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Environmental Conservation

Mesquite Harvester Unlocks Ethanol Production Potential

That will change with a new mesquite harvester for use in wood-to-ethanol production, said Dr. Jim Ansley, Experiment Station rangeland ecologist. The only one…

Health & Medicine

New Treatment for Post-Concussion Syndrome at UB

For unknown reasons, 5-10 percent of people who experience a concussion have symptoms that persist beyond six weeks. These people are diagnosed with…

Materials Sciences

Polarized Particles Enhance Unique Structural Innovations

“The world abounds with particles that have traditionally been treated as geometrically symmetric, chemically isotropic and electrically uniform,” said Steve…

Earth Sciences

Alaskan Lakes Drying Up: Climate Change Impact Revealed

Between 1950 and 2002, more than 10,000 Alaskan lakes have shrunk in size or completely dried up, according to a newly published study. Over this period,…

Life & Chemistry

Smallest Cellular Genome Discovered in Carsonella Ruddii

The bacteria Carsonella ruddii has the fewest genes of any cell. The bacteria's newly sequenced genome, the complete set of DNA for the organism, is only…

Studies and Analyses

Largest Genome-Wide Study of Prostate Cancer in Black Men

Researchers from 14 institutions across the country today announced the results of the first genome-wide linkage study of prostate cancer in African Americans….

Transportation and Logistics

Maths Solves Airport Security Challenge with 3D X-Ray Tech

The two parties are joining forces for a £750,000 research project to provide fast, accurate 3D x-ray images of suitcases and baggage. The project is being…

Architecture & Construction

UGR Joins European Project to Protect Historical Buildings

However, despite the last achievements in the field of restoration, up to now they have failed to design effective measures to fight against this problem. In…

Earth Sciences

Microscopic Discoveries Reveal Early Humans in Britain

This collection of artefacts was discovered in Pakefield, Suffolk, last year by an excavation team led by Palaeontologist Simon Parfitt from the Institute of…

Studies and Analyses

Report reveals ID theft ‘Best buys’

Store cards, mobile phone accounts and credit cards are the top three purchases made by fraudsters using other people’s identities, the study found.And, for…

Life & Chemistry

New Research Aims to Reduce Animal Testing in Drug Testing

Current checks to establish whether a new drug is carcinogenic can be inconclusive and require further testing on live animals to establish whether they are…

Information Technology

Stay Safe in the Sun with HappySun’s UV Index Alerts

Thanks to an innovative service called HappySun, the UV Index can be delivered directly to mobile phones via SMS or can be accessed on the Internet. HappySun…

Information Technology

New Textile Print Centre Launches at University of Manchester

Cabourn, who recently took up the position of Visiting Professor of Textiles at The University of Manchester, cut the ribbon at the new Centre for Digital…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Compares Chimp and Human DNA in PLoS Genetics

In a new study, published online in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, Katherine Pollard, at the UC Davis Genome Center, and colleagues at UC Santa Cruz…

Physics & Astronomy

Flies in a spider’s web: Galaxy caught in the making

Analogously, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found a large galaxy 10.6 billion light-years away from Earth (at a redshift of 2.2) that is stuffing…

Environmental Conservation

Northern Bald Ibis Journey Sparks Hope for Conservation

Researchers from the RSPB and BirdLife Middle East have tracked a group of northern bald ibis on their 1,900-mile (3,100-kilometre) journey from breeding…

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