History - Aug 8
Interview with JP Dr. Maruschke: Bringing together critical research on pressing global challenges
Interview with JP Dr. Maruschke: Bringing together critical research on pressing global challenges
Life Sciences - Aug 5
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
Social Sciences - Aug 5
Digitally immersive, land-centred space at OISE to support Indigenous research
Digitally immersive, land-centred space at OISE to support Indigenous research
Earth Sciences - Aug 5
New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
Health - Aug 5
Review paves the way for better diagnosis and care for common and complex women's health condition
Review paves the way for better diagnosis and care for common and complex women's health condition
Psychology - Aug 4
With $12 million in federal funding, UCLA to expand reach of its depression treatment
With $12 million in federal funding, UCLA to expand reach of its depression treatment
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Environment - Health - 20.05.2010 
Control, not climate change, key to malaria
A study published today in the journal Nature casts doubt on the widely held notion that warming global temperatures will lead to a future intensification of malaria and an expansion of its global range. The research, conducted by the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), a multinational team including Oxford University researchers and funded mainly by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that current interventions could have a far more dramatic - and positive - effect on reducing the spread of malaria than any negative effects caused by climate change.
Life Sciences - Health - 19.05.2010 
Extending lifespan has mixed effects on learning and memory
Decreasing the intake of calories and tweaking the activity of the hormone insulin are two methods long known to increase lifespan in a wide range of organisms. In particular, studies have shown that longevity can be extended by reducing activity in the insulin-signaling pathway - a chain of events through which insulin influences numerous biological processes, including metabolism, stress response and development.
Health - 19.05.2010 
Swine flu measures bought valuable time in Vietnam
Containment measures introduced in Vietnam to prevent the spread of swine flu did not succeed in halting the virus, but may have bought health services and clinical researchers valuable time, according to research led by Oxford University scientists. The study, carried out in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, also showed that patients with mild disease responded favourably in terms of viral clearance - and hence reduced transmission of the virus - to oseltamivir (Tamiflu), the most commonly-used antiviral drug, when given in the first 3-4 days of illness.
Health - 19.05.2010
Health - Life Sciences - 18.05.2010 
Antibiotics have significant resistance effects on individual patients in primary care
Antibiotics prescribed in primary care make a considerable contribution to the problem of antimicrobial resistance, both in individual patients and the population as a whole, according to research from the University of Bristol published in this week's BMJ. Globally, primary care is responsible for the majority of human antibiotic use.
Life Sciences - Health - 18.05.2010 
Birds and mammals share a common brain circuit for learning
Stanford team wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize with revolutionary electrode design to improve solar panel performance CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Bird song learning is a model system for studying the general principles of learning, but attempts to draw parallels between learning in birds and mammals have been difficult because of anatomical brain differences between the two species.
Health - Psychology - 18.05.2010 
Creativity linked to mental health
New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia.
Health - Life Sciences - 17.05.2010 
Genetics of children’s brain tumour unlocked
PA111/10 Researchers have identified an important cancer gene that could lead to more effective drugs being developed to fight paediatric high grade glioma, a disease which currently has a poor prognosis. The discovery, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology , was one of a number of significant genetic differences found between the adult and youth form of the disease.
Health - 17.05.2010
Health - Chemistry - 13.05.2010 
Tissue engineers create a new way to assemble artificial tissues
Stanford team wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize with revolutionary electrode design to improve solar panel performance Researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology built this tubular tissue by encasing cells in polymer "bricks" and attaching them to a tube-shaped template.
Health - 13.05.2010 
Virtual reality illusions: the medical and scientific benefits
Is it possible to have the illusion that your body has changed radically, or that a different body is your body? Mel Slater, Professor of Virtual Environments at UCL Computer Science, describes the findings and scientific applications of research he has conducted into the phenomenon of 'body transfer' in virtual reality, published today in PLoS ONE .
Health - 12.05.2010 
UCL study: Overtime ’bad for your heart’
Working overtime is bad for the heart according to the results from a long-running UCL-led study of more than 10,000 civil servants in London. The research, published online today in the European Heart Journal , found that, compared with people who did not work overtime, people who worked three or more hours longer than a normal, seven-hour day had a 60% higher risk of heart-related problems such as death due to heart disease, non-fatal heart attacks and angina.
Health - Chemistry - 12.05.2010 
UCL team finds new ways to improve cervical cancer screening
The research, led by Dr Daniel Ndisang (UCL Institute of Child Health) and made possible by funding from the Association for International Research (AICR), could significantly reduce the death rate from the devastating disease. Cervical cancer accounts for about one in 10 female cancer deaths worldwide each year.
Health - 12.05.2010
Health - Life Sciences - 11.05.2010 
New hope for better treatment for a rising cancer
PA 109/10 Poor diet, too much alcohol, smoking and increasing obesity could be leading to an epidemic of oesophageal and upper stomach cancer, according to a leading UK team of specialists at The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals. The Nottingham Gastro-Oesophageal Cancer Research Group has been carrying out intensive research over the past five years to try to improve the treatment of this cancer.
Health - Psychology - 11.05.2010
Health - Life Sciences - 09.05.2010
Health - Life Sciences - 06.05.2010 
New understanding of dengue fever could help with vaccine
Study shows that some of the human immune system's defences against the virus that causes dengue fever actually help the virus to infect more cells - News Release Under STRICT EMBARGO for 14. U.S. Eastern Time / 19. UK Time Thursday 6 May 2010 Some of the human immune system's defences against the virus that causes dengue fever actually help the virus to infect more cells, according to new research published today in the journal Science .
Life Sciences - Health - 06.05.2010 
Biologists discover extra layer of protection for bacterial spores
A spore from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis reveals bands, or protective coats, surrounding the spore's center. The outermost dark layer is a previously undetected extra coating of protection, which biologists have labeled the "spore crust." The discovery of this additional veneer offers insights into the resistance of bacterial spores.
Health - Social Sciences - 06.05.2010 
Violent teenage girls fail to spot anger or disgust in others’ faces
Girls appear to be "protected" from showing antisocial behaviour until their teenage years, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. The study sheds new light on antisocial behaviour in girls compared with boys and suggests that rather than violence or antisocial behaviour simply reflecting bad choices, the brains of people with antisocial behaviour may work differently from those who behave normally.
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A study published today in the journal Nature casts doubt on the widely held notion that warming global temperatures will lead to a future intensification of malaria and an expansion of its global range. The research, conducted by the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), a multinational team including Oxford University researchers and funded mainly by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that current interventions could have a far more dramatic - and positive - effect on reducing the spread of malaria than any negative effects caused by climate change.
Decreasing the intake of calories and tweaking the activity of the hormone insulin are two methods long known to increase lifespan in a wide range of organisms. In particular, studies have shown that longevity can be extended by reducing activity in the insulin-signaling pathway - a chain of events through which insulin influences numerous biological processes, including metabolism, stress response and development.
Containment measures introduced in Vietnam to prevent the spread of swine flu did not succeed in halting the virus, but may have bought health services and clinical researchers valuable time, according to research led by Oxford University scientists. The study, carried out in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, also showed that patients with mild disease responded favourably in terms of viral clearance - and hence reduced transmission of the virus - to oseltamivir (Tamiflu), the most commonly-used antiviral drug, when given in the first 3-4 days of illness.
New technique enables drugs tests via exhaled breath
A new study from Karolinska Institutet presents a new technique that makes drug testing possible through exhaled air for the first time. By examining people who had received emergency care for an amphetamine overdose, the researchers found that in all cases there were traces of amphetamine and metamphetamine in the exhaled breath.
A new study from Karolinska Institutet presents a new technique that makes drug testing possible through exhaled air for the first time. By examining people who had received emergency care for an amphetamine overdose, the researchers found that in all cases there were traces of amphetamine and metamphetamine in the exhaled breath.
Antibiotics prescribed in primary care make a considerable contribution to the problem of antimicrobial resistance, both in individual patients and the population as a whole, according to research from the University of Bristol published in this week's BMJ. Globally, primary care is responsible for the majority of human antibiotic use.
Stanford team wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize with revolutionary electrode design to improve solar panel performance CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Bird song learning is a model system for studying the general principles of learning, but attempts to draw parallels between learning in birds and mammals have been difficult because of anatomical brain differences between the two species.
New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia.
PA111/10 Researchers have identified an important cancer gene that could lead to more effective drugs being developed to fight paediatric high grade glioma, a disease which currently has a poor prognosis. The discovery, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology , was one of a number of significant genetic differences found between the adult and youth form of the disease.
Drug test offers hope for Hep C patients
Scientists at the University have developed a laboratory technique that allows hepatitis C drugs to be tested for effectiveness on a particular individual before they are prescribed. It will also help to monitor whether and when the virus becomes resistant to drugs and provide the means to evaluate the effectiveness of switching to other antiviral medicines.
Scientists at the University have developed a laboratory technique that allows hepatitis C drugs to be tested for effectiveness on a particular individual before they are prescribed. It will also help to monitor whether and when the virus becomes resistant to drugs and provide the means to evaluate the effectiveness of switching to other antiviral medicines.
Stanford team wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize with revolutionary electrode design to improve solar panel performance Researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology built this tubular tissue by encasing cells in polymer "bricks" and attaching them to a tube-shaped template.
Is it possible to have the illusion that your body has changed radically, or that a different body is your body? Mel Slater, Professor of Virtual Environments at UCL Computer Science, describes the findings and scientific applications of research he has conducted into the phenomenon of 'body transfer' in virtual reality, published today in PLoS ONE .
Working overtime is bad for the heart according to the results from a long-running UCL-led study of more than 10,000 civil servants in London. The research, published online today in the European Heart Journal , found that, compared with people who did not work overtime, people who worked three or more hours longer than a normal, seven-hour day had a 60% higher risk of heart-related problems such as death due to heart disease, non-fatal heart attacks and angina.
The research, led by Dr Daniel Ndisang (UCL Institute of Child Health) and made possible by funding from the Association for International Research (AICR), could significantly reduce the death rate from the devastating disease. Cervical cancer accounts for about one in 10 female cancer deaths worldwide each year.
Study shows dental link with diabetes
Researchers have found that reducing inflammation of the gums in people with diabetes can help lower the risk of serious complications associated with the condition, such as eye problems and heart disease. The study - led by the University - analysed the findings of previous research into the link between diabetes and serious gum disease - known as periodontal disease.
Researchers have found that reducing inflammation of the gums in people with diabetes can help lower the risk of serious complications associated with the condition, such as eye problems and heart disease. The study - led by the University - analysed the findings of previous research into the link between diabetes and serious gum disease - known as periodontal disease.
PA 109/10 Poor diet, too much alcohol, smoking and increasing obesity could be leading to an epidemic of oesophageal and upper stomach cancer, according to a leading UK team of specialists at The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals. The Nottingham Gastro-Oesophageal Cancer Research Group has been carrying out intensive research over the past five years to try to improve the treatment of this cancer.
Words to the Wise: Experts Define Wisdom
Survey identifies central, unifying characteristics - and how wisdom differs from other traits May 07, 2010 By Scott LaFee Knowledge. Compassion. Forgiveness. Empathy. These words would seem to describe at least some of the universal traits attributed to wisdom, each of them broadly recognized and valued.
Survey identifies central, unifying characteristics - and how wisdom differs from other traits May 07, 2010 By Scott LaFee Knowledge. Compassion. Forgiveness. Empathy. These words would seem to describe at least some of the universal traits attributed to wisdom, each of them broadly recognized and valued.
Gates foundation awards $100,000 grants for novel global health research
BERKELEY — Two University of California, Berkeley, scientists each will receive a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to explore innovative research that could impact global health.
BERKELEY — Two University of California, Berkeley, scientists each will receive a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to explore innovative research that could impact global health.
Study shows that some of the human immune system's defences against the virus that causes dengue fever actually help the virus to infect more cells - News Release Under STRICT EMBARGO for 14. U.S. Eastern Time / 19. UK Time Thursday 6 May 2010 Some of the human immune system's defences against the virus that causes dengue fever actually help the virus to infect more cells, according to new research published today in the journal Science .
A spore from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis reveals bands, or protective coats, surrounding the spore's center. The outermost dark layer is a previously undetected extra coating of protection, which biologists have labeled the "spore crust." The discovery of this additional veneer offers insights into the resistance of bacterial spores.
Girls appear to be "protected" from showing antisocial behaviour until their teenage years, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. The study sheds new light on antisocial behaviour in girls compared with boys and suggests that rather than violence or antisocial behaviour simply reflecting bad choices, the brains of people with antisocial behaviour may work differently from those who behave normally.
History - Aug 8
Interview with JP Dr. Maruschke: Bringing together critical research on pressing global challenges
Interview with JP Dr. Maruschke: Bringing together critical research on pressing global challenges
Life Sciences - Aug 5
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
Social Sciences - Aug 5
Digitally immersive, land-centred space at OISE to support Indigenous research
Digitally immersive, land-centred space at OISE to support Indigenous research
Earth Sciences - Aug 5
New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
Health - Aug 5
Review paves the way for better diagnosis and care for common and complex women's health condition
Review paves the way for better diagnosis and care for common and complex women's health condition
Psychology - Aug 4
With $12 million in federal funding, UCLA to expand reach of its depression treatment
With $12 million in federal funding, UCLA to expand reach of its depression treatment