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The benefit of migration
Immigrants from the eight Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in May 2004 are less likely to be claiming welfare benefits and less likely to be living in social housing than people born in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Spread your sperm the smart way
(PhysOrg.com) -- Attractive males release fewer sperm per mating to maximise their chances of producing offspring across a range of females, according to a new paper on the evolution of ejaculation strategies. The findings ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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High population density triggers cultural explosions
Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence of modern human behaviour, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) scientists published in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease: A new small molecule approach to treatment
New therapeutic approaches in Alzheimer's disease are urgently needed. Work led by Professor Mark Pepys FRS over more than 20 years has identified a protein known as serum amyloid P component (SAP) as a possible therapeutic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Team to develop nanosensors for HIV diagnosis and monitoring
The London Centre for Nanotechnology will develop a new device to enable people living with HIV to monitor their own health and the effectiveness of their treatments, thanks to a £2 million EPSRC (Engineering and Physical ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Hollow mask illusion fails to fool schizophrenia patients
Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illusion known as the 'hollow mask' illusion, probably because their brain disconnects 'what the eyes see' from what 'the brain thinks it is seeing', according ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 06, 2009 |
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It's raining pentagons
This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice ch ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 08, 2009 |
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Influence of 'obesity gene' can be offset by healthy diet
Children who carry a gene strongly associated with obesity could offset its effect by eating a low energy density diet, according to new research from UCL (University College London) and the University of Bristol published ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Internal choices are weaker than those dictated by the outside world
The underlying sense of being in control of our own actions is challenged by new research from UCL (University College London) which demonstrates that the choices we make internally are weak and easily overridden compared ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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'Abusive behavior' towards people with dementia by family carers is common
Half of family carers of people with dementia report some abusive behaviour towards the person they are caring for and one third report 'significant' levels of abuse, according to new research from UCL (University College ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Language driven by culture, not biology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Language in humans has evolved culturally rather than genetically, according to a study by UCL (University College London) and US researchers. By modelling the ways in which genes for language might have ...
Biology /
Jan 20, 2009 |
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Why you can't hurry love
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often protracted. The study, by researchers at UCL (University College London), University of Warwick and ...
Biology /
Jan 16, 2009 |
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People are more suggestible under laughing gas
The pain-relieving effects of nitrous oxide - laughing gas - may be enhanced by suggestion or hypnosis, according to a new study by UCL (University College London). The study's findings - that people are more suggestible ...
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Mountaineers measure lowest human blood oxygen levels on record
The lowest ever levels of oxygen in humans have been reported in climbers on an expedition led by UCL (University College London) doctors. The world-first measurements of blood oxygen levels in climbers near the top of Mount ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Premature babies have altered sensory responses in later life
Premature infants who need intensive care or surgery are less sensitive to thermal (hot and cold) sensations later in life, according to research conducted at UCL (University College London). The study, published in the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 22, 2008 |
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