Jan 12, 2016
A kink in the fault line explains why the Himalayas keep growing
An international team of scientists has shed new light on the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, killing more than 8,000 people. In a st...
Jan 11, 2016
Study on Novel Glucose-Responsive Materials for GOX-Free Glucose Sensors
The researchers of the joint team from Zhejiang University, University of Leeds and University of York are currently exploring novel glucose-respons...
Jan 10, 2016
CUHK Launches Global China Research Program
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently launched the Global China Research Program with the goal of understanding China’s global presen...
Jan 07, 2016
Many colorectal cancer survivors struggle to cope with daily life
Around 7,000 colorectal cancer survivors in the UK struggle to cope with daily life years after their diagnosis, according to new analysis led by Uni...
Jan 07, 2016
A fighting chance of survival: life-saving stents for heart attacks
A study of 300,000 heart attack patients, led by the University of Leeds, has found rapid rates in the uptake of a treatment which improves a patient...
Jan 06, 2016
Parasitic worms: friends or foes?
Meet the UCT researcher discovering how parasitic worms can benefit human health.
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Dec 21, 2015
WUN Sustainability Grant for Global Platform
The WUN Sustainability Grant realizes the potential of the Global Farm Platform by facilitating the exchange of ideas and by supporting two internatio...
Dec 21, 2015
Researchers uncover the key to the rise of the animal kingdom
A new study may have resolved a fundamental question concerning the development of Earth as a planet on which animals could flourish: what came first...
Dec 17, 2015
Controlling the ‘social life’ of proteins aims to transform drug discovery
A new £3.4 million programme will develop new tools to understand which interactions between proteins in the human body are relevant to disease. Cur...
