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First Swedish study on health promotion
In recent years a new view of health has emerged. The change has been so momentous that it has been called a paradigm shift. But what kind of social transformation are we experiencing? What is actually meant by 'health promotion'? This is what Peter Korp at the University of Trollh'¤ttan/Uddevalla has investigated in his doctoral dissertation in... view more... (2003-01-13)

Alternative soft-touch materials for automobile interiors
CROMODURO, a Basque company in the automotive sector, is working jointly with the GAIKER Technology Centre in a research project the object of which is to develop alternative materials for the manufacture of soft-touch materials for auto interiors (armrests, headrests, and so on). To this end, GAIKER will be working on developing micropellets... view more... (2004-05-10)

METVIX PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT) SUPERIOR TO CRYOTHERAPYIN THE TREATMENT OF ACTINIC KERATOSIS (AK)
Positive Results From a Large Scale Phase III Study in Australia PhotoCure ASA has recently completed a large scale phase III clinical trial in Australia, where more than 800 pre-cancerous skin lesions (actinic keratosis or “sun spots”) caused by sun damage, in over 200 patients were studied. A novel photodynamic therapy, was compared... view more... (2001-01-15)

Funding boost for X-ray work on the chemical make-up of materials
A Durham University research team is preparing to extend basic understanding of chemical systems using new equipment originally developed for use in space. The Chemistry Department project, led by Professor Judith Howard, has secured £188,000 of key funding towards the cost of an ultra-high-tech X-ray facility. The new facility is based on a... view more... (2000-12-19)

New phenomenon in physics discovered on illumination of metal surfaces
Scientific research at the Centre of the Physics of Materials, a mixed venture of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Donostia-San Sebastian, has enabled the discovery of a new physical phenomenon that affects the surfaces of illuminated metals.   view more (2007-07-12)

Laser light may be able to detect diseases on the breath
A team of scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, has shown that by sampling a person's breath with laser light they can detect molecules in the breath that may be markers for diseases like asthma or cancer.   view more (2008-02-19)

Scientists discover new method of observing interactions in nanoscale systems
Scientists have used new optical technologies to observe interactions in nanoscale systems that Heisenberg's uncertainty principle usually would prohibit, according to a study published Jan. 17 in the journal Nature.   view more (2008-01-17)

Argonne scientists discover new platinum catalysts for the dehydrogenation of propane
The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory devised a greener way to take this important step in chemical catalysis.   view more (2009-03-16)

High-Quality Family Planning Services Stabilise Abortion Rate in Bangladesh (p 1051)
Results of a Bangladesh population study in this week's issue of The Lancet highlight how the provision of high-quality family planning services can decrease population growth without an accompanying increase in rates of abortion. Fertility decline is often associated with an increase in contraception and abortion, but the causal relations are... view more... (2001-09-26)

Portuguese partliamentary reform proposals
In a study carried out by researchers of Social Sciences and Constitutional Law - whose recent publication received the ĞAdelino Amaro da Costağ prize - the authors discuss Portuguese parliamentary reform, proposing various measures, based on an exhaustive analysis of the aspects of this institution. The aspects analysed include the... view more... (2003-01-21)

ANALYTICA 2004: Portable Laboratory for Serial Control of Oil
Together with WearCheck GmbH (Brannenburg), the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM GmbH) has developed the colour measuring instrument WaveCheck300. WaveCheck300 is the first portable analysis device for the quality control of machine oil. It measures colorimetrically with a miniaturised spectral sensor. A special software analyzes the... view more... (2004-05-10)

Environmental exposures may damage DNA in as few as 3 days
Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a contributing factor to lung cancer development for some time, but a new study indicates inhalation of certain particulates can actually cause some genes to become reprogrammed, affecting both the development and the outcome of cancers and other diseases.   view more (2009-05-18)

A new cloaking method
University of Utah mathematicians developed a new cloaking method, and it's unlikely to lead to invisibility cloaks like those used by Harry Potter or Romulan spaceships in "Star Trek." Instead, the new method someday might shield submarines from sonar, planes from radar, buildings from earthquakes, and oil rigs and coastal structures... view more... (2009-08-17)

New light detector
A novel prototype light meter has been developed by researchers in New York. Published today in the Institute of Physics journal, Measurement Science and Technology, this new retinal flux density meter will provide an affordable tool for measuring light at all levels and might ultimately lead to new standards to improve both energy efficiency and... view more... (2002-04-30)

Texas A&M Researchers Examine How Viruses Destroy Bacteria
Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which may aid in the treatment of bacterial infections.   view more (2009-11-19)

Study suggests simple way to make near-perfect lenses
A new study from the University of Edinburgh and Pennsylvania State University suggests a smart solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the optics and electromagnetics sector - how to produce near-perfect lenses cheaply.   view more (2005-09-08)

Optics tests for early Alzheimer's diagnosis make significant advances
Providing an update on progress and new findings on his optical tests for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, Lee Goldstein of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School will describe dramatic new developments in the technology during a plenary talk at Frontiers in Optics, the annual meeting of the Optical Society of America... view more... (2006-10-04)

PPARC Media Invite - Fighting Cancer with Physics
PPARC Kite Club Event The Future of Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 28th April 2005 10.30 am - 5.00 pm (registration from 9.45 am) Institute of Physics, Portland Place, London   view more (2005-04-19)

Clean, safe – and competitive: EU research delivers cutting-edge solutions for cleaner, more efficient and eco-friendly industrial processes
For your editorial planning - Media Briefing WHEN?                Tuesday 16 July 2002 WHERE?       European Commission, Brussels and Scoribel SA, Feluy, Belgium,... view more... (2002-06-25)

The violent lives of galaxies: Caught in the cosmic matter web
Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to dissect one of the largest structures in the Universe as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies. Hubble is providing indirect evidence of unseen dark matter tugging on galaxies in the crowded, rough-and-tumble environment of a massive supercluster of hundreds of... view more... (2008-01-11)
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