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Physics & Astronomy

How Swarming Starlings Unlock Insights in Plasma Research

The researchers began their work in a research group interested in plasmas. These are difficult to study at the best of times because the opportunities to view…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Virtual Plant Models: Enhancing Crop Optimization for Farmers

Farmers can make better use of resources, resulting in cheaper and better quality food for all and learn more effective crop management as they can visualise…

Earth Sciences

Rocks Under High Water Pressure: New Insights from GFZ Potsdam

Yesterday, Thursday the 9th of August 2007, the GFZ Potsdam (GeoForschungsZentrum), Germany's National Lab for Geosciences is starting a new series of…

Physics & Astronomy

Join Echo’s Quest: Physics Adventures at Butlins This Summer

Throughout the summer holidays, children visiting Butlins with their families can take part in an interactive quest to help Echo, an alien from the planet…

Physics & Astronomy

Physics Buskers Showcase Science at Green Man Festival 2023

The Physics in the Field team of buskers pitch their tents at the festival in the Brecon Beacons, mid-Wales during 17-19 August. Over the course of the three…

Physics & Astronomy

UK Publisher IOP Wins Key Contract for Research Journals

IOP Publishing, the UK-based publishing company owned by the Institute of Physics, is celebrating winning a contract to publish the flagship research journals…

Information Technology

UK Scientists Tackle ID Theft with New Biometrics Project

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is part of Biotesting Europe, a new €358,000 biometrics project, part-funded by the European Union. The project will…

Studies and Analyses

'Alternative' food forges new attitudes

The study, led by Dr Moya Kneafsey of Coventry University, and part of the Cultures of Consumption research programme funded by the Economic & Social Research…

Life & Chemistry

New Approach to Halt Cancer Cell DNA Reading

Dekker and her team are trying to stop tumor development by interfering with the molecular motors that copy DNA during cell division. This will cut off the…

Communications Media

New Method Enhances Audio Quality by Scuppering Pirates

Shervin Shirmohammadi Hani Jabbour, and Jiying Zhao of the Discover lab at the University of Ottawa, Canada describe their new approach to beating music…

Health & Medicine

Woman Overcomes Speech Impairments After Bicycle Accident

It was in August 2006 that the 63-year-old woman, with no previous medical history, was brought to the hospital after falling from her bicycle and hitting her…

Health & Medicine

Bioengineering Solutions to Combat Iron Deficiency

Dr Michael Zimmerman, Laboratory for Human Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and colleagues have reviewed published literature…

Health & Medicine

MRI Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prevention

Professor Christiane Kuhl, Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Germany and colleagues studied 7319 women over a five-year period who had been referred…

Life & Chemistry

Unique Egg Cell Division Insights: Key Genes Uncovered

Which genes are passed on from mother to child is decided very early on during the maturation of the egg cell in the ovary. In a cell division process that is…

Physics & Astronomy

Ultrafast Laser Spectrometer Tracks Heat Flow in Molecules

“How electrons flow through molecular wires has been studied, but less attention has been given to how the heat flows,” said Dana Dlott, a physical chemist at…

Information Technology

European RFID Projects Shape Research Agenda in Berlin

At their meeting in Berlin the CERP partners decided that a powerful vision on RFID must be based on a strong focus on applications. According to the RFID…

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