The infectious agent responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, also known as prion diseases, (which include mad cow disease), is a protein…
The paper1 analyses data from 59 countries worldwide to answer questions such as when people start to have sex, how many sexual partners they have and whether…
A leading population expert will today make a plea for a revitalisation of the family planning agenda in the world’s poorest countries, cautioning that soaring…
However, a monthly internet survey run by the Institute for Enterprise and Innovation at The University of Nottingham has found that opinions within small- and…
The Stoneguard C60 research house has been designed by University experts from the School of the Built Environment, to help guide the architects and builders…
In Sweden, prostate cancer is by far the most common form of cancer; in countries such as China and Japan, it is much rarer. Just why the risk of developing…
The satellite was renamed ‘Hinode’ which is Japanese for Sunrise, which is most appropriate since Hinode will watch at close hand massively explosive solar…
The bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor naturally produce antibiotics called prodiginines.This group of antibiotics has stimulated much recent interest as they…
Using fMRI scanners, which allow scientists to examine how the brain operates, the research, led by Dr Katja Wiech and Dr Raffael Kalisch, showed that when…
The Cayman Islands, a UK Overseas Territory, once supported one of the world’s largest sea turtle rookeries, which comprised some 6.5 million adult green and…
Disharmony in the desertMost controversies in science focus on the big questions of our existence – like the nature of matter or the fate of the Universe. But…
But Professor Gregg Butler of the University of Manchester argues that the methods currently in place fail to measure value for money in any meaningful sense….
“Efforts to save wildlife often play out within a win-lose framework that pits conservation against economic opportunity,” says Asst. Prof. Chan, who came from…
Hepatitis C attacks the liver. An estimated 20 percent of patients go on to develop cirrhosis, a condition that involves destruction of liver cells.Patients…
The research, conducted at the University of Rostock in Germany, appears in the Nov. 7, 2006 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.”We…
“These drugs have been tested in a variety of Huntington's disease models and some HD human trials and results are very difficult to interpret,” said Dr. Ilya…
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