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Egyptians, not Greeks were true fathers of medicine
Scientists examining documents dating back 3,500 years say they have found proof that the origins of modern medicine lie in ancient Egypt and not with Hippocrates and the Greeks. view more (2007-05-10)
University to train modern Sherlock Holmes
A North-East university will soon be training detectives of the future by using innovative methods popularised through TV shows like CSI Miami and Waking the Dead. view more (2004-12-13)
Metal composition hold key to identity of modern sculptures
How do you tell when, where and how a Picasso or a Matisse sculpture was cast? view more (2009-07-31)
Live skin substitute to unlock new products
Many long-established skin products, such as shampoos and soaps, contain harmful or ineffective ingredients because effective testing methods were unavailable when they were developed. The first ever model of live skin with a full ecosystem of micro-organisms - created at the University of Leeds - has the potential to help develop dozens of new... view more... (2004-07-06)
New Taboo-Free Science Discussion Venue Gears Up To Open - Controversy, spectacle and the unexpected in new South Kensington space
The Science Museum will open a new public events centre that will bring the most controversial themes in modern science to life. The Dana Centre, opening on 18 November, will become the place where all issues across science will be up for discussion in a stylish facility. Complete with a wired café-bar, the Centre will bring, informative... view more... (2003-11-06)
Applying mathematics to industry
A recently established centre at the University of Leicester is gearing up to meet the needs of business and industry through a new outreach programme. view more (2002-10-29)
Aquatic creatures mix ocean water
Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niño on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, they do not generally take into account the mixing generated by swimming animals. view more (2009-11-23)
Europeans took the long way round - new support for southern exit out of Africa
All non-Africans descend from a group of humans that left Africa by a coastal route across the mouth of the Red Sea to South Asia - rather than by a direct route to Europe - less than 80,000 years ago. view more (2005-05-12)
Europe's first farmers replaced their Stone Age hunter-gatherer forerunners
Analysis of ancient DNA from skeletons suggests that Europe's first farmers were not the descendants of the people who settled the area after the retreat of the ice sheets. view more (2009-09-04)
Invasive methods unnecessary for prostate cancer radiation therapy treatment planning
Modern 3-D computed tomography (CT) is an effective method for locating the prostatic apex for radiation therapy treatment planning in prostate cancer patients because it eliminates the need for an invasive procedure and the related side effects. view more (2008-05-21)
Paleontologists discover new mammal from Mesozoic Era
An international team of American and Chinese paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei Province in China. view more (2007-03-15)
New fossil tells how piranhas got their teeth
How did piranhas - the legendary freshwater fish with the razor bite - get their telltale teeth? view more (2009-06-26)
Concrete Advice on Improving the Environment
The pressure on the environment of building during the past 5000 years can be observed clearly from the air. In a recent lecture at the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), aerial photographer and concrete specialist Christopher Stanley illustrated the evolution of construction and its lasting impact, from stone circles to skyscrapers. Stanley's... view more... (2002-04-29)
Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form
Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right. view more (2009-03-20)
Ancient humans brought bottle gourds to the Americas from Asia
Thick-skinned bottle gourds widely used as containers by prehistoric peoples were likely brought to the Americas some 10,000 years ago by individuals who arrived from Asia, according to a new genetic comparison of modern bottle gourds with gourds found at archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere. view more (2005-12-14)
Texas A&M scientists say early Americans arrived earlier
A team led by two Texas A&M University anthropologists now believes the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic timelines. view more (2008-03-24)
Characteristic shadow painting by Raphael unintentional
According to the Amsterdam art historian Margriet van Eikema Hommes, the very deep shadows and the extremely dark background in the bottom half of Raphael`s last painting, The Transfiguration of Christ (1517-1520), were never what the painter intended. This is based on her study of the aging and discolouration of pictures. The research provides a... view more... (2002-02-19)
The inside dope
Often, things can be improved by a little 'contamination.' Steel, for example is iron with a bit of carbon mixed in. To produce materials for modern electronics, small amounts of impurities are introduced into silicon - a process called doping. view more (2007-07-27)
Trotting with emus to walk with dinosaurs
One way to make sense of 165-million-year-old dino tracks may be to hang out with emus, say paleontologists studying thousands of dinosaur footprints at the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite in northern Wyoming. view more (2006-10-25)
Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests
The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if future global warming patterns mirror a monumental shift that took place in the past. view more (2005-11-14)
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