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Life & Chemistry

Bacteria in Sea Life Inspire New Cancer Drug Development

Researchers led by a University of Utah medicinal chemist have developed a novel method to make drugs for cancer and other diseases from bacteria found in…

Studies and Analyses

Men with Prostate Cancer: Misconceptions About Radiation Treatment

“The study shows that patients base their treatment choice not only on technical information, but also on cultural and personal prejudices,” said Riccardo…

Environmental Conservation

Polar Regions at Risk: Impact of Rising CO2 Levels

“The rise in global concentrations of CO2 and nitrous oxide (N2O) over the past few decades will continue to stoke global warming, which has a pronounced…

Health & Medicine

Stress In The 1970s Linked To Chronic Fatigue Today

People who considered their lives to be stressful at the start of the 1970s today suffer more often from chronic fatigue than others. The study was carried out…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

International agricultural research is stepping up collaboration with CEMAGREF, CIRAD, INRA and IRD, …

Supplying a fast-growing global population with varied, quality foods as part of sustainable development in its broadest sense (economic, social, environmental…

Environmental Conservation

ESA Joins UN Climate Talks in Kenya: A Collaborative Approach

More than 6 000 representatives of national governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations are present at the second meeting of…

Environmental Conservation

UK Sends Earth Observation Satellite to Nigeria for Resource Management

The selection of SSTL by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) of Nigeria follows a detailed technical evaluation and due diligence…

Health & Medicine

Energy Cost of Walking: Older Adults Use 33% More Energy

That's according to scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University who observed that active pensioners may not be getting enough calories to cope with…

Information Technology

The 'Long Tail' of technology information

TechXtra http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/ aggregates content from a large number of different databases containing technology-related content. A search of TechXtra…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanotechnology’s Impact on Construction: Insights from Nanoforum

Nanotechnology is not a new science and it is not a new technology. It is rather an extension of the sciences and technologies that have already been in…

Earth Sciences

Pan-European Initiative Aims to Enhance Tsunami Prediction

This, amongst other things, is what leading scientists in ocean margin research came together to discuss at the recent EUROMARGINS conference in Bologna,…

Health & Medicine

Finnish postmenopausal hormone therapy trial indicates that: Hormone therapy does not improve quality of life for women

Only those women that experienced hot flashes and night-time sweating reported beneficial effects. These results were obtained from the Estonian Postmenopausal…

Health & Medicine

New Tool Enhances Malaria Diagnosis in Children’s Health

Because malaria is so common in Africa, children may have an incidental malaria infection whilst actually having another life-threatening illness. This can…

Transportation and Logistics

EUREKA Project Develops Fast Portable Explosive Detection System

A Czech-led EUREKA Umbrella project, E! 3109 EULASNET EXPLOSIVES ANALYSER has created a portable system to detect explosive agents in areas susceptible to bomb…

Life & Chemistry

Bio-Nanotechnology: Harnessing Carbon Nanotubes Against Cancer

Carbon nanotubes have already found applications in engineering but so far any biological application has been hampered by their poor interaction with…

Social Sciences

Norwegian Zero Program: EU Recommends Anti-Bullying Strategy

The Zero-program is the only program from Norway to be recommended, alongside programs from Spain, Italy and some international projects. The Zero-program was…

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