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HPV Vaccine and Pap Test: Key Tools Against Cervical Cancer

In those 30 years, much progress has been made in the diagnosis, treatment and now prevention of cervical cancer. In a special issue of Disease Markers,…

Environmental Conservation

Penguin Guano Highlights Pollution Issues in Antarctica

Penguin guano in the Antarctic is adding to organic pollutant problems there, according to a report to be featured in a Royal Society of Chemistry publication.The Journal of Environmental Monitoring reports research in Belgium that reveals the problem. …

Environmental Conservation

Space Images Reveal Floods and Fires Devastating Europe

Heavy rains caused the River Thames to burst its banks on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes in Britain’s university city of Oxford. The…

Physics & Astronomy

New Hidden Order Discovered in Quantum Spin Liquid

In quantum information processing, data is manipulated using ‘qubits’ – quantum bits. Single electrons make excellent qubits, but interactions with other…

Environmental Conservation

Seawater Intrusion: Contaminating Spain’s Coastal Aquifers

In Spain, the most severely affected areas by seawater intrusion are the Mediterranean and South-Atlantic coastlines. Given that Spain is located on a…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells Offer New Hope for Heart Attack Recovery

The research, funded with a grant of £95,000 the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), is looking at the process that turns a stem…

Life & Chemistry

Nottingham Biosciences Secures £1M for Innovative Advancements

The investment, under the Translation Award programme, will help Nottingham-based RegenTec Ltd to develop commercial products in the rapidly-developing field…

Life & Chemistry

New Brake on Cellular Energy Production Discovered

Mitochondria release energy through a process known as cellular respiration – a chemical process inside each mitochondrion that results in the production of…

Health & Medicine

Analyzing Heart Stem Cells for Future Heart Attack Treatments

The research, highlighted in the new issue of BBSRC Business, is looking at the process that turns a stem cell into a cardiomyocyte – the beating cell that…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Mother knows best – even how to improve crop yield

Plant scientists have known for some time that genes from the maternal plant control seed development, but they have not known quite how. The Oxford research,…

Life & Chemistry

Nature’s weapon against nerve agents

The US military is funding a three-year study to evaluate the effectiveness of the enzyme, known as GOT, in protecting animals against the damaging cognitive…

Life & Chemistry

Instant Steam Technology Targets MRSA Effectively

‘The value of instant steam lies in creating truly portable steam that can be generated intermittently on demand,’ says Dave Wardle, business development…

Health & Medicine

Blue Tortillas: A Healthier Choice for Diabetics and Dieters

Scientists in Mexico, home of the taco, found that tortillas made from blue corn had less starch and a lower glycæmic index than their white counter parts….

Studies and Analyses

Teenage Parent Study Challenges Stereotypes in Society

Simon Duncan, Professor of Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bradford, has recently published a report for Bradford’s Teenage Pregnancy Team…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Resonant Sensors with Variable Electrode Sizes

Resonant Sensor with variable size of electrodeFurther Information: PDF Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland GmbH (EZN)Phone: +49 (0)511/85 03 08 – 0ContactDipl.-Ing. Peter Steuerberg…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Insights: Artificial Nanopores for Analyte Sensing

Resistive pulse sensing represents a very attractive method for identifying and quantifying biomedical species such as drugs, DNA, proteins, and viruses in…

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