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Evaluating Corruption Indicators for Effective Poverty Solutions

With that comes the adoption of new strategies for fighting poverty, that place factors other than just classical economic considerations at the heart of…

Studies and Analyses

The “best ever” marketing strategy? Maybe not, says UGA study

In a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, a team led by UGA Terry College of Business assistant professor Vanessa Patrick…

Studies and Analyses

New Safety Data for Unique Angina Therapy from MERLIN TIMI-36

The most recently approved new pharmaceutical approach to treat chronic angina is a novel drug called ranolazine, which was approved in 2006 for use as second…

Health & Medicine

Stem Cell Therapy May Restore Deteriorating Vision in Rats

In a study in rats, neural progenitor cells derived from human fetal stem cells have been shown to protect the vision of animals with degenerative eye disease…

Health & Medicine

Herbal Extract Crataegus WS®1442 Boosts Heart Failure Survival

An herbal medicinal substance, Crataegus Extract WS®1442, safely extends the lives of congestive heart failure patients already receiving pharmacological…

Life & Chemistry

The Science Behind Human Attractiveness Explained

Researchers believe they have solved a mystery that has puzzled evolutionary scientists for years … if 'good' genes spread through the population, why are…

Studies and Analyses

MS Study Reveals Gaps in Patient Assessment Tools

Researchers from King’s College London explored the aspirations of 445 patients with different levels of multiple sclerosis (MS), who were taking part in a…

Life & Chemistry

End Wasteful Prescription Drug Use: Insights from Prof. Smith

Professor Jim Smith, now Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Policy at the University of Sunderland, will also highlight several other controversial issues that…

Information Technology

ESA open-source software supports Germany's TerraSAR-X

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is on track to launch TerraSAR-X, an Earth observation mission using synthetic aperture radar in the next few weeks, and is…

Information Technology

Small GEO Platform Contract Signed for New Satellite Initiative

This contract covers the first part of the Small Geostationary Satellite initiative aimed at the definition of a general-purpose small geostationary satellite…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights from Distant Explosions: High-Resolution Spectra

A time-series of high-resolution spectra in the optical and ultraviolet has twice been obtained just a few minutes after the detection of a gamma-ray bust…

Physics & Astronomy

£30M Investment Boosts GridPP Project for Large Hadron Collider

The GridPP project is building a computing Grid to analyse data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a new particle accelerator near Geneva, which will be…

Information Technology

Aptia Solutions spun out from University of Nottingham

Aptia Solutions, a new spin-out company, will bring the very latest cutting and packing research technologies to the marketplace. The company has developed…

Life & Chemistry

Setting sights on the drugs of the future

In a unique collaboration between academia and the pharmaceutical industry, teams of experts from both sides gathered together at an ‘ideas generation’ event,…

Information Technology

Electronics engineer predicts fantastic plastic future

Professor Aimin Song from the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) is one of only eight people to receive a 2007 Brian Mercer Feasibility…

Studies and Analyses

Russia places order with SSTL for satellite platform equipment

The first satellite, KANOPUS-B, will be ready for launch in 2008. It will monitor the Earth's surface and will support the monitoring of disasters,…

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