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Computer-Assisted Psychotherapy: Future Insights and Trends

In the July issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, a review and an accompanying editorial by Porf. Isaac Marks and Collaborators (London, UK) examine the…

Earth Sciences

ESA Mission Showcased at International Remote Sensing Conference

The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) is a major annual event sponsored by the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society to bring…

Health & Medicine

EAGLES Health Report: Innovations in HIV/AIDS Treatment

The pharmaceutical industry spends US$1 billion to develop a product for conditions with much less impact – if there is a market. But for HIV/AIDS the people…

Studies and Analyses

Goat Milk Health Benefits Outshine Cow Milk, New Study Finds

This project, conducted by Doctor Javier Díaz Castro and directed by professors Margarita Sánchez Campos, Mª Inmaculada López Aliaga and Mª José Muñoz Alférez,…

Physics & Astronomy

ALMA Observatory Unveils First Vehicle for Millimeter Astronomy

The first of two spectacular vehicles for the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) Observatory rolled out of its hangar and passed successfully…

Health & Medicine

Cork Scientists Develop New Treatment for Bowel Infections

An estimated 3 million cases of C. difficile associated diarrhoea (CDAD) and colitis occur annually in the US, and the bacterium is believed to cause more…

Health & Medicine

International Volunteers in Africa: Small Yet Significant Impact

Geert Laleman and colleagues from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium quizzed human resource managers from 13 organisations sending…

Life & Chemistry

MIT model could predict cells' response to drugs Work could lead to targeted therapies

Models based on this approach could help doctors make better treatment choices for individual patients, who often respond differently to the same drug, and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT Innovates Robotic Fin for Submarine AUVs

The propeller-driven submarines, or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), currently perform a variety of functions, from mapping the ocean floor to surveying…

Information Technology

ECS Unveils NIRGAM Technology for Advanced System-on-Chip

Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi and his team at the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) have developed NIRGAM (Network-on-Chip Interconnect…

Physics & Astronomy

Graphene Detects Dangerous Molecules for Safety Solutions

The development of graphene-based devices – which could eventually be used to detect hidden explosives at airports and deadly carbon monoxide in homes – is…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Farmers Adapt Crop Sequencing to Tackle Wild Weather Challenges

To maximize crop production in the face of variable temperatures and precipitation, scientists say farmers may want to adopt a system in which crop sequencing…

Health & Medicine

Elusive Solution Emerges to Eliminate Trans Fats in Food

Willett was among dozens of speakers on the opening day of the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting & Food Expo here, the world’s largest annual food…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Linked to Multiple Sclerosis After 30-Year Search

Nature Genetics and the New England Journal of Medicine are publishing two separate but related studies today that report the most significant MS genetic…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Mutations Linked to Lupus: Key Research Findings

“This research is a huge leap toward understanding the cause of lupus and related autoimmune diseases,” said Fred Perrino, Ph.D., a co-author on the paper and…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Metagenomics: Secrets of Deep Microbial Analysis

Metagenomics is the large-scale genomic analysis of microbes recovered from environmental samples as opposed to laboratory-grown organisms which represent only…

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