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Life & Chemistry

'Junk' DNA now looks like powerful regulator

Gill Bejerano, PhD, assistant professor of developmental biology and of computer science at Stanford, found more than 10,000 nearly identical genetic snippets…

Studies and Analyses

Innovative Adjuvants Enhance Vaccine Design for Better Immunity

Randolph Noelle and colleagues from Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, USA show that certain adjuvants can induce antigen specific memory B cells, in the…

Health & Medicine

Mental Health Innovations Unveiled at Göteborg Conference

Leading experts will present results from such issues as sex related violence and the risk of suicide in women, the significance of junk food for behavioural…

Studies and Analyses

TV food adverts more than double obese children's food consumption

Researchers from Liverpool University found that children exposed to food ads did not just respond to individual brands advertised, but consumed more overall.The study, involving a group of 60 children, aged between nine and eleven years, exposed them to a series of both food television adverts and toy adverts, followed by a cartoon. Food intake following the food adverts was significantly higher compared with the toy adverts in all weight groups, with the obese children increasing their consumption by 134%; overweight children by 101% and normal weight children by 84%….

Environmental Conservation

Envisat Symposium 2007 Opens in Switzerland, Highlights EO Advances

The largest ESA scientific symposium of the year was formally opened today by ESA Director of Earth Observation (EO) programmes Dr Volker Liebig who stressed…

Physics & Astronomy

Stereo Spacecraft Captures First 3D Images of the Sun

“The improvement with STEREO's 3D view is like going from a regular X-ray to a 3D CAT scan in the medical field,” said Dr. Michael Kaiser, STEREO Project…

Studies and Analyses

GP Surgeries With Specialist Nurses Can Help Save Lives – New Research

The University of Leicester research discovered that cardiac nurses were able to benefit patients with angina, heart attacks and heart failure.Dr Kamlesh…

Information Technology

Super-Fast Internet via Cable TV: A New Era in Broadband

Current broadband services over cable TV are based on the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS). This requires an upgraded cable network to…

Information Technology

Boosting Online Research: Insights from University of Leicester

A team at the University of Leicester set out to improve understanding and use of online research methods (ORM) with the aim of aiding high quality online…

Social Sciences

Innovative Vocational Training Project in South Yorkshire Prison

A recent review conducted by Sheffield Hallam University of a vocational training project in a South Yorkshire prison designed to help offenders gain regular…

Environmental Conservation

Dolphins Benefit as Shipping Lanes Shift in Alboran Sea

When passing through the Alboran Sea, merchant ships and fisherman will now be required to travel 20 miles further south off the coast of Almeria. This…

Health & Medicine

Ban on Sweets in Schools Reduces Childhood Obesity Rates

The control group of schools that had not introduced specific rules for sweets and food/drink saw an increase in the relative number of overweight or fat…

Health & Medicine

Sibling Developmental Issues Linked to Autism Research Findings

This finding is the result of a research project carried out by a staff headed by Prof. Nurit Yirmiya and doctoral candidate Yifat Gamliel of the Hebrew…

Environmental Conservation

Rising Trends in Domestic Marine Species: Insights from Experts

“Domestication has had a higher success rates in the sea relative to that seen in the long history of land species’ domestication” states Dr Marianne Holmer,…

Health & Medicine

Qigong: A Tool for Coping with Anxiety During SARS

Researchers have shown that people who practiced the Oriental art of Qigong – which combines gentle exercise with breathing techniques, meditation and…

Health & Medicine

Fast Food Health Lottery – Frequent Consumption Is “Unsafe” Warn Obesity Experts

Food quality and portion sizes need to be improved dramatically, according to the Copenhagen University research group, led by Prof Steen Stender, who found…

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