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Life & Chemistry

Brain Activity Differentiates Types of Anxiety in New Study

Their work appears this month online in Psychophysiology.”This study looks at two facets of anxiety that often are not distinguished,” said U. of I. psychology…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing Brain Imaging: New Insights with Contrast Agents

Magnetic resonance imaging is a very effective method for revealing anatomical details of soft tissues. Contrast agents can help to make these images even…

Physics & Astronomy

Radio ’screams’ from the Sun warn of radiation storms

Scientists made the connection by analyzing observations of CMEs from ESA/NASA’s SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and NASA’s Wind spacecraft. The team…

Health & Medicine

New Research Links Weight Gain to Low Energy Levels

Putting on weight and feeling lethargic?Then new research from Newcastle University and funded by Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust shows it is worth having your…

Studies and Analyses

Workplace Bullying 50% Higher in US Than Scandinavia

The study, led by Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, is also one of the first to investigate the impact of bullying on non-bullied employees, and finds that the negative…

Health & Medicine

Robots Assist Children in Building Relationships

Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn, Dr. Ben Robins and Dr. Ester Ferrari at the University’s School of Computer Science are partners in the European Sixth Framework…

Health & Medicine

European Scientists Urge Systematic Diagnosis of Aspirin Allergies

Designed for health professionals, the guidelines propose detailed protocols for challenge tests. The paper is endorsed by the European Academy of Allergology…

Studies and Analyses

Growth Factors Boost Brain Maturation, Study Finds

Professor Maffei’s research group is known for studies on the development and plasticity of the brain. Recent studies by this group have demonstrated that…

Life & Chemistry

Cytomegalovirus Links Atherosclerosis to Autoimmune Response

Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.Classic risk factors including smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol…

Social Sciences

UCL Scientist Develops New Measure for Distraction Risk

People who are more easily distracted are at greater risk of being involved in accidents. Professor Nilli Lavie, UCL Psychology, who led the research published…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Aggressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Now, Selman and coworkers present in an article published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE on Wednesday 30th May, strong evidence indicating that a…

Life & Chemistry

Lipid-Like Peptides Enhance Drug Delivery Systems

Scientists from Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research (IBN), Austrian Academy of Sciences and of Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts…

Process Engineering

Unlocking Precision: 3D Laser Structuring for Microstructures

There are many reasons for applying microstructures to workpieces, but actually doing so is by no means easy. While lasers have been used for quite a long time…

Health & Medicine

OFT’s value-based pricing scheme is well-founded, but could increase overall NHS drug spend

A report by the Office of Fair Trading has recommended that pricing of drugs is based not on how much the drug costs to develop, but on the benefit that the…

Studies and Analyses

Color Vision’s Role in Primate Red Skin and Hair Evolution

You might call it a tale of “monkey see, monkey do.” Researchers at Ohio University have found that after primates evolved the ability to see red, they began…

Environmental Conservation

Forest Birds Thrive in Farmland With Limited Habitat Care

The results, published in the April 2007 issue of the journal Conservation Biology, could influence the way countries approach endangered species protection in…

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