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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Strengthening Science-Policy Interaction for Better Research Outcomes

On the other hand, in the targeting of research, current policy needs could be better answered. The scientific view is especially important in broadening the…

Medical Engineering

'Robotic physiotherapist' could treat patients and cut waiting times

The prototype NeXOS system can be instructed to remember and repeat specific limb movements which have been programmed by a physiotherapist. This removes the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Future Challenges in Electronics: Insights from Experts

Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi and Professor Neil White, both from the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS), are due to deliver their…

Environmental Conservation

Contrasting Neutral and Null Models in Ecology Today

One particularly successful but controversial approach has been to apply the neutral model, a body of theory trying to explain community patterns by modeling…

Information Technology

Micro Water Droplets: A New Approach to Fire Suppression

As a result it will be possible not only to gain a thorough understanding of the processes that occur with microscopic water droplets in the zone of the fire,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Badger Culling Linked to Increased Bovine TB Spread

According to the authors from the Central Science Laboratory and the Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegético in Spain: “The evidence suggests that…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Japan, EURATOM Join Forces for Fusion Energy Research

This so-called “Broader Approach” materialises the privileged partnership of Japan and EURATOM in the field of fusion energy research. Japan and EURATOM will…

Earth Sciences

Cluster Reveals New Insights Into Auroras and Electric Circuits

The deep mechanisms that rule the creation of the beautiful auroras, or polar lights, have been the subject of studies that have kept solar and plasma…

Physics & Astronomy

Silicon Integration Boosts OLED Efficiency in System-on-Chip Solutions

Therefore CMOS active area space below the OLED electrode is available for additional circuitry in a System-on-Chip setup, including OLED driving (as minor…

Physics & Astronomy

Introducing the “coolest” spacecraft in the Universe UK involvement in ESA’s Planck mission

Professor Keith Mason, Chief Executive Officer of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), who fund the UK involvement in the mission,…

Environmental Conservation

EU and US Join Forces on Environmental Research and Ecoinformatics

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States government and the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), have…

Health & Medicine

First global virtual “classroom” created to teach health professionals how to care for young people with cancer

The course, which starts on 19 February 2007, has been designed to be delivered via the Web using voice tools, web conferencing, an online chat forum, blogs,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Grape Innovations: Healthier Wine Without Added Sulphites

The same technique could be used in the wine-making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause asthma and other conditions…

Life & Chemistry

Key Genes Identified in Type-2 Diabetes Breakthrough Research

The research, published online in Nature, is the first time the genetic makeup of any disease has been mapped in such detail. It should enable scientists to…

Health & Medicine

As Valentine's Day Approaches Health Experts Win Grant to Boost Safe Sex

To help increase levels of safe sex, Coventry University’s Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions recently won a £7500 grant from The…

Studies and Analyses

It's not easy being green

The University of Leeds-led study found that consumers who try to live a sustainable lifestyle have difficulty deciding which product to buy. “Consumers find…

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