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Incentive and reward key to good Knowledge transfer

August 21, 2009
Unico - UK knowledge transfer association - has published the results of a survey suggesting technology/knowledge transfer is now seen as a part of the higher education institution strategy and...

2000 year old material used in body armour

August 19, 2009
Engineers at the University of Leeds are working on a new type of body armour made from cement.

Coral heading for disaster warn Zoological Society

August 17, 2009
Coral reef survival is balancing on a knife edge as the effects of ocean acidification and warming threaten to push reefs to the brink of extinction this century, warns a...

A watched nanopillar always bends…

August 14, 2009
UK researchers have solved a rather bendy nanotechnology problem by realising that observation itself, rather than an inherent property, can be at fault.

Galileo ahead of the game – by 234 years

August 12, 2009
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.

Killer cell secret key to immunological puzzle

August 10, 2009
Scientists say they have solved a great immunological puzzle as they explain how the body’s immune system differentiates between healthy cells and diseased or cancerous cells which should be destroyed.

Feel terrific – be low calorific

August 10, 2009
Rhesus monkeys now join the list of creatures - from yeast to rats - who live longer and better when they eat less.

Watching the infectors

August 10, 2009
Thanks to research from the University of Bath and the University of Exeter, it is now possible to watch real-time movies of bacteria infecting living organisms.

Marching soldiers charge batteries

August 10, 2009
Engineers have found a way of converting kinetic energy produced when soldiers march into electricity to power their equipment.

Plant love makes for a good defense

August 7, 2009
Why do some plants defend themselves from insect attacks better than others? New evidence shows that the difference might be due to whether they're getting any plant love.

Genomic approach gives old dog new tricks

August 5, 2009
As one of best known and extensively studied organisms in the world you might think that there are no mysteries left for E. coli – but in fact one team...

Global warming: Are the models wrong?

August 3, 2009
It has become one of the most important questions of modern science – but are we looking in the right place for the answer to climate change?

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