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Earth Sciences

Geologists Uncover Climate Change Evidence in Arctic Mud

Jason P. Briner is looking for an answer buried deep in mud dozens of feet below the surface of lakes in the frigid Canadian Arctic. His group is gathering the…

Life & Chemistry

Bats in Flight: Unveiling New Insights in Aerodynamics

The maneuverability of a bat in flight makes even Harry Potter’s quidditch performance look downright clumsy. While many people may be content to simply watch…

Health & Medicine

Orthodontic Treatment’s Impact on Psychological Health Explored

The multidisciplinary team studied the long-term effects of both orthodontic treatment and lack of treatment when a need had been identified in childhood, in a…

Health & Medicine

Bridging the Health Gap: Tackling Inequalities Through Evidence

Developing the Evidence for Tackling Health Inequalities and Differential Effects, which accompanied a seminar organised jointly with the Department of Health,…

Physics & Astronomy

Columbus Flight Readiness Achieves Key Milestone

The review meeting, known formally as the Flight Operations Readiness Review, included experts from ESA, NASA, the German Aerospace Agency (DLR), the Japanese…

Information Technology

Open Source Software Boosts ICT Competitiveness in Europe

Looking at the impact of FLOSS on European competitiveness in ICTs, the study finds that such software is of great importance to the digital industry in Europe…

Life & Chemistry

Spotlighting Carbon Monoxide Benefits: New Research Funded

Dr Jason Lynam and Dr Ian Fairlamb, of the University’s Department of Chemistry, have been awarded the funding by the Leverhulme Trust for a three-year study…

Business and Finance

European Funds Insufficient for Lisbon Innovation Goals

According to a recently completed study titled: “Strategic Evaluation on Innovation and the knowledge based economy in relation to the Structural and Cohesion…

Environmental Conservation

UGR Thesis Patents Device for More Effective Biodegradable Detergents

Deisi Altmajer´s work on “Formulaciones detergentes biodegradables: ensayos de lavado” (Biodegradable detergent formulations: wash tests) proposes an…

Studies and Analyses

Challenges Facing Research Ethics Committees in Africa

In the study, by Nancy Kass, Adnan Ali Hyder (both at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics) and their…

Health & Medicine

Experts Support Patient Detention to Combat TB Strain in South Africa

In a policy paper in the international health journal PLoS Medicine, Dr Jerome Singh of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in Durban, South Africa…

Health & Medicine

Drug Resistance in Influenza: New Insights from Harvard Research

However, it is known that influenza viruses can develop resistance to these drugs. New research by Marc Lipsitch and colleagues (Harvard University) suggests…

Health & Medicine

Bird Flu Insights: Urgent Call for Antiviral Drug Sharing

‘Bird flu’(avian H5N1 influenza) has not triggered a worldwide human epidemic yet because it rarely passes between people. If it does acquire this ability, it…

Studies and Analyses

Leaf Litter Study Enhances Accuracy of Climate Models

Now, those bags of decomposing organic matter have allowed a research team led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Colorado State…

Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT Report Unveils Insights on Geothermal Energy Future

An 18-member panel led by MIT prepared the 400-plus page study, titled “The Future of Geothermal Energy.” Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, it is the…

Studies and Analyses

Walking Molecule Can Now Deliver Packages Efficiently

A research team, led by UC Riverside's Ludwig Bartels, was the first to design a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface. Now this team has…

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