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Life & Chemistry

New Biomarkers Advancing Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Research

In a special issue of Disease Markers, published by IOS Press, eleven articles explore new developments in the identification and understanding of biomarkers…

Health & Medicine

South Asian Cancer Coping Strategies: New Research Insights

Karen Lord, who holds the first Nursing Fellowship at the University funded by Hope Against Cancer (formerly The Hope Foundation), is researching the…

Life & Chemistry

Eczema Relief: Testing Water Softeners at Nottingham University

The independent trial run by clinicians at The University of Nottingham has received funding of nearly £1million from the Department of Health’s National…

Business and Finance

Researchers Warn of Pensions Crisis Due to Longevity Trends

A group of academics are warning that increases in longevity translate into bad news for those with obligations to pay our pensions or look after us when we…

Event News

ESF's 1st Science Policy Conference ponders questions on ERA, Global Research Area

How, in the face of many differing national bureaucracies, research traditions and peer review practices, should they build a new kind of community of…

Health & Medicine

Education as Defense Against Eating Disorders: New Insights

Researchers conducted an Eating Disorder Mental Health Literacy (EDMHL) intervention by providing women with eating disorders with treatment information,…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Map Reveals Insights on Aging in Mice

The study, published November 30 in PLoS Genetics, uses a newly available database called AGEMAP to document the process of aging in mice at the molecular…

Physics & Astronomy

Japan and ITER Sign Key Agreement for Superconductor Production

This Procurement Arrangement is for part of the conductor for the 18 Toroidal Field (TF) Coils that will confine the plasma within the ITER machine. “Being the…

Physics & Astronomy

Organic ‘building blocks’ discovered in Titan’s atmosphere

These particles may act as organic building blocks for even more complicated molecules and their discovery was completely unexpected because of the chemical…

Power and Electrical Engineering

First ITER Council convened in Cadarache – historic step in the quest for clean Energy 28 November 2007 Cadarache

Setting a new paradigm in international scientific collaboration, the two day meeting in Cadarache France brought together top scientific statesmen and…

Social Sciences

New Test Enhances Polygraph Accuracy Using SVT

A new study published in Psychophysiology finds that the use of a written test, known as Symptom Validity Testing (SVT), in conjunction with polygraph testing…

Social Sciences

Eastern European Migration: Discrimination’s Impact Revealed

The research, carried out by GEP — the Global Economic Policy Centre — at The University of Nottingham shows Russian-speaking minorities in Latvia are much…

Life & Chemistry

Could stem cells be used to cure Crohn’s Disease?

University of Nottingham researchers are launching a major clinical trial to find out whether stem cells taken from a sufferer’s own body could provide…

Studies and Analyses

Happiness comes cheap — even for millionaires

In a study commissioned by the National Lottery, Dr Richard Tunney of the University’s School of Psychology found that it’s the simple things in life that…

Information Technology

Intelligent Software Creates Advanced Robotic Hand Technology

Using artificial intelligence, they are creating software which will learn and copy human hand movements. They hope to replicate this in a robotic device which…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Selection Advances in Target Stem Cell Populations

This advance could help scientists develop better ways of deriving useful cell populations for therapeutic and research purposes.Although human embryonic stem…

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