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Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Outer Space: Insights from Science and Humanities

To find out, the European Science Foundation (ESF), European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) are co-hosting a conference in…

Studies and Analyses

Mobile Phone Research Findings: MTHR 2023 Report Insights

The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme published its conclusions on September 12 as part of its 2007 Report.The six-year research…

Physics & Astronomy

Mysterious Ridges Discovered at Tiu Valles Estuary

The pictures were taken in orbit 3103 on 10 June 2006 with a ground resolution of approximately 16 metres per pixel. The mouth of Tiu Valles is an estuary-like…

Information Technology

University of Southampton Grants Windows Access to National Grid

The Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing at the University will be providing access to the Microsoft Compute Cluster Service through a Globus…

Life & Chemistry

Uncovering Drug Residues: The Truth About Your Money

The results will be announced at the BA Festival of Science in York and the paper will be published in Forensic Science International on Thursday 13 September.Paper money is almost always tainted with some drug residue. Evidence presented at court shows how banknotes seized from a suspect may differ from banknotes in general circulation, in the form of higher contamination with drugs. …

Life & Chemistry

Climate Impact on Neanderthal Extinction: New Evidence Unveiled

The bones of more than 400 Neanderthals have been found since the first discoveries were made in the early 19th century. The finds suggest the Neanderthals,…

Physics & Astronomy

Physics Boosts Scottish Economy: £8 Million Impact Report

A report, Physics and the Scottish Economy, released today, Thursday, 13 September, by the Institute of Physics in Scotland (IOP), shows that more than £8…

Life & Chemistry

Isolating Stem Cells from Womb Tissue: A New Discovery

Pelvic floor prolapse is a common condition, affecting over 50% of women after childbirth; around one in ten women have surgery and a third of these women…

Physics & Astronomy

Planet Survives Star’s Red Giant Phase: Earth’s Future?

This discovery, published today in Nature, provides a somewhat preliminary picture of what could be the destiny of our Earth once the Sun has exhausted its…

Environmental Conservation

London’s 2030 Emissions Targets: The Case for Banning Cars

The GLA is committed to reducing London’s carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2025[1], but most climate scientists argue that even more rapid reductions will be…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Signature Reveals Loneliness’s Impact on Immunity

The findings suggest that feelings of social isolation are linked to alterations in immune system activity, which result in increased inflammatory signalling…

Life & Chemistry

Genes and Drugs Collaborate to Lower Blood Pressure

Sharon Kardia from the University of Michigan together with a US team drawn from the University of Texas, Houston and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, studied…

Health & Medicine

Hospital Bugs: From Bottom to Bedrail in Patient Care

Curtis Donskey and colleagues from the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ohio, US, collected stool samples from inpatients and analysed these for S….

Studies and Analyses

DNA Analysis Reveals Global Dispersal Patterns of Protozoa

A study in the online open access journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, shows that some protozoa are globally dispersed, while others are geographically…

Physics & Astronomy

Lighter Gas Lowers Optics Damage in EUV Lithography

In the quest for creating computer chips with ever-smaller feature sizes, chip manufacturers are exploring extreme ultraviolet lithography as the next…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Use Neon to Track Planet Formation in Stars

University of Arizona astronomers who collaborated in the observations say that neon could show which stars retain their surrounding dust-and-gas disks needed…

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