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Pakistan disease threat 'serious'
BBC News | Science & Environment 24/08/2010Pakistan is in danger from epidemic diseases, PM Yousuf Raza Gilani warns, as 17 million people struggle to cope with flood devastation....
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Better design with more savings
EUROPA 23/08/2010A new design methodology, process and tool environment has been created under the four-year SPEEDS ('Speculative and exploratory design in systems engineering') project that is set to significantly enhance Europe's embedded systems industry...
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EU asked to investigate drugs in football
EURACTIV 23/08/2010A group of MEPs has asked the European Commission to establish a database to collect information on drugs taken by football players during their careers and to assess the causes of football-related disease, such as the deadly Amyotro...
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Health literacy: Unlocking patients' potential
EURACTIV 23/08/2010Improving the public's ability to understand complex health information empowers patients and cuts down on medication errors. With MEPs currently debating the Information to Patients Directive, health literacy has never been more impo...
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Change in environment sparks stem cell cross-over
CORDIS 23/08/2010EU-funded scientists have discovered that stem cells from one of the immune system's main organs can be reprogrammed to form hair follicle stem cells. The key lies in altering the environment in which the cells are gr...
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Better design with more savings
CORDIS 23/08/2010A new design methodology, process and tool environment has been created under the four-year SPEEDS ('Speculative and exploratory design in systems engineering') project that is set to significantly enhance Europe's em...
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Predicting waves of large amplitude for tsunami warning systems
AlphaGalileo 19/08/2010Navigators know that the shape of surface waves provides information about the strength of underlying water currents. This common seafarer?s knowledge is the object of the scientific inquiry of Adrian Constantin Professor at the Faculty of ...
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New biological find gives consequences for doping offence
AlphaGalileo 19/08/2010Exercise induces the incorporation of nuclei in muscle fibers that may help the fibers regain size upon retraining after a period of atrophy brought on by muscle disuse, according to a study. Exercise enthusiasts know all too well that str...
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Lowering Daisy's emissions: Battle against agricultural climate offenders
AlphaGalileo 19/08/2010Agriculture accounts for approximately nine per cent of Norway?s total emissions of greenhouse gases. Now, researchers are acquiring actual gas measurements and new knowledge about what causes the emissions ? with the aim of mitigating Norw...
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New ways to chart our maritime past
AlphaGalileo 19/08/2010By combining meteorology and archaeology, scientists may discover old sea routes and mooring sites, and boost our knowledge of ancient maritime culture. Together with her colleague, geologist Lotte Selsing, and marine archaeologist Endre E...
