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No evidence that melatonin is effective in treating jet lag
There is no evidence that melatonin is effective in treating secondary sleep disorders or preventing jet lag, finds a study published online by the BMJ today.   view more (2006-02-10)

Use public funds to test jet lag drug, say researchers
The hormone melatonin has long been used to prevent and treat jet lag, but in many countries it cannot be sold because it is not licensed. Researchers in this week's BMJ argue that if use of the drug is in the public interest, then public funds should be used to get it adequately tested to be licensed. Jet lag is caused by the disturbance of... view more... (2003-02-05)

New medication brings hope of jet lag cure
A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift work.   view more (2008-12-02)

EFDA-JET Press Day 10th July at Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire
As announced recently, a press day will be held on Tuesday 10th July 2001 at EFDA-JET, the flagship experiment of the European nuclear fusion programme, to celebrate the first year of experimental campaigns on JET under the European Fusion Development Agreement. The JET facility is situated at the Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire. The programme... view more... (2001-06-27)

Travelers can avoid jet lag by resetting their body clocks
A simple, at-home treatment - a single light box and the over-the-counter drug melatonin - allows travelers to avoid jet lag by resetting their circadian body clock before crossing several time zones.   view more (2005-11-02)

Researchers link melanopsin gene to unexplored light detection system within the eye.
Discovery could explain why light keeps us awake and may lead to new treatments for disorders such as jet-lag and SAD. Researchers from Imperial College London, Johns Hopkins University, USA and Brown University, USA have discovered that melanopsin, a recently identified protein, plays a key role in a completely new light detection system in the... view more... (2003-01-08)

Duke team explains a longtime visual puzzler in new way
A team of neuroscientists at Duke University Medical Center has suggested an entirely new way to explain a puzzling visual phenomenon called the flash-lag effect.   view more (2008-10-14)

Europe collaborates on JET Enhancements
Teams of scientists and engineers from across Europe have been working to equip the world`s largest fusion experiment JET with enhanced power and diagnostic capabilities for use in its 2002 experimental programme starting in March. A first set of enhancement projects launched in the last 2 years under the European Fusion Development Agreement... view more... (2001-12-18)

Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes
The Earth's jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting-possibly in response to global warming.   view more (2008-04-17)

Research Cruise To Understand Major Changes In Atlantic
Scientists at the University of Liverpool are embarking on a research cruise to help them understand recent major changes in the temperature of the Atlantic.   view more (2005-05-10)

Research leads to healthful strategies for re-setting the body's clock
Everyone is equipped with a biological clock, a region in the brain the size of a corn kernel, which dictates our sleep-wake cycles, and plays a major role in our physical and mental health.   view more (2006-03-23)

Our visual system may react more rapidly when visualising 2 objects which might collide
International research co-led by professor Alejandro Maiche, of the Department of Basic, Evolutionary and Educational Psychology at the UAB, has put forward the hypothesis that the brain responds to the possibility that two objects might collide, in a different way to how it would react to two objects in movement with divergent trajectories.   view more (2007-09-14)

Common European Plant Pollens Trigger Asthma Emergencies
High levels of airborne grass pollens trigger surges in severe asthma attacks that require emergency admission to hospital, suggests research published in Thorax. The research was carried out between 1995 and 1998 in the Spanish city of Madrid, which has high levels of different types of airborne pollens. Emergency admissions for respiratory... view more... (2003-07-25)

Neutron stars join the black hole jet set
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed an X-ray jet blasting away from a neutron star in a binary system.   view more (2007-06-28)

Fabric design approaches the jet age.
New research into jet printing on textiles could lead to a faster, cheaper alternative to conventional ways of dyeing fabrics. Jet printing could also deliver valuable design benefits, such as a wider choice of colours and avoidance of the need to repeat patterns in a design. The research is being carried out at Leeds University, with funding from... view more... (2003-08-13)

New fruit fly protein illuminates circadian response to light
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a new protein required for the circadian response to light in fruit flies.   view more (2006-06-30)

From paper planes to jet engines
Throwing paper planes in class can be educational! Dr Julia King, Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics, used paper planes to explain the physics of flight to teachers at the Association for Science Education (ASE) meeting in Reading today (Friday 9 January 2004). She tackled the tricky subject of explaining what causes 'lift' in a wing, and... view more... (2004-01-09)

Coal-based jet fuel poised for next step
A jet fuel comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, but derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, has successfully powered a helicopter jet engine, according to a Penn State fuel scientist.   view more (2006-03-28)

New Evidence on How our Eyes use Light to Manage our Body Clock - University of Surrey Groundbreaking Study Results
A new study published this week shows for the first time that the human eye is sensitive to short wave length visible light and transmits information to the body clock in a way that may make it possible to manipulate waking and sleeping rhythms. This new data, gained from a study carried out at the University of Surrey, might enable this type of... view more... (2001-08-20)

Dissecting a stellar explosion
Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, which led to the ejection of matter at velocities close to the speed of light.   view more (2009-04-06)
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