news 2010

History/Archeology - Literature/Linguistics - 28.12.2010
Ancient Bible fragments reveal a forgotten history
New research has uncovered a forgotten chapter in the history of the Bible, offering a rare glimpse of Byzantine Jewish life and culture. - The study by Cambridge University researchers suggests that, contrary to long-accepted views, Jews continued to use a Greek version of the Bible in synagogues for centuries longer than previously thought.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 22.12.2010
Alzheimer’s changes detectable in healthy elderly
A team of UCL researchers, part-funded by the Alzheimer‘s Research Trust, has discovered that combining spinal fluid testing with MRI scans could provide an early indication of a person's risk of developing Alzheimer?s. - The approach could allow scientists to test treatments or preventions far earlier in the disease, when experts believe they could be more effective.

Life Sciences - 21.12.2010
Autistic children’s exceptional visual search skills may not translate into everyday life
University of Nottingham News Press releases 2010 December Autistic children's exceptional visual search skills may not translate into everyday life - PA 363/10 - It is well established in scientific studies that children with autism repeatedly outperform typically-developing children on a range of visual search skills.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 20.12.2010
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome not caused by XMRV
Links: - Wellcome Trust - Professor Greg Towers - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute - A virus previously thought to be associated with chronic fatigue syndrome is not the cause of the disease, a detailed study led by UCL scientists has shown.

Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 20.12.2010
Food in early life affects fertility
Study finds food in early life affects fertility - The reproductive success of men and women is influenced by the food they receive at an early stage in life, according to new research by the University of Sheffield.

Business/Economics - Environmental Sciences - 17.12.2010
You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability
You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability - Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research - News release - Our flawed understanding of how decisions in the present restrict our options in the future means that we may underestimate the risk associated with investment decisions, according to new research by Dr Ole Peters from Imperial College London.

Computer Science/Telecom - Life Sciences - 16.12.2010
FReD helps explain how a bee sees
FReD helps explain how a bee sees - Researchers have developed a database that shows how colours appear to bees - News - Adapted from a news release issued by Queen Mary, University of London - Thursday 16 December 2010 - Bees can see colours but they perceive the world differently to us, including variations in hue that we cannot distinguish with the naked eye.

Medicine/Pharmacology - 15.12.2010
Cancer patients five times more likely to develop listeria
University of Manchester and Health Protection Agency researchers have shown that cancer patients have a five-fold increased risk of developing listeria than people with other underlying conditions.

Medicine/Pharmacology - 15.12.2010
Garlic could protect against hip osteoarthritis
Researchers at King's College London and the University of East Anglia have discovered that women who consume a diet high in allium vegetables, such as garlic, onions and leeks, have lower levels of hip osteoarthritis.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 14.12.2010
Zebrafish provide new hope for cancer treatment
The imaging of tumour growth in zebrafish has revealed for the first time how cancer cells have the capacity to co-opt the immune system into spreading disease, leading the way for investigations into potential therapies for eliminating early-stage cancer in humans.

Medicine/Pharmacology - 14.12.2010
Life and death (and sex and sewage) in a Roman town
Forget your preconceptions about the civilised, sparkling, white cityscapes of the ancient world: Real-life Pompeii was an altogether more sordid proposition, as Cambridge classicist Mary Beard is set to explain.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 14.12.2010
University scientists expose health risks of not responding to stress
Anticipating a hectic Christmas? As the festive season gathers momentum, ageing and immunity experts at the University of Birmingham are exposing the health risks of not responding to stressful situations.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 13.12.2010
Leukaemia stem cell discovery
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that leukaemic stem cells can be reversed to a pre-leukaemic stage by suppressing a protein called beta-catenin found in the blood. - They also found that advanced leukaemic stem cells that had become resistant to treatment could be ‘re-sensitised' to treatment by suppressing the same protein.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Business/Economics - 13.12.2010
New research centre will bridge the gap between academia and health policy
New research centre will bridge the gap between academia and health policy - The Centre for Health Policy, which aims to turn high quality research into evidence-based policy innovations, has been launched at Imperial College London.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Agronomy/Food Science - 10.12.2010
Genome of barley disease reveals surprises
Genome of barley disease reveals surprises - Scientists have sequenced the genome of a major fungal disease that affects barley and other cereal crops - Scientists have sequenced the genome of a major fungal disease that affects barley and other cereal crops, a breakthrough that could lead to significant advances in our understanding of how plant diseases evolve.

- 1.10.2010
Neolithic burial monuments on show