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Physics & Astronomy

Great Debate and Quantum Physics to be Explored by Leading French Scientist Visiting Canada’s Perimeter Institute

This debate will be examined by Alain Aspect of the Institute d’Optique and Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, during a Perimeter Institute Public Lecture…

Health & Medicine

New Methods Unveiled to Combat Breast Cancer by Manchester Researchers

Dr Robert Clarke and his team at the University's Cancer Studies research group have been investigating human breast cancers for the presence of stem cells -…

Information Technology

Fast Technology Detects Warped Fingerprints with Precision

Previous techniques have tried to identify a few key features on a finger print and laboriously match them against a database of templates. The University of…

Information Technology

University of Surrey to use Cambridge Cell Networks' ToxWiz software to assist their research on Safety Assessment

Under the agreement, toxicologists at Surrey will be using CCnet's unique ToxWiz software to assist their cutting edge research on drug and chemical safety….

Studies and Analyses

Surrey Faces Sleep Deprivation Challenges in Modern Life

In today’s 24/7 society, work and social obligations can adversely affect the timing, duration and quality of sleep. One such demand resulting from today’s…

Power and Electrical Engineering

€359M Risk Sharing Facility Boosts Renewable Energy Projects

A total of €359 million has been allocated to seven projects, most of which involve renewable energy technologies or energy efficiency. Renewable energy…

Studies and Analyses

Young Adult Smoking Surge Linked to Movies’ Smoking Scenes

After falling for several decades, the incidence of smoking in movies started increasing around 1990 and, by 2000 was comparable to 1950 levels. Young…

Life & Chemistry

Genetics Influence Learning: Insights from New Research

Michael Frank, an assistant professor of psychology and director of the Laboratory for Neural Computation and Cognition at The University of Arizona, headed a…

Physics & Astronomy

PhysMath Central Launches New Open Access Platform for STEM

PhysMath Central, BioMed Central’s open access publishing platform for the fields of physics, mathematics and computer science, today announced that PMC…

Technology Offerings

Measuring Adhesion: Key Tests for Polymer and Metal Coatings

While testing the adhesion properties of polymer films upon substrates or metal coatings upon plastics, test procedures like pull-off test or scratch test…

Environmental Conservation

New Insights: Lice Linked to West Nile Deaths in Pelicans

Veterinary entomologist Greg Johnson of Montana State University said earlier this year that he considered the possibility that lice were transmitting West…

Physics & Astronomy

'Dead time' limits quantum cryptography speeds

In quantum cryptography, a sender, usually designated Alice, transmits single photons, or particles of light, encoding 0s and 1s to a recipient, “Bob.” The…

Physics & Astronomy

Magnetic Properties of Ferromagnetic Thin Films Explored

Ferromagnetic thin films of metallic materials—ranging in thickness from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers—are layered in patterns on a substrate…

Studies and Analyses

Recovery from acid rain 'much slower than expected'

Acid rain was one of the world’s worst pollution problems of the 1970s and 1980s, affecting large areas of upland Britain, as well as Europe and North America.In Wales, more than 12,000 km of streams and rivers have been acidified, harming fish, stream insects and river birds such as the dipper….

Physics & Astronomy

Mysterious energy burst stuns astronomers

The research team, led by Assistant Professor Duncan Lorimer of West Virginia University, reports its discovery today in the online journal Science Express.The…

Health & Medicine

New Swedish research hope for millions of sufferers

Giardia lamblia is an intestinal parasite that exists all over the world and causes diarrhea. Above all, it affects young individuals, and in the third world…

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