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Life & Chemistry

New Light-Based Method Detects Antibiotic Resistance Mutations

Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Universities of Heidelberg and Bielefeld, Germany, have…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

A ‘green and pleasant land’? Public attitudes to Farming and Countryside in Northern Ireland

The survey also shows that 45 per cent of respondents disagree that farmers are subsidised too much, while another 23 per cent agreed, 21 per cent neither…

Studies and Analyses

Low Impact Aerobic Exercise Reduces Fatigue in Autoimmune Conditions

A team led by nurse researcher Dr Jane Neill from Flinders University in Adelaide, examined 162 research studies published between 1987 and 2006, analysing 36…

Environmental Conservation

Advances in Fine Particulate Measurement Technology

The report “Technologies for Measuring Particulates” published by Tekes, highlights the most recent knowledge of measuring fine particulates.Demands for lower…

Environmental Conservation

Traffic’s Role in Urban Air Particulate Emissions Explained

Traffic-related emissions result from either the combustion process in vehicle engines or from the tyre contact with the pavement. The latter produces street…

Health & Medicine

Improving Indoor Air Quality: Insights from FINE Particles Study

The FINE Particles – Technology, Environment and Health – Finnish National Technology Programme has extended knowledge of fine particles in indoor air, and…

Life & Chemistry

A stunning new look at déjà vu

Traditionally it was thought images from one eye were delayed, arriving in the brain microseconds after images from the other eye – causing a sensation that…

Physics & Astronomy

CERN Completes Last Superconducting Magnet for LHC Project

Constructing this gigantic scientific machine is a technological and logistical challenge for CERN and its industrial partners. The LHC accelerator was…

Studies and Analyses

Pioneering Research on Andaman Islands’ Indigenous Cultures

Located in the Indian Ocean, more than 1,000 kilometres from the mainland of India, the islands are home to some of the world’s most secretive aboriginal…

Information Technology

Oulu Pilots NFC Technology in SmartTouch Project for Elderly Care

The City's elderly care department, its catering service Oulun Ateria and logistics firm Oulun Logistiikka have been engaged in a pilot project involving…

Environmental Conservation

Morning Pollution Impact on Manchester Commuters Revealed

A team from the Centre for Atmospheric Studies at the University of Manchester took measurements in 2005 and 2006 along some of the city’s busiest routes. The…

Environmental Conservation

TIGER Workshop Showcases Key Findings on Africa’s Water Cycle

TIGER has since involved more than 150 African organisations investigating the various stages of the water cycle across the African continent. More than 80…

Physics & Astronomy

Kourou Gears Up for P80 Motor Test at Europe’s Spaceport

The Solid Booster Test Bench (BEAP) is the unique test pad at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s Spaceport. Since 1993, it has seen the successful testing of…

Health & Medicine

€15.5 Million EUROPRISE Initiative for Innovative HIV Prevention

Professor Robin Shattock, of St George’s, University of London, who will coordinate the research network called “EUROPRISE”, said the award held out the…

Life & Chemistry

Female Chimpanzees Unite Against Male Aggression: Study Insights

In 2003 and 2004, Dr Newton-Fisher studied a community of eight adult male and 21 adult female East African chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda. He observed…

Social Sciences

Rising Violence in UK Street Robbery: A Growing Concern

Both the amount and the severity of gratuitous violence used in street robbery are increasing in the UK, but because the number of studies is very small and…

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