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Hedgehogs look both ways, then turn back
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2002 19:00 BST UK CONTACT - Claire Bowles, New Scientist Press Office, London: Tel: +44(0)20 7331 2751 or email claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk WHY did the hedgehog cross the road? Well, it turns out he didn`t. In fact, it appears that the much-loved spiny creatures,... view more (2002-08-14)

Grant of £20 million to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative to give hope to developing countries
Imperial College London today announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $30 million (£20 million) to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), a partnership at Imperial College London including the foundation, the World Health Organization and... view more (2002-07-17)

More Frequent Ivermectin Treatment Could Reduce Symptoms Of Disease Responsible For River Blindness
Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET propose that more frequent drug therapy with ivermectin could reduce symptoms of the parasitic disease onchocerciasis, which affects around 18 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and can lead to river... view more (2002-07-17)

Salmon farming could harm the environment
Fish farming is flourishing at the expense of other marine life TOXIC chemicals used by salmon farms could be killing off tiny animals that are vital to the marine food chain, scientists warn in a confidential report for the British government leaked to New... view more (2002-04-24)

Discarded human debris threatens global biodiversity
Discarded human debris is encouraging colonization of exotic marine animals in the world`s oceans and threatening global biodiversity, particularly in the Southern Ocean. The findings, reported in this week`s NATURE, are based on a 10-year study of human litter (mostly plastic) washed ashore on 30... view more (2002-04-23)

`Glowing bacteria` help meat treatment project
A project to develop effective techniques for the ‘surface pasteurisation’ of food led by the University of Bristol is being helped by a new technique developed by scientists at the University of the West of England. Officially titled ‘BUGDEATH’ the project, which in total... view more (2002-04-16)

Mobile phones under fresh scrutiny
THE safety of mobile phones is under fresh scrutiny following the discovery that their emissions have an unexpected effect on living creatures. The finding throws out the strongest challenge yet to the widely held belief that heating from mobile phone signals is their only potential threat to brain... view more (2002-02-06)

Working with `worms` to reveal the secrets of a long life
10 meter long, 25 year old tape worms living in human and animal digestive systems are the subjects for the latest research project at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UWA). A group of scientists led by Dr Peter Brophy and Professor John Barrett of the University`s Institute of Biological... view more (2001-12-10)

New solutions to an age-old problem
Unique gathering of UK scientists, policy makers and leading figures in ageing research No one welcomes the physical effects of getting older yet we all want to live a long and active life. On November 12th the UK National Collaboration on Ageing Research will be launched in Birmingham. This new... view more (2001-11-02)

Discovery of a unique symbiosis between bacteria and a marine worm
Dr. Nicole Dubilier, a scientist in the Molecular Ecology research group of Dr. Rudolf Amann at the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology in Bremen, and her colleagues have discovered a unique symbiosis between bacteria and a marine worm, described in the journal Nature, issue May 17th 2001.... view more (2001-05-17)

BA Festival: Asthma and the Sinister Infiltrator
Professor Tim Williams, head of the Leukocyte Biology Section, Imperial College School of Medicine, will tell the BA Festival of Science on Tuesday 12 September how asthma may be caused primarily by a body defence system that has gone wrong - when allergens in the air are mistaken by the body for... view more (2000-09-12)

Ducks go quackers for dishy drakes
Good-looking males produce healthiest families Every parent wants to ensure their offspring get the best start in life, but it seems that offspring of attractive parents might be getting a better start than others. Studies of mallard ducks carried out by scientists based at the University of... view more (2000-02-29)

Wales hosts world workshop for better conservation
These special scientists, known as taxonomists are members of BioNET International, the brainchild of Professor Tecwyn Jones of Cardiff University. They are skilled in the science concerned with identifying, classifying and understanding the relationships of the myriad species of organisms which... view more (1999-08-16)

WHEN AN EARTHWORM DOES AS MUCH DAMAGE TO SOILS AS A BULLDOZER
The transformation of wet tropical forest into pastures causes profound changes in the physical structure of soils by favouring compaction. Such densification asphyxiates the soil. It is generally attributed to the compression caused by heavy machinery used for deforestation and in the creation of... view more (1999-05-11)
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