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Global Environmental Change – The Role of the Arctic Region

The theme for the conference is Global Environmental Change with the focus on the Arctic Region. The organizers are the European Science Foundation, ESF, along…

Information Technology

Innovative Microwave and Optical Applications at Queen’s University

The event was organised by Queen’s University Belfast and the EU Network of Excellence “METAMORPHOSE” (METAMaterials Organised for Radio, millimetre wave, and…

Health & Medicine

Hertfordshire’s CLiCIR: Advancing Lifespan and Chronic Illness Research

The Centre for Lifespan and Chronic Illness Research (CLiCIR), headed by Dr David Wellsted, has been set up within the University’s Health and Human Sciences…

Health & Medicine

New Guidelines for Divers: Understanding CO2’s Impact on Bubbles

Carbon dioxide may have a profound influence on the development of gas bubbles in the blood, a fresh doctoral study at the Norwegian School of Veterinary…

Life & Chemistry

Plant Molecules Control Cell Movement and Division Processes

These molecules bind to the protein actin which is implicated in cell movement and cell division. According to experimental results published recently in…

Health & Medicine

New Research Sheds Light on Schizophrenia Brain Abnormalities

The research identifies brain abnormalities and what causes them. This better understanding of the abnormalities will lead to improved treatment and…

Life & Chemistry

Spirulina Microalgae: A New Functional Food for Your Diet

Microalgae have turned out to be a potential alternative to the use of synthetic sources for these ingredients. Spirulina is a type of microalgae that has been…

Communications Media

Using Video Conferencing to Resolve Workplace Conflicts

At present, conciliators and mediators from organisations such as Acas are called in to help tackle hundreds of thousands of serious conflicts each year,…

Studies and Analyses

Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Reduce Heart Attacks by 27%

The 15-year investigation, by researchers from the University of Glasgow, has shown that patients treated with statins for five years suffer 27 per cent fewer…

Health & Medicine

Omega-3 Fats Show Promise In Reducing Child Allergies

The study, which started in 2005, comprised 145 pregnant mothers with families at heightened risk of developing allergy and asthma. From the 25th week of…

Studies and Analyses

Prostate Cancer’s Link to Hip Fracture Risk in Men Aged 50-65

Danish researchers looked at 62,865 men aged 50 and over, with an average age of just under 67. 15,716 had suffered a fracture of some description and 47,149…

Life & Chemistry

Modeling Pathogen Responses to Enhance Vaccine Development

The key to creating a vaccination lies in knowing which parts of the pathogen to target with which antibodies. A new study by David Heckerman and colleagues…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into TPPII Enzyme’s Role in Fat Formation

The enzyme, TPPII, has previously been linked to making people feel hungry, but Jonathan Graff and colleagues now show that it may be even more deeply involved…

Earth Sciences

European Leaders Uncover Climate Insights from Ice Cores

Professor Thomas Stocker of the University of Bern in Switzerland is one of the principal investigators of EPICA (European Programme for Ice Coring in…

Information Technology

New Tech Enable Role Swap Between Pilots and Controllers

New technologies such as satellite navigation, data link communication, and ADS-B (aircraft send out information about their position) have the potential to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Method Cuts Electric Motor Costs By 50% and Boosts Quality

As a result of an entirely new way of making magnetic components in electric motors, the aggregate production cost for such motors is expected to be cut in…

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