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Twin Cities Residents Boost Fitness Through Daily Activities

Research published in the September issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise found that Minnesotans in the Twin Cities metro area are expending a…

Information Technology

Improving Crisis Management with Distributed Information Systems

The MEDSI project, which ended in October 2005, resulted in the creation of a prototype crisis management system, which uses web services to automatically…

Physics & Astronomy

Topsy-Turvy Galaxy: A Glimpse at Star-Birth Booms

The dense clustering of bright stars and gas in its arms, a sign of an ongoing boom of star births, shows a mere glimpse of the rough times it has seen….

Studies and Analyses

Enhancing Information for Stroke Survivors and Families

Funded by East Kent Hospitals donated funds, the study will build on a developing programme of research by interviewing a range of health professionals,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Unlocking Plant Potential: Sustainable Alternatives to Oil

Each of those activities is dependent on oil, from fuel for transport to the plastic parts of your kettle, car, keyboard and mobile. Development of our…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Research Programme: Tackling Production Challenges

The Academy of Finland is set to launch a new, innovative research programme on energy next year. The Sustainable Energy Research Programme (SusEn) is aimed at…

Medical Engineering

Alzheimer’s patient volunteers for first scan

The £22million Centre houses amongst the world’s most advanced brain and body scanners, and its High Resolution Research Tomograph (HRRT) brain scanner is…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Nuclear Safety: Insights from Oxford’s Wade Allison

Wade Allison, Professor of Physics at Oxford University, argues that this public apprehension of anything nuclear, which was fostered during the Cold War, is…

Technology Offerings

Boulder: Patented Climbing Innovation for Sports and Therapy

Boulder is a patented solution for numerous climbing applications in sports, leisure, and therapy. Computer controlled rotation and inclination of the climbing…

Earth Sciences

Coral Reef Survival: Size and Shape Predict Resilience to Change

Size and shape may predict the survival of corals around the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that…

Life & Chemistry

T Cells Miss Key Protein, Triggering Autoimmune Disease Risk

The research confirms an emerging view that autoimmunity can start in this cradle of the immune system, and not only at the sites where autoimmune diseases…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Scent: The Surprising Smell of Money Explained

It's not hard to recall the pungent scent of a handful of pocket change. Similar smells emanate from a sweat-covered dumbbell or the water emerging from an old…

Physics & Astronomy

Ultra-Intense Laser Blast Creates True 'Black Metal'

The process, using an incredibly intense burst of laser light, holds the promise of making everything from fuel cells to a space telescope's detectors more…

Life & Chemistry

Advancements in Gene Therapy for Hereditary Lung Disease

An experimental gene therapy to combat alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a common hereditary disorder that causes lung and liver disease, has caused no harmful…

Earth Sciences

Iceland’s Laki Eruption: How It Shrunk the Nile River

Researchers found that Iceland's Laki volcanic event, a series of about ten eruptions from June 1783 through February 1784, significantly changed atmospheric…

Physics & Astronomy

World's largest superconducting magnet switches on

Called the Barrel Toroid because of its shape, this magnet provides a powerful magnetic field for ATLAS, one of the major particle detectors being prepared to…

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