Scientists know relatively little about metabolic syndrome, which is linked to a range of symptoms that include obesity, insulin resistance, high blood…
“Our study demonstrates that it is feasible for patients to receive IMRT in their own communities without sacrificing high-quality care,” said Ajay Bhatnagar,…
“We have been limited in our ability to treat women with cervical cancer with optimal doses of radiotherapy because of debilitating side effects that greatly…
In a recent experiment, to be published in Nature on November 9, Dr Matthias Meschke and professor Jukka Pekola, together with Dr Wiebke Guichard, a coworker…
The Birmingham and Black Country Retinal Screening Programme is believed to be one of the largest retinal screening programmes in the world and will offer…
There has been a £2 billion rise in UK companies’ R&D investment according to figures published today in the DTI’s 2006 R&D Scoreboard.R&D investment is £19.2…
This survey, conducted in every EU member states under the guidance of Eurostat, is the main statistical instrument for data collection on business innovation,…
The team of researchers from Warwick Medical School and the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick was led by Angela Underdown. They looked at…
The researchers of the new institute will seek to make major scientific advances in our knowledge and understanding of the universe, bringing together…
Imitating insects such as ants, highly mobile small robots can accomplish physical tasks that no individual robot of the same size could manage. But if more…
Extensive fields of hydrocarbon-rich gas seepage, mud volcanoes and pockmarks have all been mapped by the EUROCORES programme EUROMARGINS. On 4 – 6 October…
An enzyme-based power source is a viable source of electricity for the rapidly proliferating RFID tags used in the medical sector and logistics. Applications…
The new research, spearheaded by Dr Genevieve Millard at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, discovered that volcanic gases released…
Norwegian women top osteoporosis statistics in Europe. They are four times more likely to break their hips than their Italian counterparts, and their risk is…
The network, which receives €2.5 million in funding from the European Union, was established to develop new types of reactive light-metal hydride composites…
The risk of heart disease is increased in relation to social deprivation and in people from ethnic minorities such as British Asians. This is not accounted for…