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Earth Sciences

New Insights on Climate Change from CU-Boulder Study

Mark Serreze, a senior research scientist at CU-Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center who led the study synthesizing results from recent research, said…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Breakthrough for Blindness in Mice

The technique, detailed in an upcoming issue of Vision Research, involves injecting the eye with a bit of genetic material called interfering RNA, which helps…

Physics & Astronomy

The Latest on THEMIS and Solid-State Telescopes for Northern Lights

Instruments known as solid-state telescopes (SSTs), built with detectors fabricated at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and carried aboard the recently…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New biofuels process promises to meet all U.S. transportation needs

The new approach modifies conventional methods for producing liquid fuels from biomass by adding hydrogen from a “carbon-free” energy source, such as solar or…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Eternal Youth: Insights from Experts on Aging

'It's as if you're the doctor,' says Rudi Westendorp, Professor of Geriatric Medicine to evolutionary biologist Bas Zwaan. Zwaan, who is researching the…

Environmental Conservation

A team from CSIC succeeds in the cryopreservation of semen from the Iberian lynx and at fertilizing cat oocytes

This finding, to be presented at the Felid Biology and Conservation Conference, in Oxford (UK), will allow the analysis of fertility of lynxes in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Mars Express Radar Maps Water Around Mars’ South Pole

This new estimate comes from mapping the thickness of the dusty ice by the Mars Express radar instrument that has made more than 300 virtual slices through…

Physics & Astronomy

UK Teachers to Experience Physics at CERN Event 2024

The UK delegation of 14 will take part in the Physics Teachers @CERN event (15th -18th March) which attracts teaching staff from across Europe. The event,…

Information Technology

MUSCLE Network Showcases Innovative Prototypes at CeBIT

As part of its dissemination activities, the NoE will present the multimedia expertise of its different teams through highly visual demonstrations and videos. Some live demos will for instance allow visitors to play around with Maps of Music using PlaySOM, listening to them, exploring musical landscapes, and even creating maps of their own. They will also feature PocketSOMPlayer for mobile devices (TU-Wien), 3D-virtual Worlds presenting SOMs (EC3) and Video-Clip Copy Detection (INRIA)….

Life & Chemistry

Fructose-Sweetened Beverages Impact on Hepatic Metabolism

In addition, for some time now the high incidence of obesity in developed countries has coincided with an increase in the consumption of beverages sweetened…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting International Aid for African Agriculture Success

In Africa today, 75-80% of the population live in rural areas. For 30 years, very little international aid has been given to those who live primarily from…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Innovative Aflatoxin-Resistant Groundnuts for Africa’s Future

Infection is favoured by water stress towards the end of the cycle, and African regions regularly hit by drought, such as Senegal, Niger and Mali, are thus at…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Mango Production: Insights From CIRAD Research

These two constraints are about to be lifted, thanks to research by a CIRAD team working on integrated fruit and horticultural production in Réunion. Over the…

Health & Medicine

New Painkiller Drug Developed by Leicester and Italian Scientists

Professor David Lambert, who has been involved in the development the drug in collaboration with Dr Girolamo Calo in Ferrara Italy, believes the new drug –…

Information Technology

University of Southampton Launches Pervasive Systems Centre

The technology is to be developed by the University of Southampton's new Pervasive Systems Centre which is being launched this month.The Centre, co-directed by…

Physics & Astronomy

First Atom Chip Devices to Emerge from New Grant Award

Dr Michael Kraft at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) and Professor Edward Hinds at Imperial College, London, have…

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