solution to this problem has been proposed by scientists at the University of Bristol and is published today in Nature. Professor John McNamara and…

Health & Medicine

Honey Dressings’ Impact on Venous Leg Ulcers: A Review

The breakdown in skin tissue below the knee that ends in venous leg ulcers forming has been recognised for centuries. Since the 17th century it has been…

Health & Medicine

Key Environmental Barriers in Housing: Research Insights

In collaboration with colleagues at Heidelberg University, Germany, researchers at the Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE), Lund University,…

Health & Medicine

Climate Change Health Alert: Rural Australia at Risk

“Health effects from climate change will stem from increased temperatures, irregular distribution of precipitation, air pollution and infectious diseases,’’…

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