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News | Archive (March 2008)
Tomography unveils the Sun's corona
— 31 Mar 2008 | AstronomyA medical X-ray technique has been adapted to produce the first detailed map of the structure of the Sun's outermost layer, the corona, created from direct observations. The results will be presented by Dr Huw Morgan at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast on Tuesday 1st April…
Two supernova factories discovered in the Milky Way
— 31 Mar 2008 | AstronomyThe discovery of two 'supernova factories,' rare clusters of red supergiant (RSG) stars, located in the Galactic Bar of the Milky Way will be presented at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast on Tuesday 1st April…
Three-dimensional visualisation of magnetic fields inside solid, non-transparent materials
— 30 Mar 2008 | Physics3-D images are not only useful in medicine; the observation of internal structures is also invaluable in many other fields of scientific investigation. Recently, researchers from the Hahn-Meitner-Institute (HMI) in Berlin in cooperation with University of Applied Sciences in Berlin have succeeded, for the first time, in a direct, three-dimensional visualisation of magnetic fields inside solid, non-transparent materials…
Particular armed beetles find a mate, whatever their size
— 28 Mar 2008 | BiologyOne species of armed beetle is proving that size doesn't necessarily matter when it comes to finding a mate. The creature's 'pulling techniques' will be revealed in the April edition of the Royal Entomological Society's Ecological Entomology journal…
Hebes Chasma, a trough in Valles Marineris of Mars
— 28 Mar 2008 | AstronomyHebes Chasma is an enclosed trough, almost 8000 m deep, in Valles Marineris, the Grand Canyon of Mars, where water is believed to have flowed. The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA's Mars Express studied the area providing new pictorial clues to its history…
Actual use of asthma drugs contradicts guidelines
— 28 Mar 2008 | HealthA study has found only 16% of the 352,082 Australians who filled a prescription for asthma preventer medications for the first time during the period July 2004 to June 2005, went on to use them regularly…
Complexities of genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis revealed
— 28 Mar 2008 | HealthResearchers working in Vietnam have identified a genetic variant that predisposes people to developing a lethal form of tuberculosis (TB), tuberculous meningitis, if they are infected with a strain of TB known as the Beijing strain. The work, described in a study published 28 March in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, underlines the importance of studying both sides of the complex host-pathogen interaction and its role in susceptibility to disease…
Genetic test improves artificial fertilisation
— 28 Mar 2008 | HealthPolar body diagnosis can make artificial fertilisation more successful, according to Katrin and Hans van der Ven and Markus Montag of Bonn University Clinic, writing in the current edition of Deutsches Aerzteblatt International…
Rectal artemisinins quickly eliminate malarial parasites
— 28 Mar 2008 | HealthArtemisinin-based suppositories can help 'buy time' for malaria patients who face a delay in accessing effective, injectable antimalarials, according to research published in the online open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases…
PyroBayes software delivers speed and accuracy to genome research
— 28 Mar 2008 | BiologyIt took a global corps of scientists approximately $500 million and 13 years to identify the more than 35,000 genes of the human genome. Five years later, Boston College Biologist Gabor Marth and his research team have developed software that can analyse half a million DNA sequences in 10 minutes…
Titanoboa, largest prehistoric snake discovered in Colombia
Scientists discover how deadly fungus protects itself