Posts Tagged ‘University of Warwick’
Top Stories - Apr 25, 2011 10:48 - 5 Comments
Higher suicide rates in happy places
U. WARWICK (UK) — New research confirms a little known and seemingly puzzling fact: Many happy countries have unusually high rates of suicide. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 19, 2011 13:44 - 0 Comments
Men leap, women look when deciding
U. WARWICK (UK) — When making judgements, men tend to see things in black and white, while women see them in shades of gray. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 6, 2011 11:19 - 2 Comments
Schools find formula to lower drug use
U. FLORIDA (US) — Students who attend schools that build a culture of academic success tend to steer away from drug and alcohol use, stealing, and fighting. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 21, 2011 10:53 - 1 Comment
All you need is love? Not if you’re royal
U. WARWICK (UK) — All may be fair in love and war, but for any regal unions following Prince William and Kate Middleton’s, it could be a bit more complicated. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 14, 2011 8:46 - 0 Comments
Graphene oxide benefit is a wash out
U. WARWICK (US) — Graphene oxide—long heralded because it is easier to make in bulk quantities at a lower cost than pure graphene—appears to have a downside: it’s solubility literally comes out in the wash. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 2, 2011 18:37 - 0 Comments
How to make seeds drink less water
U. WARWICK (UK) — Efforts to develop drought-resistant seeds are now focused on a protein long considered irrelevant. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2011 16:15 - 0 Comments
Early to bed is healthy and wise
U. WARWICK (UK) — Not getting enough sleep or having sleep interrupted can have serious, long-term effects on overall health, leading to stroke, heart attack, and cardiovascular disorders. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 4, 2011 13:24 - 2 Comments
Sun clouds explode with familiar ripple
U. WARWICK (UK) — Instabilities forming in clouds of material exploding from the Sun appear to have similarities to clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere. (more…)
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…)
Top Stories - Feb 1, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments
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…)
