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Physics & Astronomy

Queen’s astronomer searches for new planets in ‘100 nights’ study

This unprecedented award for a Northern Ireland astronomer is built on the success of the Queen’s SuperWASP experiment designed to detect extra solar planets…

Physics & Astronomy

Interplanetary networking: ESA’s Mars Express will keep an eye on NASA’s Phoenix

Phoenix’s launch is scheduled for 4 August this year and it is expected to land on the Red Planet in the spring of 2008. The mission will investigate the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Discover How Plants Handle Stress: Key Discoveries Unveiled

In short, they are suffering from stress. Scientists from VIB, associated with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven), have revealed a new mechanism…

Environmental Conservation

Court Order Halts Via Baltica Highway Construction in Rospuda Valley

Construction workers were today (August 1) due to resume work on the Via Baltica highway through the ancient Rospuda Valley but have been ordered to stop by…

Environmental Conservation

Exploring Climate Change Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

SciDev.Net's latest 'spotlight' on climate change in sub-Saharan Africa brings you an overview of the key issues faced by the continent in adjusting to a…

Information Technology

Softpro Enhances Information Security with Biometrics at Kent

Based in Germany with local subsidiaries in North America, the UK and Asia-Pacific, Softpro provides biometric solutions that are increasingly used in…

Earth Sciences

Mapping Mountains from Space: Discover GOCE’s Impact

Geodesy is concerned with measuring and mapping the shape of the Earth's surface, to the benefit of all branches of Earth sciences and has many practical…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Impact Craters in Tyrrhena Terra on Mars

On 10 May 2007, the pictures of the region located at 18° South and 99° East were taken during orbit number 4294 with a ground resolution of approximately 15…

Health & Medicine

Exploring Water’s Memory: Insights from Professor Martin Chaplin

Guest editor Professor Martin Chaplin of the Department of Applied Science at London South Bank University, remarks: “There is strong evidence concerning many…

Health & Medicine

Neck Pain’s Hidden Impact on Blood Pressure Explained

Chiropractors have long known that tackling pain and stiffness by “cracking” the neck through manipulation can also lower blood pressure – but the reasons were…

Health & Medicine

Controlling Stress Can Combat Chronic Diseases Like Lupus

A study conducted in the Department of Medicine [http://www.ugr.es/~medicina/pinvesti.htm] at the University of Granada [http://www.ugr.es] determined that…

Life & Chemistry

Successful Ovarian Tissue Transplant Between Non-Identical Sisters

This first case of a successful transplantation of ovarian tissue between two non-identical sisters is reported in the journal Human Reproduction today…

Health & Medicine

New Biomarker for Early Acute Kidney Injury Detection

Now paediatric research published in the open access journal, Critical Care, has identified a potential biomarker to predict AKI earlier than current tests,…

Health & Medicine

Disparities in Diabetes Care for Ethnic Minorities in the UK

Michael Soljak, together with colleagues from Imperial College, London, UK, investigated the treatment received in 2002 by 21,343 diabetic patients in three…

Social Sciences

Local Campaigns Fuel Transnational Movements and Global Challenges

A new booklet entitled From local to global, published today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), examines the implications for civil society…

Life & Chemistry

Antibiotic Use in Acute Care: Insights from NSW DPI Research

NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Immunology & Molecular Diagnostic Research Unit Team Leader, Dr James Chin, says it is commonly believed that…

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