More than 300 million people all over the world are infected by hepatitis B virus (HBV), and there are 2 million deaths per year. The Umeå researchers have…
The genetic manipulation of plants is both, a subject of great controversy in Europe and a tactic already practiced by certain bacteria. The soil bacterium…
The animation highlights the movement in the area between September 2006 and October 2007. The Pine Island Glacier is visible stretching from the right of the…
The disease is the most prevalent acute wheezing disorder in infants and is the most common cause of admission to hospital in the first year of life in the…
After passing Mars in April 2007, Rosetta is now approaching Earth for the second time – the third of four planetary swing-bys that provide fuel-saving…
“It has been an arduous process both inside ESA and in the community to get these winning groups into what I suppose can be said to be the quarterfinals of one…
The Golden Zone is the name of a an underground zone where temperatures range between 60 and 120 C. The name refers to a new discovery that 90 per cent of the…
A study headed by the Junior Group of Dr. Daniel Krappmann (GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Toxicology) in…
The green leaves of plants use the energy of sunlight to make sugar by combining water with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This sugar fuels the plant’s…
Looking for ways to improve the healing process in diabetes patients, the research group for the Traslacional Investigation of Biomaterials and Tissue…
One solution to improve the lifetime of these devices that has been investigated is incorporating carbon nanotubes (tubes made of carbon atoms, 1000s of times…
Based on long traditions, the cooperation nowadays covers all important areas – air, water, forestry and biodiversity. The cooperation has resulted in several…
Extremely chlorine-resistant parasites, known as Cryptosporidium, which cause a diarrheal disease in humans and can lead to significant mortality in…
Professor Mike Charlton, who was until the start of October Head of the University’s School of Physical Sciences, has been awarded a five-year Senior Research…
More than 3,000 critically endangered sociable lapwings have been found in the Ceylanpinar district of south-eastern Turkey after a satellite tag was fitted to…
In the Comment, Lord Darzi looks at each of the four areas above in detail, beginning with Fairness. He says that while the NHS leads the way in being free at…
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