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Health & Medicine

Simple Sensors: The Future of Heartbeat and Blood Pressure Monitoring

A gsm which measures your heartbeat and blood pressure using simple sensors is not a distant possibility; it is just a small innovation away from our present…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Mangrove Conservation: Safeguarding Tsunami-Prone Areas

Giri and other researchers used more than 750 Landsat satellite images to identify the remaining mangrove forests of the region, to quantify the rates and…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanotech Advancements in Creating Smart Robocops

A research paper published in the Institute of Physics’ Nanotechnology details how engineers from the Centre for Advanced Materials Technology at the…

Health & Medicine

New Natural Plastic Enhances Bone Implant Longevity

They are collaborating on research into the technological properties of composites that have a better capacity to adapt to the skeleton, thereby hopefully…

Automotive Engineering

Smart Sound Insulation in Cars Reduces Emissions and Weight

But it is a weighty process, adding kilos onto the overall weight of the car, increases the power and therefore the fuel consumption needed to make it go….

Earth Sciences

Elsevier Partners with IRTCES on Erosion and Sedimentation

This quarterly journal has an international editorial board and covers scientific and technical papers on all aspects of erosion and sedimentation, including…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Captures Stunning Interaction of Two Galaxies

Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies is a compilation of astronomical photographs using the Palomar 200-inch Hale and the 48-inch Samuel Oschin telescopes.The…

Health & Medicine

Targeted Cleaning Reduces MRSA Transmission in Hospitals

The public associate visibly dirty wards with increasing rates of MRSA, but there is little evidence for the effectiveness of basic cleaning on reducing the…

Social Sciences

Human rights are a powerful tool for social change – but their potential is yet to be realised in the UK

A new booklet, entitled ‘Human rights, a tool for change’, published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) examines the role that human…

Health & Medicine

Fibromyalgia Pain Linked to Neuron Mismatch in New Study

In a study published in the journal Rheumatology, researchers asked patients to look at a reflection of one arm whilst moving their other in a different…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Flies Unlock Secrets of Alcohol Sensitivity Genetics

Fruit flies are a useful model for investigating the contribution genes make to human alcohol sensitivity because, like humans, fruit flies can get 'drunk' if…

Health & Medicine

Astrocyte-Derived CNTF Restores RGC Regeneration After Injury

We have recently shown that lens injury (LI) or intravitreally applied zymosan allow RGCs to survive axotomy and regenerate axons in the injured optic nerve.Activated macrophages and oncomodulin have been suggested to be the principal mediators of this phenomenon. However, several lines of evidence show that macrophage-derived factors alone cannot account for all the beneficial effects of intraocular inflammation….

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Insights on Infertility in Cows and Women

A team of researchers from Michigan State University led by George Smith, associate professor of animal science, has discovered that the new egg-specific gene,…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights Into Inflammation in Osteoarthritis Research

The most common degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is marked by the breakdown of articular cartilage, which is the type of cartilage that lines…

Earth Sciences

Researchers find origin of 'breathable' atmosphere half a billion years ago

Ohio State University geologists and their colleagues have uncovered evidence of when Earth may have first supported an oxygen-rich atmosphere similar to the…

Life & Chemistry

Intravenous Gene Therapy Shields Mice from Radiation Damage

“Ionizing radiation can be extremely damaging to cells, tissues, organs and organ systems,” said Joel S. Greenberger, M.D., professor and chairman, department…

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