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Physics & Astronomy

Revolutionary new telescope to produce 'sky movies'

The LSST is a US project headquartered in Arizona that is building a revolutionary new design of telescope that has a field of view 1000 times larger than that…

Environmental Conservation

Understanding Climate Change: Insights from the Stern Review

The recent Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change highlights the importance of climate change science – not only physical and biological science but…

Information Technology

University Trials Xbox Game Development Software for Gamers

The software, called XNA Game Studio Express, will allow gamers to use a tools programme to create games for the Xbox 360 and share them via the Xbox Live…

Physics & Astronomy

COROT Mission Set to Discover New Earth-Like Planets

COROT may discover the first planets elsewhere that closely resemble the Earth in size and composition. The mission is led by the French National Space Agency…

Life & Chemistry

Differences in chemokine receptors and chemokines in erythroderma and Sézary syndrome

Erythroderma can be caused by inflammatory dermatoses or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. However, even if chemokines and their receptors are involved in the…

Life & Chemistry

Capuchin Monkeys Use Unique Sounds for Predator Alerts

Primates often react to possible predators by using intimidation displays, although the occurrence of these displays is dependent on the risk of predation….

Medical Engineering

BiancaMed Secures €2.5M Investment for Medical Innovation

The investment round was oversubscribed and was led by DFJ ePlanet Ventures with participation from existing corporate investor ResMed. BiancaMed, whose target…

Health & Medicine

CeRPTA Unveils Innovative Gluten-Free Bread Solution

Coeliac disease is the permanent intolerance of gluten, forcing sufferers to follow a strictly gluten-free diet for their whole life. Gluten is a protein…

Environmental Conservation

Lydd Airport Plans Runway Expansion and New Terminal

The operators of Lydd (or London Ashford) Airport in Romney Marsh, south-east Kent want to extend the site’s runway and build a new terminal to cater for a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Sorting System Boosts Grain Quality in Food Innovation

Wheat kernel composition is closely related to final product quality, and while plant breeders are actively developing tailor-made grains with novel starch and…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Animal Dreams from MIT Researchers

Matthew A. Wilson, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and postdoctoral associate Daoyun Ji looked at…

Health & Medicine

MIT Implant Measures Tumor Growth with Nanoparticles

The implant contains nanoparticles that can be designed to test for different substances, including metabolites such as glucose and oxygen that are associated…

Life & Chemistry

Moth’s Unique Hearing Adaptation to Outsmart Bats

Moth ears are among the simplest in the insect world—they have only two or four vibration-sensitive neurons attached to a small eardrum. Previously, it was…

Environmental Conservation

Batfish: Surprising Key to Coral Reef Recovery

The findings bring to light a previously unrecognized role for the batfish species, which had not been considered a significant player in reef recovery after…

Life & Chemistry

New Male-Specific Gene in Algae Reveals Sex Origin Insights

The findings, which indicate that a gene underlying a more primitive system of reproduction was likely co-opted during evolution to participate in sex-specific…

Life & Chemistry

Amygdala’s Role in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Uncovered

In a paper published in PLoS Medicine from Leiden University Medical Center of 37 patients with neuropsychiatric SLE, 21 patients with SLE, and a group of 12…

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