That is the conclusion of Professor Harry Bartelink, from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI-AVL) in Amsterdam, and his…
Diabetes is increasing in incidence in the UK and elsewhere and one of the most significant health problems associated with the condition are vascular…
The county-wide screening programme was one of the first in the country to be launched in March 2006 and screened over 28,000 diabetes patients across…
In Beijing, the first preparations are being made to cool athletes down to the right operating temperature. That such measures are actually working, was proved…
Now Imense Ltd, a high-tech Cambridge start-up, has announced new investment to help them become the ‘Google’ of image searching, using their revolutionary…
Microscopically small, newly formed tumors may rest in dormant state for months or even years without forming their own blood vessels. It takes a kind of…
People suffering from a severe retinal disease will sooner or later lose their eyesight considerably or even become completely blind. Those affected, family…
In a study published this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, James Poterba of MIT, Steven Venti of…
The invention concerns both a device and a process for linear movements with good coaxial precision and high airtightness in vacuum environment.Further…
The invention permits to synthesize easily carbohydrate-C-N and glycosamine mimics from natural carbohydrate and glycol. The synthesized molecules can be used…
The invention concerns a substance to treat various building materials with the purpose of enhancing their hygroscopic properties, thus ensuring a passive…
A reversal of tectonic plate motion between Acapulco and Mexico City in the last half of 2006 probably didn't ease seismic strain in the region or the specter…
The new discovery is helping astronomers to understand what will happen to the planets in our solar system when our Sun becomes a red-giant star, expanding so…
Intense rainfall in the region often leads to flooding and disease outbreaks.The analysis by a team of U.S. and British researchers shows that unusually heavy…
The researchers have published their findings, “Dynamics of Porphyrin Electron-Transfer Reactions at the Electrode–Electrolyte Interface at the Molecular…
“We essentially found that cleanup in the cell is not supervised by one but by two proteins,” Groettrup says. “It is important because everything we know about…