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Physics & Astronomy

Mapping Planet Formation: New Insights from ESO’s VISIR

With the VISIR instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have mapped the disc around a star more massive than the Sun. The very extended and flared…

Business and Finance

Solving Germany’s Export Puzzle: The Bazaar Effect Explained

Germany is the world champion in merchandise exports and yet the country suffers from mass unemployment and stagnation. Hans-Werner Sinn’s paper ‘The…

Life & Chemistry

Boosting Drug Design: New Method from Leeds Researcher

In a paper published this week in Angewandte Chemie, Professor Steve Homans from Leeds’ Faculty of Biological Sciences explains his method for getting exactly…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Unveiled

Published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, this comprehensive systematic review assessed the effects of interventions used to treat,…

Physics & Astronomy

Australia, Southern Africa Shortlisted for Giant Radio Telescope

The decision was made by the International SKA Steering Committee, following advice from an external committee of 7 scientists from 5 countries that examined…

Social Sciences

The 'Vicious Triangle’ Affecting Productivity In Our Public Services

Professor Iain McLean and Dr Dirk Haubrich will say that local public services in England are being affected by a ‘vicious triangle’ present in the way that…

Health & Medicine

LiU Study Reveals Hidden Risks of Fatty Liver Disease

A study conducted at Linköping University (LiU) indicates that the presence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is more serious than previously…

Life & Chemistry

How to follow proteins’ interaction inside the cells; a major step for the study of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease

The discovery, now published in the “FASEB Journal” has crucial implications for the study and treatment of those neurodegenerative illnesses – such as…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Linked to Hair-Pulling Disorder in Families

The disorder affects between 3 percent and 5 percent of the population and is considered an impulse control disorder. Patients with trichotillomania have…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Solar Flares Disrupt GPS: Risks for Jets and Safety Calls

Because solar flares — larger-than-normal radiation “burps” by the sun — are generally unpredictable, such failures could be devastating for “safety-of-life”…

Earth Sciences

Warm Water Surges Into Arctic: IARC Scientists’ Findings

Scientists made the observations this fall during an oceanographic cruise aboard the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn as part of the Nansen and Amundsen…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Iowa State Researchers Cut Natural Gas Use in Ethanol Production

Burning natural gas to produce all that heat is the second largest expense at most ethanol plants — trailing only the cost of the corn used for ethanol…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Uncover Two Of The Hottest New Planets

A University of Florida astronomer is among more than three dozen astronomers who found the new large planets, announced today at the Transiting Extrasolar…

Life & Chemistry

55,000 Tiny Thomas Jeffersons Showcase New Pattern Method

Northwestern University researchers have developed a 55,000-pen, two-dimensional array that allows them to simultaneously create 55,000 identical patterns…

Earth Sciences

Space Scientists Reveal Causes of Van Allen Belt Gap

The discovery settles years of controversy among space scientists about the mechanisms responsible for causing the gap and has important implications for space…

Health & Medicine

New Organic Compound Promises Safer Suntans and Sun Protection

An organic compound that creates a realistic beachy glow while inducing a natural sun block effect in your skin may be just around the corner, as scientists at…

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