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Materials Sciences

New Insights on High-Temperature Superconductors Revealed

The results also suggest that vibrations (called phonons), within the lattice structure of these materials, are essential to their superconductivity by binding…

Life & Chemistry

New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's could lead to drugs without side effects

But new research from Rockefeller University, published in the Feb. 26 online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has identified a…

Studies and Analyses

Exercise Linked to Lower Invasive Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds

Significant findings have emerged from the California Teachers Study (CTS) that suggest long-term recreational physical activity plays a protective role…

Health & Medicine

Depression’s Impact on Heart Failure Patients’ Health Risks

After taking into account such factors as disease severity, the strength of the heart muscle contractions, the underlying cause for the heart failure, age and…

Studies and Analyses

Heart Attacks Transform Couples’ Lives, Study Finds

Researchers from Switzerland and the USA teamed up to explore the in-depth experiences of 24 couples to see whether the experience had changed their lives and…

Life & Chemistry

Nectar: The Surprising Science Behind Nature’s Sweet Drink

Scientists Danny Kessler and Ian Baldwin from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, recently addressed the question, why would plants…

Health & Medicine

Delft University Designs Toy to Boost Language Skills in Autistic Kids

Helma van Rijn’s graduation project focused on the language development of autistic children. She has developed and tested a toy that can help autistic…

Health & Medicine

Botox 'major advance' in bringing bladder relief

Christopher Chapple, a visiting professor at Sheffield Hallam University, said poisonous botulinum toxin could be used therapeutically to treat bladder storage…

Earth Sciences

Spanish Scientists Link Climate Change to Neanderthal Extinction

Together with other scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (JAMSTEC), the Spanish…

Business and Finance

Norges Bank Watchers: Insights from Leading Economists

Centre for Monetary Economics (CME) at the BI Norwegian School of Management has for the eight time invited a committee of leading economists for Norges Bank…

Physics & Astronomy

The planetary adventure continues – Mars Express and Venus Express operations extended

The Science Programme Committee recognised the outstanding legacy that Mars Express and Venus Express are building for future generations of scientists, and…

Life & Chemistry

New research shows snails aren’t as slow as we think

The university’s Professor Mark Davies has been studying snails for the past ten years and his latest research has confirmed something he has believed for…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Common Colds: A Path to Asthma Control

“Understanding the mechanism that allows non-asthmatics to deal with the common cold could constitute a new approach to help prevent and control asthma…

Physics & Astronomy

A hidden twist in the black hole information paradox

This result gives a surprising new twist to one of the great mysteries about black holes.Conventional (classical) information can vanish in two ways, either by…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA’s STEREO Breakthrough: Tracking Solar Storms to Earth

For the first time, scientists are now able to track solar storms from the sun to Earth using the latest images from NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft.UK…

Social Sciences

Young Adults’ Mobile Phone Addiction: A Growing Concern

That is the conclusion reached by Francisca López Torrecillas, lecturer at the department of Personality and Psychological Assessment and Treatment of the…

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