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Advancements in Child Allergy Detection By DBV Technologies

The scientific approach to allergies has evolved explains Pierre-Henri Benhamou of France’s DBV technologies. Aside from the well-known ‘immediate’ forms of…

Business and Finance

Born Global: Embracing Rapid Internationalization Trends

More rapid internationalisation: it is no longer the case that a company must establish itself in its home market before venturing overseas, and then only…

Studies and Analyses

Snails Offer Insights Into Evolutionary History for Scientists

By studying the genetic make-up of these creatures — which are often targeted as garden pests — scientists can trace their origins and find out how they…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Powered by sound — revolutionary stove could help reduce poverty

The £2m SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project brings together experts from across the world to develop a wood-powered generator…

Social Sciences

In competition with your brother or sister? New research reveals secrets behind academic sibling rivalry

Aston final year Human Psychology student, Julia Badger, conducted the research into how birth order influences an individual’s personality and the way they…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Spot Water World Shadow Near Star GJ 436

The star GJ 436, a diminutive star (red dwarf) 30 light-years from the Sun, was known since 2004 to harbour a 22-Earth mass planet, orbiting 4 million…

Information Technology

Experience Ancient Life: New Initiative for Realistic Depictions

Our understanding of what life was like in bygone eras could be boosted, thanks to a new initiative aiming to depict more accurately and realistically how…

Health & Medicine

Screening Men Over 65 for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

An aneurysm is a localised widening of an artery. It occurs because the artery wall is weakened and without treatment it could easily burst. If the aneurysm is…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boiling Broccoli May Diminish Its Cancer-Fighting Benefits

Past studies have shown that consumption of Brassica vegetables decreases the risk of cancer. This is because of the high concentration in Brassicas of…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Vasculitis Disease Mechanism and Therapy

They discovered that a specific surface receptor (NB1) mediates the expression of a molecule (autoantigen) on the surface of certain white blood cells, where…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery of the cellular origin of Ewing’s sarcoma

The researchers have also succeeded “to make” the tumor cells to become virtually normal mesenchymal cells again. These results, published in Cancer Cell on 7…

Health & Medicine

Alzheimer’s weight gain initiative also improved patients’ intellectual abilities

During the three-month study, published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13 of the 18 patients in the intervention group put on weight,…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Discovers Dark Matter Ring in ZwCl0024+1652 Cluster

In a result just published, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope report the discovery of a ring of dark matter in the cluster ZwCl0024+1652….

Life & Chemistry

Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Global Health Concern

The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030 COPD will be the world's fourth commonest cause of death, after heart disease, stroke, and AIDS, and the…

Studies and Analyses

Female Auto Crash Rates Rise: Airbags Risk for All Sizes

The study, led by Virginia W. Tsai MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, showed that over a 10 year period…

Health & Medicine

Healthcare Workers’ Role During Disasters: Insights from Experts

Linda Kruus, PhD, of Temple University Medical School’s Department of Emergency Medicine, in collaboration with the Temple University Center for Preparedness…

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