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Life & Chemistry

Genetic Differences Impact Aging Rates in Wildlife

Evidence for the existence of such genetic variation for aging rates—a central tenet in the evolutionary theory that explains why animals would show…

Information Technology

Croatian Scientists Simplify Protein Fingerprinting Process

Being directly responsible for a great majority of processes in living cells, proteins are the most important class of biological molecules. They are literally…

Information Technology

University of Kent Students Tackle Airline Scheduling Challenges

XL Airways, a leading and award winning UK charter airline based at Gatwick, operates a complex timetable to over 50 charter destinations in Europe, the Middle…

Environmental Conservation

EO Innovations at UN Climate Conference: Tackling CO2 Emissions

The Protocol commits its signatories to reduce levels of greenhouse gases – chief among them carbon dioxide – believed to be increasing global warming. Around…

Awards Funding

GRACE Team Wins Award for Satellite Mission Excellence

On the occasion of the current Fall Meeting of the AGU (American Geophysical Union) in San Francisco the German-American GRACE-Team was presented with the…

Information Technology

A researcher from the Universidad de Granada has created a system which makes robots ‘see’ people and interact with them

Rafael Muñoz Salinas, a researcher from de Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Granada, is the author of a doctoral…

Physics & Astronomy

New Frequency to Current Converter Advances Quantum Standards

The group has developed a frequency to current converter, the accuracy of which is based on the known charge of an electron and the extreme accuracy in…

Information Technology

Helsinki Institute Launches Virtual Economy Research Project

“We are excited to expand our pioneering research in this area. An increasing amount of time and money is being spent in virtual economies, but many basic…

Health & Medicine

Venlafaxine Extended-Release: Effective Relief for Major Depression

MDD is the leading cause of disability of all medical illnesses, with substantial functional impairment, morbidity, and mortality. Few studies have assessed…

Awards Funding

Global Academic Network Boosts Public Procurement Innovation

The award, from the European Union’s Asia Link programme, has been made to Professor Sue Arrowsmith, Director of the Public Procurement Research Group in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Light and Sound: Advancing Medical Imaging Techniques

The system uses extremely short pulses of low-energy laser light to stimulate the emission of ultrasonic acoustic waves from the tissue area being examined….

Life & Chemistry

Freshwater Fish Use Urine Pheromones to Compete for Mates

Animal behaviourists have known for some time that the urine of freshwater fish is a vehicle for reproductive hormones that act in the water as pheromones,…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Enhances Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Settings

US and UK researchers compared the effects of the new drug dexmedetomidine with the commonly used sedative lorazepam, both of which reduce the pain and anxiety…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Swirls: Insights from Nobel Laureates in Physics

The 2007 physics Nobel Prize awarded achievements in the field of magnetism. When they started their fundamental research, the laureates Albert Fert and Peter…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Size Matters: Key Findings on Leaf and Petal Cell Roles

Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have discovered that cells at the margins of leaves and petals play a particularly important role in setting…

Life & Chemistry

From Nature's nanolaboratory

Imagine a packaging material that kills bacteria and keeps food longer in good condition. Or a disposable duvet cover that keeps infection away from you when…

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