Finns plan massive R&D increase to fight crisis 16/12/2008
While cuts to both public and private research and development (R&D) budgets are more than likely due to the current economic crisis, the Finnish government has announced plans to increase R&D investment to 4% of the country's GDP in an eff...
EU to intensify research into fatal diseases, CO2 10/12/2008
The European Commission yesterday (9 December) offered its support to ten new research projects, giving priority to the fields of medical science and the environment....
Engineering vaccines against ulcer-causing bacteria to enhance immune defense brings victory to Slovenian synthetic biologists at the international competition at MIT 09/12/2008
Hi-tech vaccine designed by students shows promise against ulcer causing bacteria Category: PressDate: 09 Dec 2008...
Bizarre reproductive techniques discovered for deep-ocean squid 09/12/2008
Males that produce sperm packages that can penetrate deep into the skin. Females with bellies full of stored sperm. Males that seriously injure the females during mating. This is just a selection of the bizarre reproductive techniques that ...
A price on carbon not enough to save rainforests 09/12/2008
Including carbon emissions from tropical deforestation in a future international climate regime will not suffice to protect the world's remaining tropical forests from expanding palm oil plantations. This is the main finding in a new study ...
Easier to produce drugs using new biosensor 09/12/2008
Chalmers researcher Andreas Dahlin has developed a biosensor with an artificial membrane, which means that membrane-bound proteins can retain their natural structure and function. The method facilitates the study of the function of the prot...
Swedish radar facility on Europe's wish list 09/12/2008
When European countries get together to prioritize what infrastructures are needed for future research, the Swedish radar facility EISCAT will be on the table among 7 new projects. On December 9, the European Strategy Forum for Research Inf...
European strategy to tackle invasive species urgently needed, says Commission 09/12/2008
The European Commission (EC) has called for the development of an EU-level strategy for preventing, controlling and eradicating invasive species that threaten European biodiversity and economic stability. The Commission has put forward seve...
Study links body-clock disorders to diabetes 09/12/2008
People who have problems regulating their body clock could be at a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new EU-funded research published in the journal Nature Genetics. The scientists found that people with a mutation in...
European project POPART tackles plastics deterioration in museums 09/12/2008
Curators worldwide work hard to preserve and maintain artefacts housed in museums. But although curators expend considerable efforts on paintings, sculpture and fossils, they must also contend with the problem of how to best preserve plasti...
