All News

Health & Medicine

New Test Enhances Large-Scale Malaria Screening Efforts

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Malaria Research Institute have developed a new test for detecting the malaria parasite in…

Interdisciplinary Research

UNH Study Leverages Satellites to Monitor Avian Flu Trends

Xiao and colleagues were recently awarded $1.55 million for a four-year project funded by the U.S. National Institutes for Health (NIH) as part of the Ecology…

Health & Medicine

How Holiday Eating Impacts Undiagnosed Diabetics

Diabetes, a metabolic disorder linked with obesity, can be a silent killer because its symptoms aren’t sudden, but build up over time and lead to heart disease…

Studies and Analyses

Prescription Opioid Abuse Surpasses Heroin in 7 Cities

A team led by Dr. Benedikt Fischer, a researcher funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and based at the Centre for Addictions Research…

Studies and Analyses

Medicaid Patients Miss Out on Recommended Cardiac Care

The study by Dr. James Calvin, lead study author and director of cardiology at Rush University Medical Center, found Medicaid patients were less likely to…

Studies and Analyses

New Analysis Shows Millions of Europeans At Risk from Flu

A powerful analysis from this month's Vaccine 1 highlights the huge gap between current vaccination coverage across Europe and the recommendations endorsed by…

Health & Medicine

Proton Beam Therapy: A New Hope for Aggressive Tumors

Proton beam radiation therapy, a very precise type of radiation treatment, may be an effective treatment for advanced adenoid cystic carcinoma that has spread…

Life & Chemistry

Experts Debate Egg Donation for Stem Cell Research Ethics

Exploring the controversial issue of egg donation for medical research, an expert panel¹ of scientists, ethicists and activists will address the public’s…

Physics & Astronomy

Tekniker Installs Nasmyth Rotators at Canary Islands Telescope

The telescope is located at almost 3,000 metres altitude, in the Roque de los Muchachos of La Palma island. The installation involved highly delicate…

Transportation and Logistics

Smart Inventory Control Cuts Spare Parts Costs by 50%

This way both the number of parts in stock and the waiting time for spare parts can be reduced, with theoretical savings of up to 50%. This is possible thanks…

Physics & Astronomy

Norwegian Climate Check for Astronauts to Aid NASA Mission

The new measurement technique is also suitable for a wide range of applications on Earth. The system is currently in the process of being handed over to NASA….

Health & Medicine

Over 60? 76% of Older Workers Struggle With Obesity

This is one of the conclusions shown in the research of Alberto Cordero of the School of Medicine, and the University Hospital, published in the American…

Transportation and Logistics

Tyre Safety Innovations: Meet the TYRESENSE Project

The EUREKA E! 2375 TYRESENSE project is developing sensors that can be embedded in tyres to detect critical driving conditions, helping to reduce maintenance…

Social Sciences

How TV Shows Can Enhance Parenting and Child Behavior

The six-part series followed the progress of five families whose children showed clear behavioural problems through Professor Matt Sanders’ ‘Triple P–Positive…

Information Technology

Networks May Self-Organize Sooner Than Expected

“In 2003, anyone searching for the term ‘autonomic communication’ on Google would have found two references. As of November this year, there are almost twenty…

Earth Sciences

Join Scientists Shaping Our Future: European Training Course

Professor Heiko Balzter, Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Leicester, is the lead scientist in the European training course. He said:…

Feedback