A tsetse fly bites a girl. She becomes itchy, feverish, and her joints ache. Weeks later, she loses coordination and some sensation in her limbs. It becomes difficult to think, to sleep.
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2014
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Researchers in the renewable energy sector are working hard in this respect. In this context, researchers in the UPV/EHU's Department of Applied Chemistry are exploring possible solutions to improve the efficiency of mobile ...
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2014
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The next generation of aircraft could be thinner and lighter thanks to the development of a new imaging technique that could detect damage previously invisible to acoustic imaging systems.
General Physics
Oct 6, 2014
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Gender diversity in the workplace helps firms be more productive, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT researcher—but it may also reduce satisfaction among employees.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2014
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Trying on clothes when a shop is closed could become a reality thanks to new research that uses semi-transparent mirrors in interactive systems and which will be unveiled at an international conference tomorrow.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 6, 2014
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As efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the world accelerate, Climate-KIC has today launched a new online CO2 meter to highlight current CO2 levels in the atmosphere, how levels are still rising, and to emphasise ...
Environment
Oct 6, 2014
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For millennia, bacteria and other microbes have engaged in intense battles of chemical warfare, attempting to edge each other out of comfortable ecological niches. Doctors fight pathogens with an arsenal of weapons—antibiotics—co-opted ...
Biotechnology
Oct 6, 2014
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Anyone who has blown a bubble and seen how quickly it pops has first-hand experience on the major challenge in creating stable foams.
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2014
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Researchers at University of Copenhagen have studied access conditions at brain cell level. A new study explodes existing paradigm that huge channels uncritically perforate cell membranes.
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2014
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Michigan Technological University researcher Reza Shahbazian-Yassar has discovered that perfection may not be all it's cracked up to be, at least when it comes to designing materials for the next generation of lithium ion ...
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2014
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