Writing in the American Journal of Physiology–Cell Physiology, researchers from the University of Kentucky found that when mice were given a nucleoside reverse…
Probing deeper into how such memories form, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that the mere anticipation of a fearful situation can…
“We now have evidence that prevention programs can be important tools to protect adolescents from the devastating effects of methamphetamine use, and we will…
The envelope acts as a barrier between the outer cell compartment, called the cytoplasm, and DNA stored in the cell nucleus. It regulates which molecules are…
Academics at the Peninsula Medical School are looking at what role genes play in people who develop Type 2 diabetes and how they can be used to predict the…
The licensing is primarly for valrocemide. The efficacy of valrocemide as an antiepileptic drug has been demonstrated in a small clinical study. Shire intends…
The Braintuning project aims to find out, among other things, why music has such a profound effect on our emotional life and how enjoying music and the…
LCDs are a fixture of modern life, appearing in everything from pocket calculators and mobile telephones to wide-screen televisions. But the liquid crystals…
The new research by a Warwick Medical School team, Dr Harpal Randeva, Dr Paul O'Hare & Dr Dimitris Grammatopoulos; Consultant Endocrinologists and Mr Manu…
With the global epidemic of obesity already triggering the development of type 2 diabetes in increasing numbers of children, the IOTF, part of the…
The development of an embryo from a few seemingly identical stem cells is a truly awesome feat of nature. As they bathe in a chemical soup they’ve manufactured…
Dr Sara Connolly, of UEA’s School of Economics, has undertaken research which reveals for the first time what proportion of the pay disparity is due to women…
The findings will be presented by Dr Simon Hampton at the BA Festival of Science on Setpember 5.Dr Hampton and his team at UEA’s School of Social Work and…
As well as providing important new information about the secretive otter species, post-mortems on otters killed by cars since 1992 gave an insight into the…
Why do some people with a strong family history of alcoholism develop alcohol dependency while others do not? A new study provides clues that differing brain…
“Under today's conditions, grasses flower early in the growing season and wildflowers flower later, but when we increased the concentration of carbon dioxide…