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Social Sciences

Younger Scots and Welsh Shift Towards Nationalist Support

The researchers predict that “some of the glue holding the different parts of the UK together is likely to become weaker” as older generations of unionists die…

Health & Medicine

Maggots Help Treat MRSA in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Professor Andrew Boulton and his team used green bottle fly larvae to treat 13 diabetic patients whose foot ulcers were contaminated with MRSA and found all…

Physics & Astronomy

Manchester Leads £8.3 Million Particle Physics Initiative

Particle accelerators are used to produce beams of charged particles such as protons or electrons, which are then used for a wide variety of applications in…

Health & Medicine

Cocaine Abuse Linked to Heart Issues: A Case Study Insight

The report focuses on a 31-year-old Italian man who turned up at the Emergency Department of the Siena General Hospital during 2005 suffering chest pain,…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Tuberculosis Screening in High-Migrant UK Areas

Professor Chris Griffiths, Centre for Health Sciences, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK and colleagues did their outreach study on 50…

Life & Chemistry

A matter of force

When a cell divides, normally the result is two identical daughter cells. In some cases however, cell division leads to two cells with different properties….

Health & Medicine

Enhancing Drug Safety Through Mining Medical Records

Following the 1995 Audit Commission into the standard of hospital records within the NHS, the UK government invested heavily in information technology. This…

Life & Chemistry

Damaged Gene Study Reveals Insights Into Mental Illness Causes

Scientists have pinpointed how different types of damage in types of damage to the same gene can cause some people to suffer from schizophrenia while others…

Studies and Analyses

Gene Discovery Links Calorie Restriction to Longevity

Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have cracked open the black box of how persistent hunger promotes long life and identified a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Climate Change Impacts on Indonesian Agriculture: Key Findings

“Agriculture is central to human survival and is probably the human enterprise most vulnerable to changes in climate,” said lead author Rosamond Naylor,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Protein Functions Linked to Cancer Risk

Humans have five forms of this particular protein, and three are associated with syndromes that predispose people to cancer, said Dr. Susan Rosenberg,…

Earth Sciences

US Earth-Observing Satellites Face Funding Challenges

Cutbacks and reallocations within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are…

Life & Chemistry

South Africa’s 8 Medicinal Plants for High Blood Pressure Treatment

Medicinal plants are an integral part of African culture, one of the oldest and most diverse in the world. In South Africa, 21st century drug therapy is used…

Physics & Astronomy

Laser-Trapping Rare Element Aided by New Physics Technique

The group of physicists was attempting to trap the rare, radioactive element for studies of time-reversal violation, explained Argonne Compton Postdoctoral…

Studies and Analyses

MNI Researchers Discover Mitochondria’s Role in Copper Regulation

Copper is an essential part of our lives. From copper pipes and wires – to important copper-containing proteins in the body, copper is necessary for healthy…

Health & Medicine

ASU and Walter Reed Unveil Smart Prosthesis SPARKy

The device, nicknamed SPARKy, short for Spring Ankle with Regenerative Kinetics, will be a first-of-its-kind smart, active and energy-storing transtibial…

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