Posts Tagged ‘University of Nottingham’
Society & Culture - Jan 18, 2011 11:20 - 2 Comments
Radical right party rolls into UK
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A radical right-leaning political party is gaining ground in the U.K. on an anti-immigration platform, following a trend seen in Austria, France, and Italy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2011 14:09 - 2 Comments
Catch the bus and catch a cold
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Ride a bus or tram and you’re six times more likely to end up at the doctor’s office with cold symptoms. Daily riders, however, may be somewhat protected. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 14, 2011 14:16 - 2 Comments
Salamander eggs turn off cancer
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Researchers have found a way to switch on tumor suppressor genes—and turn off cancer growth—using an extract from eggs of the axolotl salamander. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 11, 2011 11:55 - 6 Comments
Get a better tan from carrots
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Getting a golden glow maybe as simple—and healthy—as eating more carrots and tomatoes. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 6, 2011 13:12 - 3 Comments
‘Daydream’ switch stays on in ADHD
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — New evidence suggests children with ADHD have trouble switching off the “daydreaming” regions in the brain that often interfere with concentration, particularly on tedious tasks. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 5, 2011 15:55 - 1 Comment
Valve keeps kids out of hot water
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A valve fitted to pipes to regulate water temperature should be the rule—not the exception. Researchers say it dramatically reduces the risk children will be scalded by bath water. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 27, 2010 16:13 - 0 Comments
Transistor gives nanotech a new spin
TEXAS A&M (US) — Researchers have successfully developed a realistic spin-field-effect transistor that is operable at high temperatures. The design is based on an electron’s spin. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 22, 2010 16:50 - 1 Comment
Periodic table printed on human hair
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Scientists have written what they believe is the world’s smallest periodic table on the side of a human hair. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2010 10:54 - 0 Comments
System gauges heart disease risk
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A new scoring system should help physicians detect heart disease in young people before it starts to do damage. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 29, 2010 15:13 - 1 Comment
Fluid fractures like a solid
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Stretch it slowly, it flows like liquid. Add some speed, it fractures like a solid. This newly observed behavior in a type of “complex fluid” suggests new physics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 23, 2010 13:16 - 1 Comment
Build it 3-D and nanodevices will come
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — By demonstrating how to build 3-D molecular structures on a surface for the first time, researchers have taken a big step closer to developing new nanodevices. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 19, 2010 16:00 - 0 Comments
Cigarettes: Out of sight, out of mind
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Putting tobacco out of sight in stores can change young people’s attitudes about smoking, but won’t hurt retailers’ bottom line. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 5, 2010 11:23 - 1 Comment
Astronomers hit galactic pay dirt
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — The first images from the sky survey project Herschel-ATLAS have revealed a new way to locate cosmic zoom lens—a phenomenon that lets astronomers peer at far-away galaxies. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 3, 2010 16:20 - 1 Comment
Dead quasar ‘illuminates’ black holes
YALE (US) — An object discovered two years ago by an amateur astronomer is revealing surprising clues about the life cycle of black holes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 21, 2010 15:17 - 0 Comments
Putting the brakes on malaria
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — More than a third of the 72 molecular switches that control key stages in the life cycle of the malaria parasite can be disrupted in some way. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 7, 2010 12:02 - 0 Comments
Cockroaches: Unlikely source of antibiotics
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Cockroaches may be more of a health benefit than a hazard, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 14, 2010 17:16 - 1 Comment
Elderly often silent victims of abuse
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Because most domestic violence surveys tend to focus on younger women, older women who suffer or have suffered domestic abuse are historically a silent section of society. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 23, 2010 16:12 - 3 Comments
Gene helps worm regrow missing head
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Scientists have discovered the gene that enables an extraordinary worm to regrow its whole head and brain—and other body parts—after amputation. (more…)
