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Life & Chemistry

For Clean Air

In addition to nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides, many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air contribute to smog and high ozone levels, as well as…

Environmental Conservation

MIT's ocean model precisely mimics microbes' life cycles

Scientists at MIT have created an ocean model so realistic that the virtual forests of diverse microscopic plants they “sowed” have grown in population…

Physics & Astronomy

New Technique Allows Metal to Regain Original Shape

Normally, when a piece of metal – such as a paperclip – is bent, the change in shape becomes permanent. But, when heat is added to bent metal films having the…

Medical Engineering

Intelligent Materials for Bone Tissue Regeneration Insights

The European Nanobiocom project, led by INASMET-Tecnalia with the help of others, is working on the regeneration and repair of bone tissue. Seven other bodies,…

Health & Medicine

New Porphyria Treatment Developed by CIMA and Dutch Researchers

The research on this hereditary disease has been developed in the Area of Genetic Therapy and Hepatology of the CIMA. Dr. Jesús Prieto coordinated the…

Interdisciplinary Research

Surgeons Enhance Skills with Innovative Training Simulator

Developed by an interdisciplinary team of experts through a project called Technology Enhanced Learning for Orthopaedic Surgery (TELEOS), the simulator softens…

Business and Finance

Ensuring Fair Pension Incomes for Women: Key Challenges

In the current debate, it has become plain that no pension solution will be socially sustainable without guaranteeing fair retirement incomes for women. Our…

Health & Medicine

Caring for Older Breast Cancer Patients: A Call for Change

Compared to younger women, older women with breast cancer are less likely to be diagnosed via needle biopsy and triple assessment, less likely to undergo…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Unveil ‘Impossible Siblings’ Using Advanced Telescopes

Combining precise observations obtained by ESO's Very Large Telescope with those gathered by a network of smaller telescopes, astronomers have described in…

Information Technology

London Launches Space-Based Help for Asthma Sufferers

The airTEXT service officially kicked off at London’s City Hall yesterday with the Deputy Mayor of London Nicky Gavron addressing the event: “There’s more than…

Communications Media

AlphaGalileo Launches Spanish Service for News and Research

The new website has been created to disseminate news from Spain and news written in the Spanish language more effectively and, to help promote research from…

Transportation and Logistics

New Long-Range RFID Tech for China’s Road Toll System

The new system could become the foundation for nation-wide traffic and road toll monitoring. The new technology will be first deployed in Wuhan, a city with a…

Physics & Astronomy

Solar Wind Propulsion: A New Era for Space Travel

Finnish scientists have invented a new propulsion method which utilises the solar wind, promises high speed for small payloads and may be technically possible…

Life & Chemistry

Surrey Scientists Uncover Biological Weapon Traces in Blood Tests

The cause of the attack was ascertained through blood tests of the victims, but that was only possible once they were already infected. Today we are all more…

Life & Chemistry

‘The eyes have it’ — autism research yields surprising results

In findings that contradict previous studies, psychologists found that autistic children can ‘read’ a stranger’s mental state based on that person’s eyes….

Medical Engineering

World's first 'smart' robotic micro-drill used in surgical operation

It does not have to be programmed or made to work from a computer operated by a human. It is smart. It just knows where to go and what to do. This has never…

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