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Key Findings from the 24-7 Survey on Work-Life Balance

This is one of the key findings of the latest 24-7 survey – a national research project conducted by the Work Life Balance Centre, Leicestershire, UK, and the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Delft researchers predict 'nanobattery' performance

The nanostructuring of battery materials is likely to be common practice in the future, but it is not always performance-enhancing. The research findings have…

Health & Medicine

Protecting Unborn Children: Malaria Research Insights

The review study consolidated the results of four African trials involving more than 6,000 women. It showed conclusively that using ITNs reduced the number of…

Information Technology

Empowering Youth: Navigating Tech in Classrooms and Homes

They will help 11-14-year-old children to take advantage of the very latest in hand-held computer technology — both in the classroom and at home.The project…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Counting Heads or Measuring Space? – A Close Look at Bacterial Communication Strategies

What exactly do bacteria learn from the signal substances? There have been two theories: the release of signal substances is understood to be either a…

Life & Chemistry

How Getting Dirty Can Boost Your Mood: New Research Insights

These findings, identified by researchers at the University of Bristol and colleagues at University College London, aid the understanding of why an imbalance…

Health & Medicine

Companies Join Forces for Food Innovation in Health Research

The founder company members of the new Diet and Health Research Industry Club are: Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd, Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association,…

Health & Medicine

‘NO’ allergic reaction linked to hayfever

Dr Jo Bright and Dr John Hancock of the University of the West of England have found evidence that nitric oxide (NO) and nitrite is released by pollen grains,…

Life & Chemistry

How Arthropods Use Natural Anti-Freeze to Survive Cold Temps

Arthropods face much the same dilemma, as they cannot migrate long distances to avoid low winter temperatures – so why are they not killed off by the cold? Dr…

Studies and Analyses

Pack-Size Laws: Did They Really Cut Paracetamol Suicides?

But new research has concluded that this reduction may not have been a result of the change in the law. The study, by Oliver Morgan and colleagues from the…

Life & Chemistry

HNF4A Mutation Linked to Increased Birthweight and Macrosomia

In the current issue of PLoS Medicine Andrew Hattersley and colleagues from the Peninsular Medical School, report the findings from a study of 108 individuals…

Social Sciences

Exploring Local Decision-Making: Engaging Citizens Seminar Insights

It was produced following the fourth in a series of special seminars entitled ‘Engaging Citizens’, organised by the ESRC in collaboration with the National…

Life & Chemistry

Elephant Sharks: Key to Understanding Bony Vertebrate Evolution

They are also an important outgroup for understanding the evolution of bony vertebrates such as human and teleost fishes. In a new study published online this…

Environmental Conservation

Forest Elephants Face Threats from Illegal Ivory Trade

The ban led to more aggressive anti-poaching campaigns and increased investment in wildlife protection, and set African elephants on the road to recovery. But…

Technology Offerings

cDNA-Synthesis from cells after microdissection

? Specially developed procedure for the analysis of individual eurons from fixed brain cross sections is applicable for a multitude of other cell types and…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanobubbles Unravel Mysteries of Nanoboiling Science

You might think that the science of boiling had been worked out some time ago, but it still has some mysteries, particularly at the nanometer scale. As water…

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