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Environmental Conservation

Reorganising water management on a free-market basis? Don’t overlook the environment!

Greater market forces might, however, overshadow the environmental interests and citizens’ wishes, leading to less sustainable water management methods. Sander…

Health & Medicine

Blue Light Boosts Brain Function: Key Insights from PLoS ONE

In a research paper published in PLoS ONE it is reported that it is not just any light that is most effective but rather light of a particular short wavelength…

Health & Medicine

High Satisfaction Rates Among Live Kidney Donors in Egypt

Researchers from Egypt, where live donations are currently the only legal option, carried out detailed evaluations of 339 patients who attended follow-up…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Insights on Native American Settlement History

Or, did the ancestors of today’s Native Americans come from other parts of Asia or Polynesia, arriving multiple times at several places on the two continents,…

Studies and Analyses

New Technique Predicts Side Effects of Cancer Drug SERMs

The study, reported November 30 in PLoS Computational Biology relates to a class of drugs known as Select Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs), which includes…

Studies and Analyses

Navigating Retirement Transitions in Czech Republic and Slovakia

The comparative analysis is all the more interesting because after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the evolution of elderly employment and the choice…

Health & Medicine

Credibility crucial in industry's contribution to fighting obesity

This was the key message of Cees ‘t Hart, chairman of the Choices International Foundation, to an audience of some 100 European opinion formers at a lunch…

Life & Chemistry

University Receives £5M To Explore Cell Communication

Biologists at Liverpool will investigate the role of the NF-kappaB signalling system to determine how cells decide when to die. NFkB governs responses within…

Information Technology

Are Speed Cameras Becoming Obsolete? Insights from a Young Innovator

Dimitrios Georgoulas, who is 27, has won this year’s Student Project of the Year category in The Computing Awards for Excellence 2007 after taking the same…

Life & Chemistry

3D Structure of DNA Repair Complex in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

This is the first study that shows the 3D structure of a molecular complex found in the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that repairs DNA damage. According…

Physics & Astronomy

UK Minister Highlights Physics Research’s Economic Impact

IOP used the opportunity to highlight their recent research which demonstrates the important contribution that the physics-based sector has been making to the…

Information Technology

Chalmers Unveils Integrated Receiver for High Frequency Use

The receiver is just a few square millimetre and is suitable for new safety systems, image sensors, and radio communication for high bitrates. The receiver is…

Studies and Analyses

Fear Drives Fitness: Study Reveals Stronger Motivation

Researchers at the University of Bath, UK, interviewed 281 male and female undergraduates and got half to imagine a physically unattractive version of…

Studies and Analyses

Coursing no threat to Irish hare population say Queen’s academics

A team, led by Dr Neil Reid, from the School of Biological Sciences assessed levels of hare mortality during coursing. They analysed records and independent…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Decoding Genetic Secrets of Potato Cyst Nematode Innovation

The potato cyst nematode (PCN), Globodera pallida, attacks potato crops all over the world and is particularly devastating in developing countries where the…

Life & Chemistry

Europe Connects Industry and Academia for Brain Disorder Research

Attempts to cure brain-related disorders have proved less successful than therapies for other major conditions such as heart cancer, even though just as many…

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