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Peat and forests save permafrost from melting
Permafrost may be buffered against the impacts of climate change by peat and vegetation present in the northern regions, according to a study by McMaster researchers. view more (2007-09-14)
Boston University partners in NSF challenge to create wireless network using visible light
Boston University's College of Engineering is a partner launching a major program, under a National Science Foundation grant, to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible light instead of radio waves. view more (2008-10-07)
Boston university researchers develop new model of ice volume change based on Earth's orbit
Through dated geological records scientists have known for decades that variations in the Earth's orbit around the sun — subtle changes in the distance between the two — control ice ages. view more (2006-06-23)
Cluster Quartet Probes the Secrets of the Black Aurora
Swedish and British researchers have used the European Space Agency`s Cluster spacecraft to unveil the mysteries of the "black aurora", a strange electrical phenomenon that generates dark, empty regions adjacent to the visible Northern and Southern Lights. The new results, to be announced today at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San... view more... (2001-12-10)
Educational inequality major factor in lack of social cohesion
The UK is falling behind the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway in its efforts to create a more cohesive society according to new research from the Institute of Education. Education, Equity and Social Cohesion: A Distributional Model by Andy Green, John Preston and Ricardo Sabates finds greater inequality in educational outcomes and skills in... view more... (2003-04-24)
Building a better telecom system
Hurricane Katrina helped University of Texas professor, Alexis Kwasinski, formulate a new plan for the U.S. telecom system: a de-centralized power architecture that would have kept the lights and phones on in New Orleans. view more (2008-07-24)
University of Nevada professor demonstrates new hydrogen fuel system
Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline climbs to $3 per gallon. view more (2007-02-23)
Genetic hearing loss may be reversible without gene therapy
Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline climbs to $3 per gallon. view more (2007-02-23)
Ericsson head named honorary doctor at Lule'å
For his "ability, in his leadership, to turn technology into business in the stiffest possible international competition," Carl-Henric Svanberg has been awarded an honorary doctorate at Lule'å University of Technology in northern Sweden. Since April 2003, Carl-Henric Svanberg has been CEO of Swedish Ericsson. Every year the... view more... (2004-09-08)
Northern Ireland’s First Science Research Park Launched at Coleraine
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Sir Reg Empey MLA, today launched the first phase of the Science Research Park at the University of Ulster’s Coleraine campus. Today’s launch represents the first Science Park development in Northern Ireland and is the result of more than £6 million in capital investment by the... view more... (2000-12-18)
Geologists finding a different Mars underneath
Scientists are finding an older, craggier face of Mars buried beneath the surface, thanks to pioneering sounding radar co-sponsored by NASA aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft. view more (2006-12-14)
Is it a bird? ... Is it a plane? ... No, it’s SID!
Skylines across Britain could change forever thanks to an ingenious device engineered by two schoolboys who won the prestigious title of Young Engineers for Britain 2001 in London, UK, this week. Brendan Quinn and Enda Young both aged 18, from St Partick’s College, Maghera in Northern Ireland beat 28 other finalists from all over the UK to... view more... (2001-09-18)
The Sun`s Twisted Mysteries
Solar physicists at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL, University College London) in Surrey have found new clues to the thirty year old puzzle of why the Sun ejects huge bubbles of electrified gas, laced with magnetic field, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In a paper published this month in the Journal of Solar Physics, they... view more... (2002-08-30)
One in four nursing home residents carries MRSA
MRSA is a major problem in nursing homes with one in four residents carrying the bacteria, a study by Queen's University Belfast and Antrim Area Hospital has found. view more (2009-06-04)
How does bluetongue virus survive through the winter?
In 2006, Bluetongue virus - which infects livestock - reached Northern Europe for the first time. Some people thought that the outbreak would be limited to that particular year, as winter was expected to kill off the midges that host and spread the disease, bringing the threat of infection to an end. In actuality, the disease escalated in the... view more... (2008-08-26)
University of Ulster research offers hope to Fibromyalgia sufferers
New research at the University of Ulster today offered hope to suffers of Fibromyalgia, a life-crippling disease affecting millions of women worldwide. The University is spearheading one of largest studies ever into the treatment of Fibromyalgia, a distressing chronic pain syndrome that affects three percent of women across the globe. In Northern... view more... (2003-03-04)
Rivers indicate earlier snowmelt in eastern North America
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have found evidence in eastern North America that the snow is melting and running off into rivers earlier than it did in the first half of the 20th century. view more (2006-03-27)
Snowy owl -- a marine species?
Wildlife satellite studies could lead to a radical re-thinking about how the snowy owl fits into the Northern ecosystem. view more (2008-12-11)
After the World Cup... the dancing continues in space
The Brazilian World Cup celebrations may have started to die down, but in space the never-ending football match between the Sun and Earth continues. And watching this match closely are Salsa, Samba, Rumba and Tango, the four satellites that make up the Cluster mission. They are performing their Brazilian dances 119 000 kilometres above our heads.... view more... (2002-07-08)
DO NOT HIDE FROM RAIN UNDER A FIRTREE
Russian scientists have found out that industrial contamination of atmosphere has more impact on flora and soil under the trees and the trees as such than on the space between the crowns. The study has been funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the President~s grant. We normally consider a tree as a natural umbrella. It is... view more... (2000-12-15)
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