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New Research into Employment of Ethnic Minorities
Most people think that minority ethnic communities have been the chief victims of the run-down of manufacturing industry since the 1970s. But two University of Plymouth sociologists - Dr Paul Iganski and Professor Geoff Payne - have found evidence that some black and Asian communities actually... view more (1999-07-08)

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... view more (2003-12-03)

Suntans are bad for bacteria too! Exposure to UV irradiation kills off harmful bacteria in food
Research news from the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 15 December 2003: The presence of E.coli bacteria, found in foods such as egg white and apple juice, is a major public health concern. The bacteria have, in the past, been inactivated by heat pasteurisation -- which can affect... view more (2003-12-15)

Disks around Failed Stars - a Question of Age
First Ground-Based Mid-Infrared Observations of Brown Dwarfs [1] A team of European astronomers [2] have observed eight Brown Dwarfs, i.e., small and faint objects also known as "failed stars", with the TIMMI2 infrared sensitive instrument at the ESO 3.6-m telescope on La Silla. From two of these,... view more (2002-08-01)

Study discovers link between increased white matter and poor motor skills in children with autism
A study published in the August issue of the journal Brain demonstrates, for the first time, an association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism.   view more (2007-07-31)

Study examines prevalence of hearing loss in the US
Hearing loss may be more prevalent in American adults than previously reported, according to a study in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.    view more (2008-07-29)

Unveiling the underwater ways of the white shark
It's hard to study a creature when you only catch fleeting glimpses of it. Up until recently, that was one of the big stumbling blocks for marine biologists and ecologists, but advances in electronic tracking technology have allowed them to peer farther across, and deeper under, the surface of the... view more (2008-02-19)

Breast cancer death rates among black women not decreasing across all states
A new study from the American Cancer Society finds that while breast cancer death rates are decreasing for white women in every U.S. state, for African American women, death rates are either flat or rising in at least half the states.   view more (2008-02-29)

Study identifies key player in the body's immune response to chronic stress
Osteopontin (OPN), a protein molecule involved in many different cellular processes, plays a significant role in immune deficiency and organ atrophy following chronic physiological stress, resulting in increased susceptibility to illness.   view more (2007-09-04)

Blowing away ethnic stereotyping in tests
It is often thought that Asian cultures value accuracy over speed of performance and Black groups are less concerned with accuracy than White groups. Contrary to popular belief research shows these stereotypes do not exist in psychometric testing.   view more (2005-01-07)

Glycemic index values are variable, report researchers
In work investigating the reproducibility of glycemic index values, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) have reported that multiple glycemic index value determinations (measure of the rate of glucose absorption into the... view more (2007-09-26)

Preventing toxic side effects of inflammatory disease therapy
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have developed a mouse model that could help scientists develop better drugs to fight autoimmune and inflammatory disorders such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.   view more (2006-02-09)

UK Astronomers Survey Galactic Graveyard
An unprecedented source of planetary nebulae, the disk-like relics of elderly, dying stars, has been discovered in the southern part of our Milky Way galaxy. With about 1000 planetary nebulae found so far and many more still to be discovered, the number of aged stars in their death throes revealed... view more (2002-04-07)

Science Suffers Due to Pursuit of Irrationalism in UK
Public attitudes to science are a key consideration in the special edition of Science & Public Affairs published to provoke debate on the forthcoming Government White Paper on Science and Innovation. All of the published articles reflect on the importance of public attitudes for future... view more (2000-07-05)

Parasites a key to the decline of red colobus monkeys in forest fragments
Forest fragmentation threatens biodiversity, often causing declines or local extinctions in a majority of species while enhancing the prospects of a few.   view more (2007-10-25)

Racial disparities seen in male breast cancer survival
A new study shows that among men treated for breast cancer, African-American men are more likely to die of the disease compared with white men. The results of the study are being published online March 16 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).   view more (2007-03-19)

Making 'good' fat from muscle and vice versa
A surprise discovery -- that calorie-burning brown fat can be produced experimentally from muscle precursor cells in mice -- raises the prospect of new ways to fight obesity and overweight, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.   view more (2008-08-21)

Exercise linked to reduced breast cancer risk
Both black women and white women who regularly exercise have a decreased risk of breast cancer compared to women who do not exercise.   view more (2005-11-17)

Sensational find: The mini-dinosaurs from the Harz Mountains
When unusually small dinosaur fossils were found in a quarry on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains in 1998, it was initially assumed that these were the remains of a group of young dinosaurs.   view more (2006-06-08)

Professor David White to be next Director of the Institute of Food Research
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is pleased to announce today that Professor David White has been appointed Director of the Institute of Food Research (IFR) at Norwich, with effect from 1 September 2004. Professor White has been Director of Science and Technology... view more (2004-05-05)

Blood pressure enzyme can have tumor-sensing role
By increasing production of a blood pressure-regulating enzyme in mice, researchers have found they can enhance the mouse immune system's ability to sense tumor growth.   view more (2008-04-08)

Maths plus 'geeky' images equals deterred students
Images of maths 'geeks' stop people from studying mathematics or using it in later life, shows research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.   view more (2008-05-13)

New boost for Yorkshire bid to host the £1 billion European Spallation Source
The Yorkshire bid to host the £1 billion European Spallation Source (ESS), the most powerful neutron scattering facility in the world, was today given fresh impetus by the official report of the scrutiny session which examines the workings of the CCLRC - the research council charged with... view more (2004-06-22)

Estrogen plays different role during stress in black and white teens
Estrogen seems to play a different role during stress in black and white girls, a difference that may help explain higher cardiovascular disease rates in blacks, researchers have found.   view more (2006-06-26)

BA Festival: Asthma and the Sinister Infiltrator
Professor Tim Williams, head of the Leukocyte Biology Section, Imperial College School of Medicine, will tell the BA Festival of Science on Tuesday 12 September how asthma may be caused primarily by a body defence system that has gone wrong - when allergens in the air are mistaken by the body for... view more (2000-09-12)
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