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Life & Chemistry

New Discovery of Parasites Behind Chagas and Leishmaniasis

The Department of Parasitology of University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es]), and the researcher Isabel Rodríguez González have…

Social Sciences

ESF Enhances Collaboration in Social Sciences with CEE Nations

The European Science Foundation (ESF) is helping the 10 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries play their full part in European science within the…

Business and Finance

Cultural Insights Boost Norway’s Seafood Exports Worldwide

Norway exports seafood to around 155 different countries throughout the world, and the seafood industry is one of our most important export trades.Norwegian…

Information Technology

Bridging the Digital Divide: Villagers Share Stories Online

And it is believed that the technology could be adapted to provide consumers in the UK with new ways of creating and editing videos, music and pictures to…

Life & Chemistry

Explaining a link between strokes and Alzheimer’s

It has been known for some time that the two conditions were linked, but now the Leeds team has shown how an incident of reduced oxygen to the brain – caused…

Life & Chemistry

Cell Surface Receptors: New Insights from PLoS Study

In a paper publishing today (June 1) in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, Drs. Shankaran, Resat and Wiley from the Pacific Northwest National…

Health & Medicine

Antidepressant Ineffective in Advanced Cancer Patient Care

Self-ratings of depression, mood, fatigue, and quality of life are significant predictors of survival in patients with advanced cancer. Although the simple…

Health & Medicine

Radium-223: A New Hope for Prostate Cancer Treatment

Patients who have HRPC often have involvement of bone marrow, leading to symptoms such bone pain, spinal-cord compression and pathological fracture. Existing…

Studies and Analyses

Research reveals link between pesticide use and Parkinson's

The work, which is published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, was carried out under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) Geoparkinson…

Environmental Conservation

EU Funds Development of First Fuel-Cell Aircraft

The Environmentally Friendly Inter City Aircraft powered by Fuel Cells (ENFICA-FC) project is receiving €2.9 million from the EU as part of the aeronautics and…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights Into Titan: ESA’s Huygens Probe Findings

On 14 January 2005, after a seven-year voyage on board the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft, ESA’s Huygens probe spent 2 hours and 28 minutes descending by…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

News and videos on the EU Programme for the ‘Knowledge-based bio-economy’

The online participation service connects researchers, companies, non-governmental organizations, regional actors and other stakeholders willing to benefit…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Mutations Linked to Fanconi Anemia and Cancer Risks

They have described the function and range of possible mutations of the gene implicated in this disease that affects functions like nerve and skeletal…

Life & Chemistry

New Drugs Target Colon and Breast Cancer More Effectively

A Study on Epithelial Cell Lines) has allowed for the development of six new drugs to fight colon and breast cancer more effectively than other currently used…

Health & Medicine

New TB Test Promises Faster, Easier Diagnosis for Patients

The study shows that the test, which involves taking three sputum samples from a patient over the course of one day, is just as effective as other more…

Environmental Conservation

Pinning down the butterfly's wings

Sustainable development is high on the socio-political and scientific agenda. However, while it has become the focus of major attention in international from…

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