For people suffering from diabetes, managing blood sugar can be like walking a tightrope – if too high they run the risk of serious long term complications such as blindness, kidney failure, limb gangrene and premature heart disease, but allow … Read the full press release
BERLIN, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The balance between democracy, economic growth, and inclusion policies in Brazil is the topic of a symposium to be held at the Latin American Institute (LAI) of Freie Universität Berlin on January 30, 2015. The … Read the full press release
SINGAPORE, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The AS365 Dauphin rotorcraft full-flight simulator at Airbus Helicopters’ Singapore-based training center has been upgraded to provide highly realistic training in both day and night search and rescue (SAR) operations, offering pilots the unique capability … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Simon Russell Beale has been named as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre, based at St Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford. The actor and music historian will succeed Stephen Fry … Read the full press release
OXFORD, 23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The government’s imposition of sanctions on Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants has led to a significant rise in people leaving unemployment benefits, but they are not returning to work, according to researchers at the University of Oxford … Read the full press release
Adults in the UK with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are being failed on critical medical checks that could lengthen their lives, according to research published by Newcastle University. Newcastle, UK, 22-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A study across seven EU countries found that … Read the full press release
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are developing a simple blood test to diagnose bone cancer thanks to funding from the Big C. Norwich, UK, 22-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Cancer which starts in the bones is typically more aggressive than … Read the full press release
Ji awen Chen, PhD student of Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen, has taken molecular machines to a new level. He has engineered a molecular stirrer, created self-assembling nanotubes from motor molecules that can switch to vesicles and back … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Netherlands, Science, Technology
Tagged Jiawen Chen, molecular machines, Organic Chemistry, University of Groningen, vesicles
Possibility of building student housing on Zernike also being explored Groningen, Netherlands, 22-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Groningen, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and the municipality of Groningen have outlined an ambitious urban development vision for the … Read the full press release
First Dutch university offering full range of courses Groningen, Netherlands, 22-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Groningen is the first Dutch university to offer digital taster courses for all its Bachelor’s programmes, giving school-leavers a better basis for deciding … Read the full press release
Newcastle University is ranked in the Premier League of green universities, a new study reveals. Newcastle, UK, 21-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University has scooped a First Class Award and is ranked joint 12th out of 151 universities in the People & … Read the full press release
YORK, 20-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bacteria are as individual as people, according to new research by Professor Peter Young and his team in the Department of Biology at the University of York. Bacteria are essential to health, agriculture and the environment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged bacteria, biology, Professor Young, Rhizobium leguminosarum, University of York
An international group of scientists has proposed a start date for the dawn of the Anthropocene – a new chapter in the Earth’s geological history. Leicester, UK, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Humans are having such a marked impact on the … Read the full press release
Research carried out by Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit based at the University of Leicester Leicester, UK, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University of Leicester, has identified a … Read the full press release
University of Leicester space scientists play key role in cosmic search Leicester, UK, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) has achieved first light at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This project, involving the University of Leicester, … Read the full press release
Just looking at somebody shivering is enough to make us feel cold, new University of Sussex research has found. Brighton, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Volunteers who watched videos of people putting their hands in cold water found their own body … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Neil Harrison, feel cold, Feeling cold is contagious, PLOS ONE, University of Sussex
Hollywood heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal is making his Broadway debut in a play partly inspired by University of Sussex physicists. Brighton, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Playwright Nick Payne consulted Dr Kathy Romer and former Sussex physicist Professor Andrew Liddle when writing the … Read the full press release
The feeding habits of an unusual 200-million-year-old fish have been uncovered by a University of Bristol undergraduate in a groundbreaking study which has been published in Palaeontology, a leading scientific journal, this week – a rare achievement for an undergraduate … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Bristol City Museum, Dapedium, feeding habits, Henry De la Beche, Louis Agassiz, Lyme Regis, Mary Anning, Natural History Museum, Palaeontology, Philpot Museum in Lyme Regis, Professor Mike Benton, The Jurassic fish, the Lower Lias rocks of the Dorset coast, undergraduate study, University of Bristol, unusual 200-million-year-old fish
A new project, hosted at the University of Bristol and funded by the Hatton Trust, which aims to encourage and facilitate the study of the history of Hong Kong in the UK will be launched this week. BRISTOL, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
LONDON, 13-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, has published research which shows that The Beatles and the Harry Potter film series have been voted as the most popular sources of culture that help people learn … Read the full press release
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