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Physics & Astronomy

Hubble images some of galaxy's dimmest stars

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have imaged some of the galaxy's oldest and dimmest stars, offering a rare experimental glimpse of two mysterious…

Physics & Astronomy

Quintuplet Stars in Milky Way: Nature Revealed in New Study

The nature of the stars was not entirely clear until now. In a paper published in the Aug. 18 issue of Science, co-authors Peter Tuthill of the University of…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists find 'pinwheels' in Quintuplet cluster

The spiral shape is a telltale sign of a binary system, which means that it is two lighter-weight stars in orbit around each other, rather than one. Although…

Social Sciences

Shame and War Trauma: Insights from Finnish Soldiers’ Stories

After the Second World War, Finnish psychiatrists felt that soldiers had readapted to civilian society very well. The reason was not that Finnish soldiers were…

Life & Chemistry

New Optical Sensor Detects Performance-Enhancing Substances

The researchers, directed by professors Alberto Fernández Gutiérrez and Antonio Segura Carretero, have designed an optical sensor that allows to determine the…

Studies and Analyses

Innovative Cold-Asphalting Techniques Enhanced by UGR Study

Researchers of the group ‘Physics of fluids and biocolloids’ of the University of Granada [http://www.ugr.es], have worked with a system in which bitumen…

Information Technology

CERN Adopts New Document System from UGR Researcher

By way of example: every week, more than one thousand new papers reach the database of the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN in French), in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

A genetic ID card to certify the quality of Andalusian goat’s cheese

Such cheeses are representative of a traditional production process using raw milk and rennet. Its microbiological richness is higher than that of…

Life & Chemistry

UK Biobank Gains Global Expert Support After Pilot Phase

UK Biobank – the multi-million pound visionary medical project aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases that…

Environmental Conservation

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

The research shows that squirrel poxvirus is threatening to wipe out red squirrels in some of the areas in which they remain in northern England within 10…

Earth Sciences

Renewed Volcanic Activity at Phlegrean Fields Detected

Using Differential SAR Interferometry (DInSAR), scientists at the Institute for the Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA) of the Italian National…

Environmental Conservation

Effective Vegetation Management: A Key to Forest Fire Prevention

Among the main problems that still have not been tackled but that are some of the main causes for major forest fires are dense and mono-specific vegetation…

Environmental Conservation

Effective Vegetation Management: A Key to Forest Fire Prevention

Studies and Analyses

Dogs Exhibit Jealousy: Insights From 1,000 Owners’ Study

The study of 1000 domestic animal owners in the south of England also uncovered examples where jealous dogs acted as 'uninvited chaperones' between couples…

Health & Medicine

Childhood Sleep Apnea’s Impact on Brain Function and IQ

Children with severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) have lower IQs, decreased problem solving skills, and changes in neuronal metabolites of the brain, similar…

Health & Medicine

Travel Types Linked to Higher Venous Thrombosis Risk: Study Insights

In a large study (the MEGA study) of nearly 2000 people with a first thrombosis in the Netherlands, Dr Suzanne Cannegieter and colleagues from the Leiden…

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