A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Preventing Too Much Immunity
[caption id="attachment_11142" align="alignnone" width="720"] This image shows the pancreas in healthy mice (upper) and pancreas in Satb1-deficient mice (below). Source: Osaka University[/caption] Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, Japan, report a…
The New ‘100% Effective’ Ebola Vaccine Owes Debt…
Almost a year after the official end of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the final results from one of the only Ebola vaccine trials are now in – and they look very promising. This is the only data…
UK universities win £1.2m funding to tackle Delhi…
[caption id="attachment_11136" align="alignnone" width="860"] Credit: The Jeffrey Wolf Green School of Evolutionary Astrology[/caption] Academics at the University of Surrey and University of Birmingham have won funding of £1.2m from NERC (the Natural Environment Research Council)…
Artificial Leaf Goes More Efficient for Hydrogen Generation
A new study, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has introduced a new artificial leaf that generates hydrogen, using the power of the sun to mimic underwater photosynthesis. [caption id="attachment_11131" align="alignnone" width="720"]…