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Life & Chemistry

DASGIP Showcases Innovative Bioreactor Solutions at Biotechnica

DASGIP AG, leading manufacturer of parallel bioreactor systems, will present a number of innovations at their booth during Biotechnica in Hanover.OD4, an…

Physics & Astronomy

Discovering Microcrystal Structures with X-Ray Diffraction

For the first time, researchers from the ESRF and the CNRS have used X-ray diffraction to determine the structure of microcrystal grains of only one cubic…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Doha Round Tariff Reductions Impact EU Agricultural Protection

MTT Agrifood Research Finland has completed a study to reveal the sensitive agricultural products in the EU due to further tariff reductions in the projected…

Health & Medicine

Bilberry Extract: A Potential Ally Against Cancer Risks

Professor Andy Gescher, of the University of Leicester, is leading an investigation to carry out clinical trials with the commercially produced substance…

Physics & Astronomy

New Deep Space Images of Extended Groth Strip on Google Sky

he international team is taking deep images of an area of sky known as the Extended Groth Strip, an area that covers the width of four full moons, close to the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

EUROFOREST Portal Launch: Streamline Your Resource Discovery

Metadata allows information users to find and evaluate the resources: the user will get an overview of how far a particular information resource will be of use…

Physics & Astronomy

2007 ozone hole ‘smaller than usual’

Ozone loss is derived by measuring the area and the depth of the ozone hole. The area of this year’s ozone hole – where the ozone measures less than 220 Dobson…

Life & Chemistry

New System Enhances Safety of Leishmaniasis Drugs

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease found largely in the tropics which the World Health Organisation has estimated infects 12 million people worldwide each…

Studies and Analyses

Study: Immigrant Teens Eat Healthier, Lower Obesity Risk

For this reason, immigrant teenagers have a lower probability of suffering from obesity, diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases caused by bad eating…

Interdisciplinary Research

Diatoms Inspire Next-Gen Paints, Cosmetics, and Holograms

The tiny single-celled ‘diatom’, which first evolved hundreds of millions of years ago, has a hard silica shell which is iridescent – in other words, the shell…

Information Technology

New E-Learning Portal Enhances Higher Education Assessments

The FREMA (e-Framework Reference Model for Assessment) project, part of the Joint Information Systems Committee’s (JISC) e-Learning Framework, is a big…

Physics & Astronomy

2008 IOP Awards: Celebrating Advances in Physics Innovation

The Institute of Physics’ (IOP) 2008 awards have been announced today (Wednesday, October 3). This year ten new awards have been introduced to ensure that the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Study Reveals Why Standby Mode Wastes Time and Energy

Wrong! According to results of a study published today in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, there is little point in…

Physics & Astronomy

New Hubble Image Reveals Young Star Cluster in Action

This latest image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a young star cluster surrounded by a vast region of dust and gas. Most of the bright stars in…

Studies and Analyses

Fossil Data Enhances Understanding of Ancient Species

While many scientists feel that fossils can offer insights from the ancient past, others have been reluctant to use extinct species because the data they offer…

Health & Medicine

New Strategies Boost Antitumor Efficacy in Cancer Treatment

A research team from the Faculty of Medicine and Odontology is working on identifying pharmacological agents that increase the therapeutic benefit of…

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