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NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system
The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.   view more (2008-10-07)

Nature can help reduce greenhouse gas, but only to a point
Plants apparently do much less than previously thought to counteract global warming, according to a paper to be published in next week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   view more (2006-04-11)

On the High Horse: Why dominant individuals climb the proverbial ladder
In an attempt to grasp complex concepts, humans have tried to represent abstractions like power and dominance through visually-stimulated metaphors such as pyramids and steeples.   view more (2008-04-24)

Space And Security Policy In Europe
A study on "Space and Security Policy in Europe" was initiated by ESA in the framework of its General Studies Programme. It has been performed by a network of European experts in space and security under the coordination of IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy). The research team... view more (2003-12-11)

Even slight holiday weight gain can set stage for obesity, health risks
Although some Americans gain five to seven pounds with a diet of big meals and sweets between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, most people only gain a pound or two during the holidays, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center registered dietitian.   view more (2006-12-13)

Physicists find way to 'see' extra dimensions
Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe.   view more (2007-02-05)

Hand gestures dramatically improve learning
Kids asked to physically gesture at math problems are nearly three times more likely than non-gesturers to remember what they've learned.   view more (2007-07-26)

Study finds that rich retirees are the main losers from inflation
How would distribution of wealth change if the United States were to enter a period of inflation? A study from the December issue of the Journal of Political Economy finds that even mild inflation can lead to substantial redistribution of nominal assets from lenders to borrowers, specifically, the... view more (2006-12-20)

DO POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN REALLY NEED CERVICAL SMEAR TESTS ?
In the United Kingdom postmenopausal women who are at little risk of developing cervical cancer remain in the screening programme until the age of 64. In this week's BMJ, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson and colleagues from University College London and Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham use a mathematical... view more (1999-02-02)

Four Million More Health Workers Required To Improve Global Health (p 1984)
Authors of a public-health article in this week's issue of THE LANCET are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and TB. The Lancet article is an executive... view more (2004-11-24)

Cell Migration And Inflammation
Chronic inflammation comprises a vast array of diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. Chronic inflammatory diseases include asthma, arthritis, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune diseases and allergies, to name but a few.   view more (2005-02-23)

Smart thin film membranes adopt properties of guest molecules
Virginia Tech researchers announced last year that they had created a nanostructured membrane that incorporates DNA base pairs in order to impart molecular recognition and binding ability to the synthetic material.   view more (2007-03-29)

Vaccinating against chickenpox may cause pain later
Although chickenpox is nasty, vaccination might not be the answer IT`S a unique public health conundrum,and a stark reminder of how difficult it is to eliminate even the most mundane diseases. As more countries start to vaccinate against chickenpox, they will unwittingly encourage the spread of... view more (2002-05-01)

Blue Tit Mother Learns When To Lay Her Eggs
Blue tits can learn from their past nesting experiences. They adjust the timing of laying eggs to their experience with the availability of food in the previous year. Today, 5 April, the research results of three biologists of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) are published in... view more (2002-04-05)

Metabolic disease too easily missed
Dutch researcher Terry Derks has demonstrated that the metabolic disease MCAD deficiency can be detected at an early stage. At present the disease is only found in half of the expected number of patients.   view more (2007-02-16)

New system for storing lithium-polymer energy
The basque technology centre CIDETEC is working on a project about lithium-polymer energy with the collaboration of the companies CEGASA and ZIGOR.   view more (2002-09-09)

Cancer Gene Radiation Therapy Discovery
Dr Tracy Robson, a lecturer in molecular radiation science at the University's Jordanstown campus, has isolated a novel gene, called DIR-1, which can alter a tumour cell's susceptibility to radiation therapy.   view more (1999-09-20)

Neonatal autopsies yield valuable information
Over a quarter of neonatal autopsies yield important new information, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. This should help parents to make an informed decision when they are asked to give permission for their baby to have an autopsy.   view more (2002-03-27)

Can gender equality reform science?
In the world of science, as in many – perhaps most – other walks of life, women are severely under-represented. In the UK, for example, only 24% of science, engineering and technology researchers are women, and worldwide the proportion of women in Academies of Science is a meagre 3%.... view more (2001-05-17)

New cardiovascular score developed to improve heart attack and stroke detection
A new and more accurate method of assessing people at risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is set to improve national diagnosis rates and identify those at risk among black and minority ethnic groups.   view more (2008-06-25)

Peut-on réformer la science en promouvant l’égalité des sexes?
Dans le monde de la science, comme dans beaucoup d’autres – peut-'™tre la plupart – les femmes sont réellement sous représentées. Au Royaume- Uni, par exemple, seulement 24% des scientifiques, ingénieurs et techniciens sont des femmes, et dans le... view more (2001-05-18)

Physicists say universe evolution favored three and seven dimensions
Physicists who work with a concept called string theory envision our universe as an eerie place with at least nine spatial dimensions, six of them hidden from us, perhaps curled up in some way so they are undetectable.   view more (2005-09-29)

Hepatitis C helicase unwinds DNA in a spring-loaded, 3-step process
The process by which genes are duplicated is mysterious and complex, involving a cast of characters with diverse talents and the ability to play well with others in extremely close quarters.   view more (2007-07-27)

Breastfeeding Provides Major Protection Against Breast Cancer
BREASTFEEDING and having large numbers of children are the key to the developing world's low rates of breast cancer compared with Western countries such as Britain, according to landmark research published in The Lancet later this week*. The most extensive study of its kind - led by scientists from... view more (2002-07-18)

Referees more professional than ever according to UniS research
Research by Professor Neil Rickman and Dr Robert Witt of the University of Surrey has shown that since football referees became full-time professionals in the 2001/2002 season, their match decisions have become more impartial.   view more (2005-03-16)
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