Mar 10, 2011
Protecting children from second-hand smoke
Children from across Yorkshire are being asked to help test an initiative that could reduce their exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke.
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Mar 10, 2011
Lawyer, Cancer Researcher and Global Warming Expert USA-Bound
Three graduates of The University of Western Australia are among 26 Australians recognised as Fulbright Scholars in 2011....
Mar 10, 2011
Bergen leads search for CO2
How much CO2 are the oceans able to absorb, and will this change because of global warming? Scientists from all over the world are trying to find the ...
Mar 09, 2011
Study probes cause of ‘ballooning’ blood vessels
Patients from Yorkshire are helping researchers at the University of Leeds find new ways of treating abdominal aortic aneurysms, a potentially life-th...
Mar 08, 2011
Migrating moths and songbirds travel at similar rates
International collaboration between the University of York and the Universities of Lund (Sweden) and Greenwich found that migrating moths and songbird...
Mar 04, 2011
Clear English coming to your medicine cabinet
Medicines Information, Review and Partnership - making information about medicines clearer to patients....
Feb 28, 2011
Old bones aid battle against back pain
The bones of people who died up to a hundred years ago are being used in the development of new treatments for chronic back pain. The research is brin...
Feb 28, 2011
Chemist awarded grant to develop ‘green chemistry’ for pharmaceutical industry
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry has received a grant to develop "green" techniques to produce compounds for the pharmaceutica...
Feb 22, 2011
York CRD leads new global research initiative
A major global initiative to establish an international register that will improve the transparency of health research was launched today by Health Mi...