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Environmental Conservation

Nematodes Under Stress: Insights from Dutch Research

This is the conclusion of Dutch researcher Olga Alda Alvarez following her research into the stress response of nematodes, tiny worms that occur in large…

Physics & Astronomy

Confirmed Extrasolar Planets Found with ESO’s VLT

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the extrasolar planet status of two of the 16 candidates discovered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…

Physics & Astronomy

It’s not just cricket – actually it’s physics

A new bowling simulator may enable you to do just that. The machine is the first of its kind to use physics, real cricket balls and novel speed and spin…

Health & Medicine

New Report Highlights Decline in Drug-Related Deaths

The report published on the 5th October contains information on drug-related deaths for the year 2005 reported by Coroners in England & Wales and the Islands…

Social Sciences

Community Groups: Embrace ICT or Risk Being Overlooked

It warns that failing to embrace information and communications technology (ICT) risks having their work overshadowed by those who do draw on this new source…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Insights Predict Alcohol Treatment Success

Naltrexone and acamprosate are drugs that are supposed to suppress the desire for a drink. The researcher investigated which patient characteristics were…

Information Technology

Affordable Industrial-Strength Software Solutions for SMEs

Most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) currently find it difficult and expensive to develop customised software. Custom development is costly and…

Health & Medicine

Aspirin’s Role in Cancer Treatment: New Insights on COX Inhibition

In addition to its known ability to block an enzyme called cyclooxygenase (COX), aspirin also reduces the formation of blood vessels that fuel developing…

Studies and Analyses

Study Shows Black Tea Reduces Stress More Effectively

The study, published in the journal Psychopharmacology, found that people who drank tea were able to de-stress more quickly than those who drank a fake tea…

Physics & Astronomy

London South Bank University spin-out company’s skin-testing device a revelation for cosmetics industry

Professor Bob Imhof, chairman of Biox Systems, will unveil the firm’s latest AquaFlux product – the AF200 – at the International Society for Biophysics and…

Health & Medicine

MUHC Researcher’s Breakthrough: New Hope for Childhood Blindness

“This discovery represents a significant advance in the fight against this debilitating condition.” says Dr. Koenekoop, Director of the McGill Ocular Genetics…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

‘Protecting virus’ offers instant flu protection & converts flu infections into their own vaccines

The ‘protecting virus’ provides instant protection, and completely prevents flu symptoms developing by slowing influenza infection rates to such an extent that…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Immune System Cell Absorption Unveiled

Led by Dr J Oriol Sunyer, of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and formed by researchers from Philadelphia, St Louis and…

Life & Chemistry

Oyster Mushroom Genome Sequencing: A Global Research Effort

The project research team is composed of scientists from nineteen universities and research centres from Europe, Canada, Japan, Israel and the United States.The project, chosen from amongst more than 400 entered for the annual competition of the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) of the United States Department of Energy’s Science Office, is one of just over 40 which have the go-ahead, one of the seven coordinated by a European body and the only one led by a Spanish person. …

Studies and Analyses

€1.8 Million Project Enhances Arctic Indigenous Perspectives

Centre for Samí Studies is an important contributor in strengthening indigenous perspectives in research work established within a wide range of fields at the…

Physics & Astronomy

Enhancing Optical Performance With Light-Manipulating Needle

Apart from that, the AFM is also capable of playing with the light, to optimize the performance of the resonator. If the optical crystal doesn’t work at the…

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