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Umeå researchers outline ?best practice? in analysis of gene expression data
AlphaGalileo 12/08/2010Gene expression profiling is among the most commonly used analytical tools in biomedical research and is applied to predict preclinical and clinical endpoints, e.g. diagnosis of disease, risk assessment and response to treatment. However, t...
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Linking up researchers in the socio-economic sciences and humanities
CORDIS 12/08/2010International cooperation in the field of socio-economic sciences and humanities (SSH) has been improving over recent years, thanks largely to the efforts of a European project which is facilitating their participatio...
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Waste powers autonomous robots
CORDIS 12/08/2010As the saying goes, one person's garbage is another person's treasure. In this instance, the garbage in question is used by a robot to harness energy for its own operation. For the last few years, the team of EU-funde...
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Cattle 'cloned from dead animals'
BBC News | Science & Environment 12/08/2010Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals....
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Meteor spectacle 'set to dazzle'
BBC News | Science & Environment 12/08/2010Sky-watchers could be in for "fantastic views" over the next two days as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak....
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Haiti quake caused by 'new fault'
BBC News | Science & Environment 12/08/2010This devastating earthquake in Haiti in January was caused by a previously unknown fault, say scientists....
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Scientists call for a global nuclear renaissance in new study
AlphaGalileo 12/08/2010Scientists outline a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy that could see nuclear reactors with replaceable parts, portable mini-reactors, and ship-borne reactors supplying countries with clean energy, in research...
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NEW EMBARGO YEAR - How algae ?enslavement? threatens freshwater bodies described by Hebrew University researcher
AlphaGalileo 12/08/2010How toxic, blue-green algae out-compete other organisms through a form of selfish ?enslavement? -- and by so doing proliferate dangerously in freshwater bodies -- has been described by a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ...
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Asteroid found in space graveyard
BBC News | Science & Environment 12/08/2010Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid in a space graveyard near Neptune...
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New sensor unit protects a ship's lifeblood
EUROPA 11/08/2010EU-funded scientists have developed a computerised warning sensor that monitors a ship's all-important lubricated systems. A black box attached to the ship's engine together with the unit's oil-monitoring software work together to warn a cr...
