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AIDS Orphans Face 17 Times Higher Risk of Death, Study Reveals

These are the preliminary results of a study conducted by Evasius Bauni and four colleagues on an INPEPTH demographic surveillance site in Kilifi, said Bauni…

Social Sciences

Exploring the Work Stress Epidemic: Insights from UK Employees

The researchers behind the 24-7 survey into working life, hope employees in the UK will share their good and bad experiences in an attempt to discover more…

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Linked to Higher Risk of Critical Illness and Death

A study published today in the open access journal Critical Care reveals that individuals suffering from diabetes are three times more at risk of developing…

Physics & Astronomy

University of Granada’s Comprehensive Galactic Warp Catalogue

The main object of his studio is the influence of magnetic fields in the formation, assessment and structures of the galaxies, which has lead them to prepare…

Life & Chemistry

Unique DNA Flu Vaccine Trial Launches in London

With winter on its way and the flu season about to begin Londoners are being offered the opportunity to sign up for a unique clinical trial to test a new DNA…

Information Technology

UGR’s Small Antenna Design Ranks Among Europe’s Top 20 Innovations

Specifically, in the design of antennas by means of numeric formulas applied to describe certain complex geometries. Their work has managed to develop…

Physics & Astronomy

Dundee Researcher Wins Major Prize for Microscopy Innovation

Dr Paul Appleton, a researcher in the College of Life Sciences, was awarded first prize in the competition at a ceremony in New York on Thursday September 21st.

Environmental Conservation

Satellites Show Green Means Rain for Africa’s Growth Cycle

Rains at the start of the growing season cause vegetation growth. This encourages a feedback loop as the greener the vegetation becomes, the greater the amount…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

International awards boost crop science research

The aim of the four-year projects is to draw on the complementary experience and field expertise of researchers in the UK and France, to help translate basic…

Environmental Conservation

Assessing hidden particles in the air that we breathe

According to Professor Ranjeet Sokhi, Head of the University’s Atmospheric Science Research Group (ASRG), current assessment methods for predicting air…

Social Sciences

What makes business people see red?

When asked what made them most irate, bureaucracy and form-filling were cited by more than two-thirds of business advisers and more than a third of businessmen…

Automotive Engineering

Bigger is not necessarily better — in hydrogen storage

In research published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, and featured in Nature and Chemistry World, they studied materials that have a porous sponge-like…

Life & Chemistry

Mosquitoes' sweet tooth could be answer to eliminating malaria

We have all suffered the irritation of being the food source for hungry mosquitoes. While it is generally well known that female mosquitoes need a meal of…

Earth Sciences

Leicester scientist watch mother nature breathing in

Using the Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY) on Envisat, the largest Earth observation satellite ever built,…

Health & Medicine

Healthier hearts for online shoppers

The dietary intervention study involved 497 online shoppers who received real-time personalised advice, recommending foods lower in saturated fat. The study…

Health & Medicine

Lighting up the heart

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Bristol have been able to directly measure energy levels inside living heart cells, in real time,…

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