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Pandemic Preparedness: A Third of Countries Miss Prioritization

One-third of countries engaged in pandemic influenza planning have not prioritized who should get vaccinations and antiviral medications, according to…

Studies and Analyses

Early Nicotine Use Linked to Lifelong Addiction Risks

The research team, led by Jay W. Pettegrew, M.D., professor of psychiatry, used magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to evaluate the effects of…

Transportation and Logistics

Net-WMS – Virtual reality and optimisation techniques for Warehouse Management Systems

Warehouse Management System (WMS) mission is evolving from controlling goods movement and storage to light manufacturing, transportation and order management….

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Nervous System Development in Retina

The retina of the eye, which is part of the central nervous system, is where visual impressions take their initial shape. The retina consists of photoreceptors…

Information Technology

W3C Launches Secure Browsing Initiative

Recognizing the challenges people face when browsing the Web, W3C today launched an initiative to build a foundation for a more secure Web. The new Web…

Physics & Astronomy

Research Collaboration on Plasma Astrophysics between St John’s College Oxford and UCD

Researchers led by Dr Katherine Blundell and Professor James Binney FRS in Oxford and Dr Peter Duffy in Dublin, will work towards understanding the role played…

Health & Medicine

Helping Parkinson's disease sufferers live a better life

A degenerative disease of later life with widely varying symptoms, Parkinson's disease (PD) can result in poor mobility or paralysis, speech disorders and…

Studies and Analyses

Biakker: Powerful Communication in Just a Few Words

The striking answer from the Biakker is explained by the fact that in the Biak language some word types contain much more information than in languages such as…

Business and Finance

80% of Migrant Workers’ Skills ‘Wasted’ by North West Job Sector

Researchers from the University’s Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory (MSIO) conducted interviews with migrant workers from Eastern Europe and found that…

Physics & Astronomy

Colliding galaxies make love, not war

The Universe is an all-action arena for some of the largest, most slowly evolving dramas known to mankind. A new picture taken by the Advanced Camera for…

Life & Chemistry

How Wood Ants Navigate to Food: New Scientific Insights

Ever wondered how ants find their way straight to the uncovered food in your kitchen? Now scientists have discovered how the humble wood ant navigates over…

Life & Chemistry

Brain Protein Injection Enhances Stroke Recovery After 3 Days

A study in rats published today in the open access journal BMC Biology shows that an injection of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF), whose function…

Health & Medicine

Treating haemorrhoids – warn of risks before offering ‘staples’

While it is less painful and has a quicker recovery rate than conventional surgery, a systematic Review of the research shows that it is associated with a…

Health & Medicine

Rimonabant: Modest Weight Loss Solution for Obesity

The increasing worldwide prevalence of obesity is creating a growing demand for effective treatments. One possible option is rimonabant. Cochrane Review…

Health & Medicine

No evidence that soy formula milk is better than cow’s milk formulas for infants at high risk of allergy or food intolerance

Soy formula is often recommended for infants who are at particular risk of allergy or intolerance, because research has shown that while around 1.8% of…

Health & Medicine

Home Teeth Whitening: Efficacy, Risks, and Sensitivity Insights

A new analysis of published data shows that, although there is considerable variation between products, they do work – at least in the short term. The data…

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