Health & Medicine - Feb 2, 2011 16:56 - 0 Comments

Piecemeal closures don’t ease epidemics

U. WARWICK (UK) — Widespread school closures are the only way to significantly curtail the spread of an epidemic, according to a new study that finds limited closures are ineffective at reducing strain placed on hospitals. (more…)

Armor protects drug-releasing polymers

U. WARWICK (UK) — Chemists have figured out a way to add armor protection to polymer vesicles designed to carry a drug payload. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jan 18, 2011 11:53 - 0 Comments

Camera captures range of real-world light

U. WARWICK (UK) — The world’s first complete high dynamic range (HDR) camera can capture high-quality video in a wide range of lighting conditions, including inside the human body. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Dec 24, 2010 12:39 - 2 Comments

Christmas trash gets a second chance

U. WARWICK (UK) — Most plastic packaging on gifts is almost impossible to recycle. A new technique could process 100 percent of household plastics instead of the tiny fraction currently recycled. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 23, 2010 12:25 - 2 Comments

How Santa survives the all-nighter

U. WARWICK (UK) — According to sleep experts Franco Cappuccio and Michelle Miller from the University of Warwick, Santa Claus may be putting his health at risk by staying up all night to deliver gifts. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2010 20:29 - 0 Comments

Blue light fires up cancer drug

U. WARWICK (UK) —A platinum-based compound activated by visible blue light is 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anticancer drugs, according to new research. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Dec 14, 2010 11:04 - 0 Comments

Stealth pathogen’s secrets exposed

U. WARWICK (UK) — Scientists have sequenced the genome of the “stealth bomber” of plant pathogens, discovering how it is able to sneak past a plant’s immune defenses. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 6, 2010 15:21 - 0 Comments

Breeding better Brussels sprouts

U. WARWICK (UK) —The discovery of the genetic basis of a broad-spectrum resistance to a pathogen that affects a variety of leafy crops should contribute to advances in food safety, according to a new study. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2010 13:07 - 4 Comments

Medieval England better off than Haiti

U. WARWICK (UK) — New research paints a rosier economic picture of medieval England suggesting the country was twice as well-off as today’s poorest nations, including Haiti and Afghanistan. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 1, 2010 12:56 - 2 Comments

My god, it’s full of snooker stars

U. WARWICK / U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system. It resembles—and may have once behaved like—a game of snooker. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jul 28, 2010 12:43 - 0 Comments

GM crop grows jobs for women in India

U. WARWICK (UK)—The use of a particular genetically modified (GM) crop in India produced massive benefits in the earnings and employment opportunities for rural Indian women, a new study shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 7, 2010 8:27 - 0 Comments

Measuring DNA identifies hardiest embryos

U. WARWICK (UK)—Scientists have for the first time directly measured a specific region of DNA in human embryos that could be used as a quality marker for embryonic development. (more…)

Society & Culture - May 27, 2010 10:55 - 0 Comments

Hosting World Cup gave U.S. ‘football’ fever

WARWICK (UK)—The granting of the 1994 World Cup to the United States set in motion a chain of events “that has redefined soccer in America forever, good and bad, up and down,” says Gary Hopkins, author of a new book that charts America’s 25 year journey to becoming a soccer nation. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 26, 2010 22:26 - 0 Comments

Pneumonia vaccine could save lives in Africa

WARWICK (UK)—Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the need for effective infant vaccination, new research shows. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Apr 28, 2010 12:15 - 0 Comments

‘Black box’ of plankton fix oceans’ carbon

U. WARWICK (UK)—Almost half of the ocean’s carbon fixation is done by eukaryotic phytoplankton, despite the fact that their presence is significantly less than the more abundant blue-green algae known as cyanobacteria. (more…)

Society & Culture - Apr 26, 2010 12:15 - 0 Comments

Disabled kids more apt to live in poverty

U. WARWICK (UK)—Families of disabled children in the U.K. are more likely to live with low incomes, debt, and poor housing. (more…)

Science & Technology - Mar 26, 2010 15:08 - 1 Comment

Quantum doughnuts freeze light

U. WARWICK (UK)—Researchers have found a way to use doughnut-shaped byproducts of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light-based computing to the possibility of “slow glass.” (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 24, 2010 13:45 - 3 Comments

Happiness is earning more (than they do)

U. WARWICK (UK)—Simply being highly paid isn’t enough. To be happy, people need to perceive themselves as being more highly paid than their friends and work colleagues. (more…)