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Earth Sciences

Seismic Noise Measurements: TU Delft’s Practical Success

The seismic noise measurements have shown that the theory also works in practice. An article by PhD candidate Deyan Draganov about this research subject has…

Environmental Conservation

Tradable Biodiversity Rights: A Path to Species Conservation

From this perspective it then becomes clear, for example, that the portion of the world population that lives in poverty is incapable of contributing to the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Tunisia’s arid regions: how can desertification control and socio-economic development be reconciled?

It is also prey to deep socio-economic changes. This situation raises the major challenge of ensuring the balance between protection of the various ecosystems…

Studies and Analyses

Balancing Desertification Control and Rural Development

This situation raises the major challenge of ensuring the balance between protection of the various ecosystems and the development of rural populations who…

Social Sciences

Women Excel in Building Lasting Friendships, Study Finds

The investigation into social networks by the University’s Research Centre for Socio-Cultural Change found that men are more fickle and calculating about who…

Physics & Astronomy

Asteroids Spin Cycle: Sunlight’s Impact Revealed by Radar

Using the highly sensitive radar telescope at the Cornell University-managed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and Goldstone antenna in California, Cornell…

Life & Chemistry

Transport interrupted — Texas A&M biologists trace cause of early blindness to tissue defect

The findings, funded by Fight for Sight and the National Institutes of Health, are published in the March 5-9 online Early Edition (EE) of the Proceedings of…

Earth Sciences

Prototype Space Probe Prepares To Explore Earth’s Deepest Sinkhole

If all goes well with this second round of testing and exploration, the team will return in May for a full-scale exploration of the Zacatón system.Sinking more…

Interdisciplinary Research

Salamander Robot: A Breakthrough in Bio-Inspired Innovation

In a paper appearing in the March 9, 2007 issue of the journal Science, scientists from the EPFL in Switzerland and the INSERM research center/University of…

Life & Chemistry

Fruit Fly Immune Insights May Transform Vaccine Development

The findings could have implications for new ways of developing human vaccines, especially for people with compromised immune systems.The evidence that a fruit…

Environmental Conservation

Exploring Deep Seas: Tracking Sperm Whales and Jumbo Squid

The sperm whale and its large prey, the jumbo squid, are among the deepest divers in the ocean, routinely reaching depths of 3,000 feet or more. Now, in a new…

Information Technology

Genedata Launches ToxPedia for Enhanced Systems Toxicology

To gain the greatest benefit from systems toxicology, scientists need to integrate toxicogenomic data with conventional toxicological end points. This…

Life & Chemistry

Fungus Discovery Transforms Ethanol and Hygiene Industries

The discovery consists of a fungus that extremely effectively converts waste to ethanol. From the residual biomass, moreover, it is possible to extract an…

Physics & Astronomy

Star Family Revealed Through Dusty Fog by New ESO Telescope

Images made with ESO’s New Technology Telescope at La Silla by a team of German astronomers reveal a rich circular cluster of stars in the inner parts of our…

Studies and Analyses

UK Study Insights: Tackling Adolescent Obesity in GP Practices

The study which the University has announced during Obesity Awareness Week, and will be conducted over a three-year period, will survey GPs and practice nurses…

Physics & Astronomy

New Black Hole Panorama Unveils Over 1,000 Discoveries

The new black hole panorama was made with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based optical telescopes. The…

Life & Chemistry

Yale Researchers Identify Autism Gene in Major Study

The findings are published online today in Nature Genetics and also will be published in the journal’s March print edition. They are based on the largest-ever…

Physics & Astronomy

UK Teachers to Experience Physics at CERN Event 2024

The UK delegation of 14 will take part in the Physics Teachers @CERN event (15th -18th March) which attracts teaching staff from across Europe. The event,…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Gene Mutations Linked to Increased Autism Risk

These spontaneous deletions and duplications of genetic material were found to be ten times more prevalent in sporadic cases of autism spectrum disorders than…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Links to Schizophrenia Discovered by Feinstein Researchers

Working in conjunction with researchers at the Harvard Medical School Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics in Boston, MA, the Zucker Hillside team…

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