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Physics & Astronomy

Particle Detectives Explore Time Machine Innovations in Education

To help teachers share the excitement and challenges of a project of this magnitude with their students, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)…

Life & Chemistry

Unmasking Animal Food Allergens: Key Insights from New Study

In theory all proteins have the potential to become allergens, but the study found that in practice the ability of animal food proteins to act as allergens…

Medical Engineering

Simply Evolutionary: Siemens Unveils New Technology for Nuclear Medicine’s

The Symbia E is the newest addition to the Symbia family of SPECT and SPECT•CT (computed tomography) imaging systems. It provides users with a high-quality…

Environmental Conservation

Understanding Climate Change – Nobel Peace Prize puts spotlight on climate protection

This summary, freely available at http://www.greenfacts.org/, offers a convenient tool for revisiting the IPCC’s core findings about man-made climate change…

Social Sciences

Modeling Urban Dynamics to Combat Real-World Epidemics

The new model takes everything into account – the quantity of inhabitants in the city, their sex and age, social status and family status, place of employment…

Environmental Conservation

Heaps of climate gas – Pasturing cows convert soil to a source of methane

Now, however, a team of German scientists from the Institute of Soil Ecology of the GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health (Helmholtz…

Environmental Conservation

New Think-Tank Launches to Tackle Climate Change Challenges

A new think-tank is being launched at the University of Leicester bringing together expertise from different disciplines in order to tackle climate change and…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Explore Galactic Dust’s New Opportunities

But more recently dust has started to present opportunities because it emits radiation itself as a consequence of being heated up by nearby stars. Aided by new…

Earth Sciences

Record-Speed Melting: Greenland’s Glaciers Create Massive Icebergs

Each year, in the south eastern part of Greenland alone, the glaciers produce a mass of icebergs which is equivalent to a gigantic ice cube measuring 6½km on…

Physics & Astronomy

Choosing Ideal Wall Materials for ITER Fusion Project

The objective of IPP is to develop a power plant that, like the sun, derives energy from fusion of atomic nuclei. Its feasibility is to be demonstrated by the…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Titan’s Drizzly Mornings and Methane Lakes

Noted for its bizarre hydrocarbon lakes and frozen methane clouds, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, also appears to have widespread drizzles of methane, according…

Event News

Molten Droplets in the Early Solar System: New Insights

On October 12th delegates attending the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) meeting ‘Early Solar System Processes on Meteorites’ will discuss the competing…

Physics & Astronomy

Cassini’s new view of land of lakes and seas

A new radar image comprised from seven Titan fly-bys over the last year and a half shows a north pole pitted with giant lakes and seas, at least one of them…

Studies and Analyses

Join Vision Science Study: Volunteer for Lazy Eye Research

A team led by Dr Brendan Barrett, Director of the Vision Science Research Group at the University, is looking for people to spare an hour to have their eyes…

Information Technology

Geneva Leads With Quantum Cryptography for Vote Security

With this project, the first real-world application of quantum cryptography, Geneva assumes a pioneering role. It is the initial phase of a wide-ranging plan…

Communications Media

Bournemouth University's Bid to Animate the Beijing National Opera

Bournemouth University’s National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) and the Beijing Advanced Technology College (ATC) are collaborating on the development…

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