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Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers look forward to Herschel's views of the distant universe

Professor Matt Griffin of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University will describe the prospects for observations of distant galaxies in his…

Health & Medicine

New diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease

AD is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by progressive cognitive deterioration, together with declining activities of daily living and by…

Environmental Conservation

Monitoring Fossil Hunting Damage at Jurassic Coast Project

Many visitors clamber along with hammers in hand determined to chip their souvenirs out of the cliff face but they potentially do untold damage to the World…

Health & Medicine

Blood test – without blood testing

Specialists at the Scientific Research Institute “AGAT”, located in the town of Zhukovsky, in the Moscow Region, applied a small device to the inside of the…

Physics & Astronomy

50 new mission proposals for ESA's scientific programme

These 50 proposals represent more than a 50 percent increase in response by the science community, compared to the previous ESA Call in October 1999. The…

Materials Sciences

Energy and precious metals – Latest issue of Materials World magazine

• Fuel of promise – With fuel cells touted as a possible solution to aspects of the energy crisis, the Institute of Measurement at the National Physical…

Health & Medicine

New Heart Disease Risk Score Aims to Reduce Health Inequalities

The study, published on bmj.com on July 6, estimates that in the general population without pre-existing cardiovascular disease or diabetes, there are 3.2…

Life & Chemistry

Lunchtime Breast Enlargement: Discover the Celution Procedure

The procedure, called Celution, takes just over an hour and involves injecting a ‘supercharged’ fat mixture into breast tissue. Fat is taken using a minor…

Life & Chemistry

Pumpkin Extract: A Potential Alternative to Insulin Injections?

A group, led by Tao Xia of the East China Normal University, found that diabetic rats fed the extract had only 5% less plasma insulin and 8% fewer…

Business and Finance

World’s first Carbon Management MBA launched

UEA, world-famous for cutting edge climate change research, is pioneering an MBA in Strategic Carbon Management designed to deliver a new type of manager able…

Life & Chemistry

Nano Wagon Wheels: Giant Molecules in Focus

It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Discovery Offers Protection Against Kidney Disease

Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Michigan have discovered a gene that protects us against a serious…

Technology Offerings

Protein P4 (SLC10A4) as a marker protein for cholinergic neurons of the CNS

The protein SLC10A4, also known as P4, occurs in numerous cholinergic neurons. Up to now, however, a method that allows for the detection of SLC10A in…

Life & Chemistry

Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Insights Into Multicelled Ancestors

The first analysis of the genome of the sea anemone shows it to be nearly as complex as the human genome, providing major insights into the common ancestor of…

Studies and Analyses

Soil particles found to boost prion's capacity to infect

Writing in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Pathogens, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison prion expert Judd Aiken reports that prions,…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough Genetics Research Boosts HIV Vaccine Development

The research collaborative – involving scientists from the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Microsoft…

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