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Life & Chemistry

Cell Death in Blood Vessels: Key to Preventing Coronary Disease

In addition, the scientist highlighted the strong parallels existing between the apoptotic microenvironment in cardiovascular disease and those present in the…

Earth Sciences

Unusual Bacteria Thrive on Natural Gas Components

The hydrocarbons ethane, propane and butane – as well as the main component, methane – are the major constituents of natural gas. Biological processes may lead…

Information Technology

Imperial College Boosts UK National Grid With Computing Power

Dr David Colling, e-Science Team Leader of the High Energy Physics Group at Imperial College London said “Imperial has been active in the UK Grid community…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Research: Reducing Stress Risks Through Insights

Dr Daniel Brotman, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA and colleagues studied relevant literature published between 1990 and 2006 to prepare the Review….

Health & Medicine

Short Psychotherapy Course Boosts Psychological Well-Being

Well-Being Therapy is a novel psychotherapeutic strategy recently developed by a group of Italian investigators headed by Giovanni Fava at the University of…

Health & Medicine

Spotting Coronary Heart Disease Culprits for Better Prevention

In the sumptuous main hall of the Wills Memorial Building, Bristol University, almost 500 people – mostly laypersons with a percentage of international…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Biofuels Impact on Food Prices and Rural Agriculture

The increase in world agriculture prices caused by the global boom in biofuels could benefit many of the world’s rural poor, according to the Worldwatch…

Health & Medicine

Interactive i.Play Set Enhances Outdoor Play for Kids

With one in four children in the UK already overweight or obese1, finding new ways of encouraging children to get fitter has never been so important. The…

Life & Chemistry

Computer Imaging Innovates Frog Identification Methods

he award was announced today by the Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Ian Pearson, at a press conference in London as part of a package of funding…

Studies and Analyses

High levels of organisational commitment are found in the ‘happiest’ countries: research at Cass Business School finds

Dr Garry Gelade studied national differences in organisational commitment in a sample of 49 countries, and looked at whether the economy, national personality,…

Environmental Conservation

New Membrane Efficiently Captures CO2 from Waste Gases

However, before CO2 can be stored, it must be separated from the waste gases. The current methods used for this type of filtration are expensive and require…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Satellites Combat Desertification, Says UNCCD Conference

During the conference, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties (COP 8) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) met to agree upon…

Business and Finance

Flexibility is the key to tackling financial crime: New international study edited by Cass Business School financial regulation

The study revealed that whilst financial crime is now recognised as a global concern, there are serious dangers in dictating so-called ‘international…

Physics & Astronomy

University Leads Effort to Map the Universe with SKA Telescope

The £1.1 billion (Euro 1.5bn) Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will be around 200 times bigger and 100,000 times more powerful than the famous…

Health & Medicine

Killer Bug Clostridium Difficile Threatens Irish Hospitals

The symptoms from this bug, which is called Clostridium Difficile, range from mild illness to life-threatening colitis. In severely affected patients the inner…

Environmental Conservation

Cost-Effective Site Selection Model for Biodiversity Conservation

These strategies are often based on a single objective (e.g. species richness conservation or species abundance conservation), a constant site protection cost…

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