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US satellite protection scheme could affect global communications
A proposed US system to protect satellites from solar storms or high-altitude nuclear detonations could cause side-effects that lead to radio communication blackouts, according to new research.   view more (2006-08-15)

Porous ceramic foam - taking the heat out of furnaces
Concerns over the health effects on humans caused by RCF dust lead to a number of studies in the USA. The EU directive in November 1997 and growing legislation from EU member states, including Germany and The Netherlands, has lead to a widespread search for a suitable alternative. Hi-Por, developed... view more (1999-04-30)

Blocking a premature aging syndrome with anticancer drugs
A class of anticancer drugs currently being evaluated in phase 3 clinical trials may also be an effective treatment for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a fatal genetic disorder that causes premature aging.   view more (2005-08-30)

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Allows Immediate Prediction of Advanced Breast Cancer Patients' Response to Hormonal Treatment
Innovative use of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS), a nuclear medicine imaging technique looking at how the body functions at the molecular level, may provide near immediate selection of breast cancer patients for endocrine therapy and offers a new tool in fighting the disease.   view more (2006-01-20)

`Holy wars` - a new perspective
Rhetoric used to describe military operations in Afghanistan as a 'Crusade' involve a fundamental misunderstanding of the past, new research by a University of Leicester academic concludes. US President George Bush alluded to the operations as a Crusade and Osama bin Laden characterised operations... view more (2002-10-29)

Chemistry & Industry - 17 June Issue
NEWS Rapid diagnosis while you wait (page 6) A device that can diagnose breast cancer within minutes is being developed by scientists at the University of Dundee, UK. Ear cartilage offers cancer hope (page 7) Replacement testicles that can deliver testosterone for several months have been made from... view more (2002-06-12)

Protect and Serve - Lawyer says US physicians should put medical ethics before patriotic duty
US military physicians involved in the "war on terror" should put their responsibility for the care of patients before duty to their country, according to an article published today in BMC Medical Ethics. Jerome A Singh, a senior lecturer in law and bioethics at the Howard College School... view more (2003-07-31)

U.S. Air Force Technology Helps Scientists Understand Plant Root Function
The McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center (MNRC) in Sacramento, CA was developed by the U.S. Air Force to detect corrosion and defects in aircraft structure using an imaging technique called neutron radiography. This technique is currently helping soil scientists understand the function of plant roots... view more (2008-09-09)

Research stories from BBSRC's Annual Report
BBSRC has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2001/2002. The report includes the following science stories from research funded by BBSRC. The full report, including a funding summary by university, institute and scientific area (page 4/5), is available in full at:... view more (2002-07-23)

Identifying the "Nuclear" in Nuclear Medicine as High Benefit
Say the word nuclear and it conjures up mistaken ideas about radiation, an invisible, odorless and intangible force that allows doctors to non-invasively see into the body.   view more (2006-10-05)

Improved Imaging for Identifying Breast Cancer in Overweight Women
Increasing the ability to identify sentinel nodes—the very first lymph nodes that trap cancer cells draining away from a breast lesion site—has a major impact in the treatment and outcome of breast cancer patients, possibly eliminating the need for unnecessary and painful surgery.   view more (2007-02-07)

Despite 'peacenik' reputation, bonobos hunt and eat other primates too
Unlike the male-dominated societies of their chimpanzee relatives, bonobo society-in which females enjoy a higher social status than males-has a "make-love-not-war" kind of image.   view more (2008-10-14)

Quantitative PET Imaging Finds Early Determination of Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment
With positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, seeing is believing: Evaluating a patient's response to chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) typically involves visual interpretation of scans of cancer tumors.   view more (2007-10-24)

Diamond detectors - The Physics Congress 2002
Diamond has an extremely high resilience to radiation - three orders of magnitude higher than silicon - making it an ideal material for detectors that monitor radioactive emissions inside the hostile environments found in nuclear energy plants. But because of the high price of real diamond,... view more (2002-04-02)

Insomnia among returning war vets is as severe as patients with chronic insomnia
Insomnia together with post-deployment adjustment disorders among returning war veterans is as severe as patients suffering from chronic insomnia.   view more (2008-06-10)

Number of conflicts in the world no longer declining
The trend toward fewer conflicts reported by peace researchers since the early 1990s now seems to have been broken.   view more (2007-12-26)

Study recommends development of standards for pediatric doses in nuclear medicine
Results of a recent survey of 13 pediatric hospitals in North America show a lack of universally applied standards for administering radiopharmaceutical doses to children undergoing nuclear medicine examinations, according to an article in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.   view more (2008-06-11)

Case Western Reserve University researchers track Chernobyl fallout
When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and dispersed over the Soviet Union, Europe and even eastern portions of North America.   view more (2008-10-02)

Do Rocks Hold The Key To Nuclear Waste Storage?
Technology to monitor how the rock barrier around radio active waste reacts has been developed by an Anglo French consortium with the help of 466,286 euros from the EU's Framework Programme towards the projects total cost of 765,619 euros.   view more (2004-09-09)

Sandia aids cleanup of Iraqi nuclear facilities, rad waste
Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear Facility Dismantlement and Disposal Program.   view more (2008-10-21)

Strong relationship between peasant farmers and city-dwellers in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe farmers are highly dependent on family members in cities for their income. City-dwellers feel a strong link with the rural area from which they originate. According to Jens Andersson, a development sociologist from Wageningen University, this results in very few political contrasts... view more (2002-01-24)

Government energy policy unrealistic, says Academy
The Government's energy policy is hopelessly unrealistic, expecting far too much from renewable energy sources and ignoring serious concerns about reliable gas supplies, the Royal Academy of Engineering has told Energy Minister Brian Wilson MP in a report published today (30 August). The Academy's... view more (2002-08-28)

Radioactive plutonium remains from US military accident in Spain
Researchers from the Physics Department and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have detected concentrations of radioactive plutonium and americium in plankton from the coast of Palomares (south-east coast of Spain), with an... view more (2003-10-20)

Breast Cancer Treatment Heats Up
In the March Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers demonstrate that miniscule bioprobes could be produced and used with molecularly targeted therapeutic heat to kill malignant breast cancer cells—without damaging nearby healthy tissue.   view more (2007-03-07)

New paradigm for cell-specific gene delivery
Researchers from Northwestern University and Texas A & M University have discovered a new way to limit gene transfer and expression to specific tissues in animals.   view more (2008-06-23)
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