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Earth Sciences

Terrafirma Launches Ground Movement Hazard Service in Europe

To address these issues, Terrafirma is providing a Pan-European ground motion hazard information service to detect and monitor ground movements in relation to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Rethinking Risk in the GM Crops Trade Conflict

The findings, which are the result of a 5 year study carried out at SPRU at the University of Sussex, will be presented at a conference in Brighton on Tuesday…

Health & Medicine

New Study Explores Innovative Sunburn Treatment Mechanisms

A research team led by Dr Anna Nicolaou, a Reader in Biological Chemistry at the University of Bradford, will examine the biological mechanisms underlying…

Communications Media

Fraunhofer IIS Unveils Real-Time HD Video Encoder at IBC 2006

Together with content protection, complete DVB-H media player solutions and new audio coding technologies for surround and stereo audio, Fraunhofer IIS is one…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Captures One of the Smallest Stellar Companions Ever

The Hubble observation of the diminutive companion to the low-mass red dwarf star CHRX 73 is a dramatic reminder that astronomers do not have a consensus in…

Health & Medicine

“Allergy cells” can aggravate cancer and psoriasis

Mast cells are most known for their association with allergic reactions, as they act like microscopic “bombs” to trigger the release of a number of substances…

Health & Medicine

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Risks After Hip Replacement Surgery

The results of the study designed to determine the long-term benefits and risks of anti-inflammatory drugs in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery were…

Environmental Conservation

How Forests Contribute to Global Warming Through Nitrous Oxide

Forest ecosystems may produce large volumes of nitrous oxide (N2O), an important greenhouse gas, which affects the atmosphere's chemical and radiative…

Information Technology

Helping Computers Understand Meaning in Online Content

A major obstacle stands astride the road to advanced internet search and services. To a computer, words or pictures on a page are just the 1s and 0s of binary…

Life & Chemistry

EU, US, Canada Unite to Decode Human Disease Genetics

Although many genes have been linked to major diseases or conditions such as cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders, diabetes and obesity, research is…

Health & Medicine

Appetite – it’s a brain thing

But how does the brain process and integrate information to regulate feeding behaviour in order to sustain the energetic needs of the organism? In an article…

Physics & Astronomy

ESA Initiates Major Black Hole Census With Global Team

An international team, lead by Eugene Churazov and Rashid Sunyaev, Space Research Institute, Moscow, and involving scientists from all groups of the Integral…

Life & Chemistry

New Sunscreen Ingredient Heals Sunburn, Fights Skin Cancer

Unlike conventional sunscreen lotions which merely act as a filter for UVA and UVB sunlight, the new ingredient releases an active ingredient which mops up…

Health & Medicine

UU Scientists Explore Vitamin D Connection to Sunlight

The main source of vitamin D is exposure to ultra-violet radiation in sunlight, which produces vitamin D in the skin. A small amount of vitamin D can also be…

Social Sciences

Parents Seek Concrete Support Over Lessons, Study Reveals

The research, which will be discussed at today’s Diverse Britain: Social Practice and Social Policy conference, found that in a survey of 1112 parents of…

Health & Medicine

Four-Legged Duck: Insights from Semantic Dementia Research

By studying patients suffering from semantic dementia and by carrying out transient impairment of healthy individuals, Professor Lambon-Ralph of the University…

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