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News | Archive (2 June 2009)
IBM and EU partners create a better way to fight AIDS virus
— 15:42 GMT | HealthIBM today announced it was selected for its contributions to the EuResist research project for AIDS treatment as a Computerworld Honours Program Laureate for 2009…
Semen quality depends upon antioxidants
— 15:37 GMT | HealthA possible relationship between men's diets and the quality of their semen has long been a discussion point. Spanish researchers have now confirmed that antioxidants, molecules which are found mainly in fruit and vegetables and can delay and prevent the oxidation of other molecules, play a key role…
Drilled cores yield unique Arctic climate data
— 15:32 GMT | Geology and palaeontologyA team of scientists from the United States, Germany, Russia and Austria returned recently from a six-month sediment drilling expedition at a frozen lake in Siberia, where they retrieved cores going back further than ever before collected in the Arctic - information they call 'of absolutely unprecedented significance'…
Waste not: Cornell recycles half its garbage into high-quality compost
— 15:27 GMT | EnvironmentCornell's composting operation does more than turn food scraps and animal bedding into nutrient-rich compost: It reduces the university's total waste stream by half, making it Tompkins County's second largest recycler…
Drug's epilepsy-prevention effect may be widely applicable
— 15:22 GMT | HealthA drug with potential to prevent epilepsy caused by a genetic condition may also help prevent more common forms of epilepsy caused by brain injury, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis…
Design input accelerates new technologies' route to market
— 15:17 GMT | HealthThermo-chromic window films which regulate room temperature; a heart and breathing rate monitor which could revolutionise the monitoring of babies during childbirth; and improved tests for food sensitivities and allergies are among innovations developed at The University of Nottingham highlighted by the Design Council's Innovate for Universities initiative…
Is your environment damaging your health? New Centre aims to find out
— 15:12 GMT | HealthThe damage that our modern living and working environment could be doing to our health will be investigated by a new GBP5M MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health at Imperial College London and King's College London, which launches today…
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