Leicestershire, UK, 17-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The on-going debate over whether ‘health obesity’ exists is diverting attention away from effective medical research as academics continue to use the confusing classification. The concept – which relates to people with high BMI but … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged biology, BMI, Diabetes, Dr Will Johnson, healthy, healthy obesity, hypertension, Loughborough University, Obesity
PARIS, 16-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Paris-Sud University and the Platon Saclay project company, led by Bouygues Construction, has signed a public-private partnership contract for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the future Biology – Pharmacy – Chemistry (BPC) Centre … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, France, Science, Technology
Tagged biology, Bouygues Construction, BPC Centre, chemistry, construction, Pascal Minault, pharmacy, Plateau de Saclay, Sylvie Retailleau
EXETER, 15-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists have produced a series of papers designed to improve research on conservation and the environment. A group of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have contributed to a special feature of the journal Methods in Ecology … Read the full press release
Can’t be bothered to read on? It might be due looser connections in your brain OXFORD, 18-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — When brain scientists at Oxford University studied apathy, they didn’t expect to see less motivated people making more effort. Their … Read the full press release
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Tagged biology, cause of apathy, Dr Raliza Stoyanova, Oxford University
TEL AVIV, Israel, 30-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 1964 Professor Raphael Mechoulam was on a public bus carrying 5 kilos of premium Lebanese hashish in a plastic bag to his laboratory at the Weitzmann Institute in Rehovot. That noticeably fragrant … Read the full press release
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Tagged anandamide, biology, cannabinoids, CBD, chemistry, documentary, endocannabinoid system, Israel, medical marijuana, medicinal cannabis, Prescribed Grass, Professor Raphael Mechoulam, Raphael Mechoulam, THC, The Scientist, world’s most misunderstood plant, Zach Klein
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
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Tagged bacteria, biology, Professor Young, Rhizobium leguminosarum, University of York
Bayer foundation scholarships – EUR 200,000 for work and study abroad Support for ambitious study projects in the fields of science, engineering, medicine and teacher training in scientific subjects / Hermann Strenger scholarships to sponsor career-training projects abroad Leverkusen, 5-6-2013 … Read the full press release
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Tagged Bayer, Bayer foundation scholarships, Bayer Science & Education Foundation, Biochemistry, biology, biometrics, bioprocess engineering, biotechnology, career-training projects abroad, Carl Duisberg scholarship, chemical engineering, chemistry, engineering, Foundation, Hermann Strenger scholarships, Kurt Hansen scholarship, Leverkusen, medicine, Otto Bayer scholarship, pharmacy, physics, scholarships, science, Statistics, study projects, teacher training