Mental exercise helps maintain some seniors' thinking skills
Certain mental exercises can offset some of the expected decline in older adults' thinking skills and show promise for maintaining cognitive abilities needed to do everyday tasks such as shopping, making meals and handling finances. view more (2006-12-20)
Electronic cornucopia
If only electronic shopping for our everyday needs was easier in practice - at the touch of a button, using a device that is simple to operate and as familiar as a pocket calculator. Of course, if the entire technology is to be accepted, customer satisfaction must be guaranteed, and that means quick and reliable delivery. Flawless operation along... view more... (2001-07-30)
New report on mobile phone research published
Mobile phones have not been found to be associated with any biological or adverse health effects, according to the UK's largest investigation into the possible health risks from mobile telephone technology. view more (2007-09-13)
Risks of increased access to over-the-counter medicines may outweigh benefits
The risks of increasing people's access to over-the-counter medicines may outweigh the benefits, warn experts in this week's BMJ. view more (2008-03-28)
New research to examine crowd panic in emergencies
Research at the University of Sussex into crowd behaviour in emergencies such as nightclub fires and stadium accidents has won grant funding worth more than £180,000. Psychologist Dr John Drury will examine how crowds react during emergency evacuations. The study has proved timely in the light of a series of recent tragedies, most notably in... view more... (2003-11-26)
The future of the High Street
Recent financial results by major players in the UK grocery industry seem to point to the ever-increasing consolidation of grocery retailing on the UK High Street, but is this actually in the consumer's interest, and is it what the consumer really wants? Dr Alan Hallsworth of the University of Surrey School of Management has been looking at trends... view more... (2005-04-18)
Wireless ad hoc networks
Developers will be presenting a self-organizing communications network during the e/home trade fair in Berlin. Users can enjoy wireless Internet access or remotely control utilities in the home without having to deal with complex installations or equipment compatibility. view more (2004-08-27)
A new dimension in display panels
For the first time, Fraunhofer researchers are presenting a 3D kiosk system at CeBIT: three-dimensional high-resolution objects appear to float in front of the display. Viewers will be able to see them with the naked eye and to "move" them by hand. view more (2004-03-18)
Anthony Freud appointed NESTA Trustee for Wales
Anthony Freud, General Director of Welsh National Opera, has been appointed to serve as Trustee for Wales on the board of NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts), the organisation that invests in UK creativity and innovation. view more (2004-12-16)
Geographer designs computer model to predict crowd behavior
Patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities - the tipping point at which agitated crowds become anti-social mobs, the configuration of civic areas as defensible spaces that also promote free speech, the design of retail space that fosters active walking - are at the core of an immersive 3-D computational model under development by an... view more... (2007-05-22)
Anemia affects body ... and maybe the mind
For older adults, anemia's trademark loss of oxygen-toting red blood cells has long been linked to fatigue, muscle weakness and other physical ailments. view more (2006-09-14)
Virtual world offers new locale for problem solving
Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users worldwide who go there for everything from college recruiting to shopping. Now, Penn State researchers are investigating how virtual teams can better solve real world problems by collaborating in Second Life. view more (2008-09-30)
White Christmases unlikely
CRed, the community carbon reduction project run out of the University of East Anglia, is urging people to aim for a low carbon Christmas this year. CRed say that the reason we no longer have any White Christmases is down to global warming and that we need to work harder at reducing our carbon emissions if we want to stop further damaging climate... view more... (2003-12-03)
Fast food chains like to be close to the competition
Rather like buses - first there are no fast food outlets to be seen, then two or three come along almost together, according to new research sponsored by the ESRC. Commonly, the presence of a McDonalds increases the probability that a Burger King will arrive, says a study led by Professor Michael Waterson of the University of Warwick. At a time... view more... (2004-03-01)
Planning cities in cyberspace
The interactive planning system ARTHUR simplifies the work of architects and city planners by replacing tedious, traditional model design with an augmented reality system. At CeBIT, researchers are showing how building plans can be visualized and modified in 3D. With pride, the architect presents his scale model of the planned shopping center.... view more... (2004-02-26)
"Cyber Trust" At Its Lowest Point For A Decade, Warn Internet Security Experts
Public confidence in electronic channels of communication, such as the internet, mobile and wireless communications is at its lowest point for a decade, claim information and communication technology (ICT) experts at two leading British Universities. view more (2005-03-04)
'Super-recognizers,' with extraordinary face recognition ability, never forget a face
Some people say they never forget a face, a claim now bolstered by psychologists at Harvard University who've discovered a group they call "super-recognizers": those who can easily recognize someone they met in passing, even many years later. view more (2009-05-20)
UT School of Public Health researchers develop game for HIV+ youth
Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have developed a game for HIV-positive youth, +CLICK, designed to reduce secondary transmission of the virus. view more (2009-06-24)
Flood-plagued York threatened by drying out
York's world-renowned archaeological remains are in danger - of drying out. The problem also threatens to cause roads to buckle, sewers collapse and subterranean gases leak into the air, unless a team from Leeds geography department can discover the effect of flood defences and new building in and around the city. York's flooding problem is well... view more... (2004-02-23)
Secretary Of State Goes Back To The Future With Supermarket Science!
Today (Monday 25th February) the shape of supermarket products to come could be set to take a new turn as ASDA calls on kids to suggest what we could all be putting in our trollies in the future. Education and Skills Secretary Estelle Morris will be launching the Big Science, ASDA's latest education initiative, with the help of children from... view more... (2002-02-22)
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