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Donation opens new opportunities for more effective diabetes treatment

2/6/2012 8:52 AM EST  -   Karolinska Institutet
The Swedish medical university, Karolinska Institutet, has received a grant of 1.6 million Euro from the Stichting af Jochnick Foundation for research into the fundamental causes of diabetes. The grant will make it possible to use unique methods to study how the release of insulin is regulated in living organisms – and this will create new opportunities for developing more effective drugs against diabetes.

ESS reaches 100 employees in the new Headquarters

2/1/2012 4:47 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source Programme is growing fast and today welcomes the 100th employee in the new Headquarter building.
ESS will be the world-leading science facility for materials and life science research with neutrons. The ESS Programme is now in a design and build-up phase, with a fast growing and expanding organisation. This Monday, the ESS staff has moved into the new Headquarters in Medicon...
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Top 10 Biggest Spenders on Innovation

1/16/2012 1:46 PM EST  -   IBISWorld
To keep at the forefront of innovation, science, health and tech industries lead the pack in R&D spending
By IBISWorld Industry Analyst Agata Kaczanowska 

Though new technologies are used throughout the economy, they are first and foremost adapted in science-, health- and technology-related industries. These industries are generally highly competitive in terms of productquality and price and, therefore, depend...

New study targets air pollution to save lives and climate

1/13/2012 2:36 AM EST  -   Stockholm Environment Institute
Press release: January 13, 2012

Researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York played a central role in a new study that shows that implementing 14 key air pollution control measures could save millions of lives, slow the pace of near-term climate change and boost agricultural production.
The study, published in the journal Science this week, identifies 14 measures targeting...

ESS, MAXIV and Lund University start first joint laboratory

12/21/2011 6:13 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source, MAXIV Laboratory and the Department of Physics at Lund University start the first joint laboratory. The new laboratory is the first step towards the building-up of joint infrastructure in the future Science City to be located between MAXIV and ESS.
The Joint Detector Laboratory will be the first facility shared by ESS, MAXIV and Lund University. In the laboratory, novel types of...

Prepare to have your illusions shattered

12/16/2011 11:52 AM EST  -   British Humanist Association Press Room
BEYOND THE VEIL - A CLOSER LOOK AT SPIRITS, MEDIUMS AND GHOSTS
On Saturday 14 January 2012 the British Humanist Association and the Centre for Inquiry UK will be taking a closer look at spirits, mediums and ghosts. Prepare to have your illusions shattered as all things spooky, paranormal, and unbelievable come under the microscope.

Introduced by Dr Stephen Law, editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy's...

No higher risk of acute leukaemia in close relatives

12/15/2011 5:00 AM EST  -   Karolinska Institutet
Parents, siblings and children of patients with the most common form of acute leukemia do not run a higher risk of developing the disease as was once believed, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.
Every year, some 400 people in Sweden are diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of acute leukemia. Just like for other forms of the disease,...

Expanding ESS moves Headquarters

12/6/2011 4:53 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source project is growing rapidly, and ESS will move its Headquarters on 1 February 2012. To be able to continue the planned development of the ESS organisation, ESS needs larger, integrated and more functional premises than today.
The current European Spallation Source Headquarters are located in central Lund in Stora Algatan. Before the decision on the new Headquarters was taken,...

Big Boost to Plant Research

11/29/2011 11:52 AM EST  -   Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
“Plants are some of the most highly complex organisms on the planet,” said Jan Jaworksi, member, Danforth Plant Science Center. “AIPI researchers are dividing up the research into primary areas so that we can generate the most profound and useful discoveries.”
ST. LOUIS, MO, November 29, 2011 – The four largest nonprofit plant science research institutions in the U.S. have joined forces to form the Association...

An unexpected player in a cancer defense system

11/28/2011 6:01 AM EST  -   Karolinska Institutet
Researchers of the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet and the University of Cologne, Germany, have identified a new protein involved in a defense mechanism against cancer. The VCP/p97 complex is best known for its role in protein destruction and is involved in a type of familial dementia and ALS. In a novel study the researchers now describe how this complex also plays an important role in regulating...