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Protein data bank archives 50,000th molecule structure
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) based at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) this month reached a significant milestone in its 37-year history. The 50,000th molecule structure was released into its archive, joining other structures vital to... view more (2008-04-09)

Discovery of new protein could provide new understanding of male fertility
Scientists have discovered a new enzyme involved in the degradation of proteins inside cells, a process that helps eliminate or recycle proteins that are no longer needed.   view more (2007-08-03)

Cure for cancer one step closer
The cure for cancer is one step closer this week with the first collections of cancer tissue taking place at the new Wesley Research Institute Tissue Bank.   view more (2007-04-04)

Banking Customers Seek the Personal Touch
The personal touch and face-to-face contact are still number one with Scottish banking customers. Despite the growth in alternatives like telephone and on-line banking, a new report from Heriot-Watt University's Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) reveals that branch services are the most important... view more (2004-01-19)

Wolfowitz is the wrong choice for the World Bank
The nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank is the wrong choice and should be rejected, says an editorial in this week's BMJ.   view more (2005-03-30)

University of Sussex launches world's first degree programme in 'seed banking'
Biologists are being offered the chance to help save the planet by enrolling in an innovative new postgraduate degree at the University of Sussex this autumn. Together with the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the University is to offer the world's first degree programme in 'seed... view more (2003-05-30)

Sussex joins debate on sustainable development at Earth Summit
Environmental experts from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex are contributing to the debate raised by the World Summit on Sustainable Development. The World Summit on Sustainable Development is being held in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September and will... view more (2002-08-28)

Bank Customers Prefer Personal Touch
Retail bank customers prefer the personal touch to using modern telephone and Internet banking technologies, according to new research from marketing and communications experts at the University of Ulster. The research team established that remote banking has not replaced the need for face to face... view more (2003-05-23)

Unique Cooperation For Air Pollution Study Between Hebrew University, Palestinians
Within the framework of a unique project of cooperation between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Palestinian research organizations, two engineers of the Palestinian Meteorological Service have come to the university for training and advanced study. This was the first time in many months that... view more (2005-03-16)

Public collections of DNA and RNA sequence reach 100 gigabases
The world's three leading public repositories for DNA and RNA sequence information have reached 100 gigabases [100,000,000,000 bases; the 'letters' of the genetic code] of sequence.   view more (2005-08-23)

Discovery could aid fight against cystic fibrosis infection
Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered one way that a hardy disease-causing bacteria could be surviving in the lungs of chronically infected cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.   view more (2006-06-12)

A More Challenging Summit Than Everest (p 1837)
In the week celebrating the 50th anniversary of the conquest of Everest, this week's editorial points to a more challenging summit - the gathering of G8 leaders in Evian-les-Bains, France-to address the plight of an estimated billion people who live in countries ravaged by civil war. Referring to... view more (2003-05-28)

Fields need a diversity of indigenous cereal crops
The history of cultivated plants in Finland stretches back some 3,500 years. Cultivated plants usually arrived in Finland from elsewhere with new settlers. Landraces were still widespread in the early part of the 20th century, but then improved varieties produced in plant breeding programmes began... view more (2004-07-19)

Researchers offer new theory for dogfish and skate population outburst on George's Bank
New research by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory questions the long-held belief that a lack of predators and competitors was the primary cause for the increase of skates and dogfish observed in Southern New England's George's... view more (2008-02-28)

Image Locator
To locate images on the Internet, search engines like Yahoo or Google carry out their search based on text. The name or description that is sought is set in written form so that the search engine may carry out its function.   view more (2004-05-25)

Kingston University MBA Graduate Banks Worldwide Award
A Kingston University Russian graduate has beaten off worldwide competition to be named 2003 MBA Student of the Year. Natalia Buchstaber, who has just completed Kingston's Moscow-based Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme, won the award ahead of three other shortlisted contenders. Run... view more (2003-11-19)

Northern Rock crisis underlines need for greater disclosure to plug 'information gap'
Policy makers need to seriously consider the case for the reinstatement of bank-specific disclosure requirements within the accounting regulations in the wake of the Northern Rock crisis, according to experts at Nottingham University Business School.   view more (2007-09-24)

'No Competitive Edge' from Internet Banking - UU Research
Research conducted by University of Ulster financial services researcher Mark Durkin into the uptake of Internet-based banking has found that banks are embracing the innovation in order not to be put at a competitive disadvantage - rather than for any sustainable competitive advantage Internet... view more (2002-10-02)

Nurse delivers first baby from commercial frozen donor egg bank
The 8 pound, 2 ounce baby girl is apparently the first baby born after being conceived with a frozen donor egg from a commercial egg bank.   view more (2006-01-04)

Bank robbers and terrorists
Identifying suspected bank robbers, enemy troops, or terrorists is Lena Klasén's field of research. In scientific terms this is called image analysis of complex, articulated, and deformable objects related to the fields of crime and defense. Lena Klasén has a history at the Swedish... view more (2002-11-27)

Scientists Wait For Beagle 2 To Call Home
The fate of Beagle 2 remains uncertain this morning after the giant radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, UK, failed in its first attempt to detect any signal from the spacecraft. Scientists were hopeful that the 250 ft (76 m) Lovell Telescope, recently fitted with a highly sensitive... view more (2003-12-26)

Time of our lives
A new study from the University of East Anglia has found that time banks - neighbourhood schemes for exchanging services and skills - are not only successful in providing valuable local services, but also in rebuilding community spirit and trust. Time banks enable participants to "deposit" their... view more (2002-10-30)

HRH The Prince of Wales to visit Jodrell Bank Observatory
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire on Monday, 28 April 2003, to commemorate the re-birth of its flagship Lovell Telescope following a major upgrade. The £2.5 million three-year upgrade saw the replacement of the 76-metre... view more (2003-04-25)

Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity.   view more (2008-07-23)

New Microwave Dielectric Resonator Materials for Wireless Communication - The Physics Congress 2003
A new group of ceramic materials could lead to more reliable and clearer microwave communication signals, according to engineers at South Bank University, London, speaking at the Institute of Physics Congress at Heriot-Watt University on Wednesday 26 March.   view more (2003-03-17)
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