Dr. Mikiko Siomi and colleagues from the Institute for Genome Rsesearch in Japan have identified the elusive small RNA partners of Piwi proteins – lending new…
Approximately 50 million people are infected with dengue virus each year, resulting in about 24,000 deaths world-wide. Dengue virus is a mosquito-borne member…
A distinguished academic who for two decades headed astronomy research at the University of Leicester has received a distinctive honour- by having a minor…
The paper towel would drastically improve hand hygiene in hospitals, Zone Innovation director Ken Banks said. “Standard paper towels are a breeding ground for…
Medics from the University of Leicester, King's College London and Medway hospitals are involved in the trial. Results of a similar US based study have…
A study by Newcastle University, UK, and the International University Bremen, Germany, debunked a prevailing theory that the nervous system should have mainly…
The Centre will be the only one of its kind in the UK to award an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) qualification in nuclear engineering.Funded by the Engineering…
Researchers led by The University of Manchester say that faster-growing children might be especially vulnerable to the fattening effects of the ‘obesogenic…
The number of vCJD cases continues to decline, and it is believed that most cases to date are the result of consumption of BSE-infected beef. There were 161…
AnaphylaxisSome people have allergic reactions to certain substances that can be so pronounced that they affect the entire body. Such a reaction – called…
In the moth Manduca sexta, also known as the tobacco hornworm and recognisable by its distinctive blue-green caterpillar, adult body size is largely determined…
The report, published today in the journal ‘Environment, Development and Sustainability’, concludes that the current rise in solo living, combined with the…
The current recommended treatment for TB is to give four or more antibiotics for at least six months (this treatment is called “DOTS” or Directly Observed…
A startling revelation about the number of different kinds of bacteria in the deep-sea raises fundamental new questions about microbial life and evolution in…
Their five-year study is the first to quantify the relationship between selective logging, where loggers extract individual trees from the rain forest, and…
By training mice to eat at a time when they normally wouldn't, the researchers found that food turns on body-clock genes in a particular area of the brain….
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