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International Space Station receives 2001 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
ESA PR 59-2001. Today in Oviedo, Spain, the International Space Station will be honoured with the 2001 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. The Director General of the European Space Agency, Antonio Rodot' , and representatives of the other ISS partner space agencies, from the... view more (2001-10-26)

Clawed frog helps Fanconi anemia research make leaps
A large, clawed frog is helping Oregon Health & Science University researchers gather a princely sum of knowledge on Fanconi anemia, a rare, genetic, cancer-susceptibility syndrome.   view more (2006-01-25)

Baby milk manufacturers are violating international marketing code
Manufacturers of formula milk are violating the international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes in west Africa, say researchers in this week's BMJ. Two survey teams monitored compliance with the code, adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 to ensure the proper use of breast milk... view more (2003-01-16)

The Science Foresight Project
The Science Foresight Project is the first completely Internet-based international science foresight activity. The goal of the project was to identify emerging research developments in the physical and engineering sciences using experts selected by purely objective methods. The Science Foresight... view more (2002-08-26)

Giant leap in tiny technology
A £10 million project that aims to put the UK at the forefront of future micro-manufacturing technology is being launched at The University of Nottingham tomorrow.   view more (2005-04-25)

How to shrink the mobile phones even more?
Even a conventional mobile phone user demands more functions and better performance of his mobile phone in the smallest possible space. The mobile phone should also be easy to use, reliable and inexpensive. In order to meet these demands, more data and functions than before must be packed into the... view more (2002-04-25)

Innovation Relay Centres (IRCs), the best European network of technology transfer
"Innovation thrives in simple things. Take an every-day-companion, like the pencil and you can still develop new concepts around a product that is 400 years old and writes in space." This was the message addressed by the Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, who hosted this year's IRC... view more (2002-12-02)

First-time analysis reveals millions of Europeans left at risk from influenza
A powerful analysis from this month's Vaccine 1 highlights the huge gap between current vaccination coverage across Europe and the recommendations endorsed by the European Union.   view more (2006-11-20)

Targeted nanoparticles incorporating siRNA offer promise for cancer treatment
The use of targeted nanoparticles offers promising techniques for cancer treatment. Researchers in the laboratory of Mark E. Davis at the California Institute of Technology have been using small interfering RNA (siRNA), sometimes known as silencing RNA, to "silence" specific genes that... view more (2007-05-21)

Hanover Trade Fair 2003: Getting to grips with optical fibres
A vacuum gripper mounts optical waveguides exactly right on the micrometre Microtechnological precision components from the production line - up to date, the realisation of this vision lacked the tools and technologies for automated manufacturing. Therefore, the aim of the research project... view more (2003-04-07)

NYU chemists create 'nanorobotic' arm to operate within DNA sequence
New York University chemistry professor Nadrian C. Seeman and his graduate student Baoquan Ding have developed a DNA cassette through which a nanomechanical device can be inserted and function within a DNA array, allowing for the motion of a nanorobotic arm.   view more (2006-12-08)

New mobile phone functions fit into a smaller space than before
Even a conventional mobile phone user demands more functions and better performance of his mobile phone in the smallest possible space. The mobile phone should also be easy to use, reliable and inexpensive. In order to meet these demands, more data and functions than before must be packed into the... view more (2002-04-05)

Compact tidal generator could reduce the cost of producing electricity from flowing water
What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had successfully built an electric motor for tethered underwater vehicles.   view more (2006-06-14)

Old Galaxies in the Young Universe
Very Large Telescope Unravels New Population of Very Old Massive Galaxies [1] Current theories of the formation of galaxies are based on the hierarchical merging of smaller entities into larger and larger structures, starting from about the size of a stellar globular cluster and ending with... view more (2004-07-06)

The IAU draft definition of 'planet' and 'plutons'
The world's astronomers, under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), have concluded two years of work defining the difference between "planets" and the smaller "solar system bodies" such as comets and asteroids.   view more (2006-08-16)

Flaws in new elderly care regulations may put patients at risk
The regulatory system that is supposed to protect private nursing home residents in England and Wales is flawed because of compromises made by the government, suggest researchers at University College London in this week’s BMJ. As over half of the healthcare beds in the United Kingdom are in... view more (2001-09-05)

New company learns from spider`s ability to spin
A new spin-out from Oxford University, Spinox, is aiming to devise novel ways to copy spiders` ability to spin silks. The new silks may be used for sutures or woven material for surgical implants, protective clothing and in sports equipment. Spinox has been set up to fully develop a spinning... view more (2002-03-07)

UC Riverside physicists contribute to state-of-the-art detector installed in Switzerland
UC Riverside scientists led by Gail Hanson, a distinguished professor of physics, are part of a collaboration of approximately 2300 international physicists who announced Dec. 19 that the world's largest silicon tracking detector at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, had been successfully installed.   view more (2007-12-21)

ESA astronaut returns to Earth after Space Station `taxi` flight
A mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth today after successfully delivering a new `lifeboat` to the Station for use by the resident crew in the event of an emergency on board. The cosmopolitan crew of the Marco Polo flight comprised ESA`s Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori,... view more (2002-05-05)

Planes leading edges in a single piece
The basque company SK10, which works in the integration of aeronautical structures, has given a significant step forward in its innovation range within compound materials of carbon fibre. Recently, SK10 has signed with the company EADS-CASA a contract for the development, industrialisation and... view more (2002-11-25)

BOG POOL PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF A VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEM
The peat bog pool complexes of the RSPB reserve at Forsinard in the Caithness/Sutherland Flow Country are under scrutiny in a three-year project being carried out by a team from the Institute of Ecology and Resource Management at the University of Edinburgh. The pools are home to a number of... view more (1999-03-16)

Women not "passive victims" in domestic violence
Women who are abused by their partners are not simply passive victims, new research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, shows. Those that stay in an abusive relationship often do so because there is no social or practical support to help them, rather than simply as a result of low... view more (2001-07-11)

Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome?
Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome? Researchers have answered a similarly vexing (and far more relevant) genomic question: Which of the thousands of long stretches of repeated DNA in the human genome came first? And which are the duplicates?   view more (2007-10-09)

NJIT researchers seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in long tubing
In less than 20 minutes, researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) can now seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in 10-foot-long, hollow thin steel tubing.   view more (2006-08-07)

New Ariane launcher all set for November liftoff
The launch date of 28 November has been announced for Europe's new 10-tonne launcher. Preparations are well underway at Europe's spaceport in French Guinea where a series of simulated countdowns have been successfully carried out. The new Ariane 5, dubbed Ariane 10 tonnes, consists of a new... view more (2002-11-11)
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