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Intelligent drug development boosts success rates

Cancer Research UK | Added: 18 Nov 2008

'Intelligent' cancer-drug development has spurred a leap in the proportion of drugs reaching patien…

EC revises animal experiment directive

Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research | Added: 17 Nov 2008

The European Commission (EC) has adopted its long-delayed legislative proposal to revise the 20-yea…

Water content determined by Karl Fischer method

Metrohm (UK) | Added: 14 Nov 2008

Metrohm has developed a method to determine the moisture content of gases based on the ISO standard…

Xcelligence monitors cell adhesion and spreading

Roche Applied Science | Added: 14 Nov 2008

The Xcelligence system from Roche Applied Science enables researchers to monitor and quantitatively…

Pari compares homogenisers

Microfluidics | Added: 12 Nov 2008

Pari has conducted laboratory testing to evaluate the performance of various particle reduction met…

Commission allocates gravitational wave funding

University of Glasgow | Added: 11 Nov 2008

The European Commission has allocated EUR3m within the FP7 programme for preliminary studies for th…

NanoKTN holds first Nanofinance event

NanoKTN: Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network | Added: 11 Nov 2008

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) held its first UK Nanofinance event on 25 S…

ESF workshop tackles charged particle potential

European Science Foundation | Added: 11 Nov 2008

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has reported that significant advances in radiotherapy for ca…

VTT's Hakkinen to defend biosynthesis thesis

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | Added: 10 Nov 2008

VTT has announced that Suvi Hakkinen, one of its research scientists, has studied alkaloid biosynth…

Phytogenics show promise in gut health research

Biomin | Added: 7 Nov 2008

A report by Biomin has revealed that gut health management should be based on the implication of so…

Ice film structure in astrophysical conditions

European Science Foundation | Added: 7 Nov 2008

The European Science Foundation (ESF) recently organised a workshop that discussed recent discoveri…

Otava develops virtual screening system

Otava | Added: 5 Nov 2008

Fast and efficient algorithms are important in modern bioscience.

ESF researches Greenland ice cap

European Science Foundation | Added: 4 Nov 2008

The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much m…

Hospital trial shows copper reduces contamination

Copper Development Association | Added: 3 Nov 2008

A study carried out at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham has shown that surfaces made from materials…

Key mechanism behind cancer spread explained

Cancer Research UK | Added: 31 Oct 2008

Scientists have discovered the two key processes that allow cancer cells to change the way they mov…

Chemical found that could unlock new antibiotics

University of Warwick | Added: 30 Oct 2008

Researchers at the University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre have found a signalling molecule…

Oled element developed by Rolled project

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | Added: 29 Oct 2008

VTT has revealed how researchers working in the European Rolled project have developed a flexible O…

ESF workshop tackles computer science correlations

European Science Foundation | Added: 29 Oct 2008

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has revealed the success of a recent workshop designed to est…

Biodiversity scientists prepare for research

European Science Foundation | Added: 28 Oct 2008

Measures to tackle the human impact on biodiversity require long-term research and collaboration be…

ESF proposes S and E research community

European Science Foundation | Added: 28 Oct 2008

The European Science Foundation (ESF) is helping to set up a research community dedicated to studyi…