British cattle give TB to badgers, finds UC Davis expert
The controversial practice of killing wild badgers to prevent...tuberculosis in cattle is unlikely to succeed, according to a new...study led by Rosie Woodroffe, an ecologist at the University of...California, Davis, and a member of Britain's Independent Scientific...Group on Cattle TB. ... In Britain, farming interests and badger protectionists have battled...for 30 years over the merits of cul...British blackcurrants beat Alzheimer's
Compounds in blackcurrants could prevent Alzheimer's disease and the characteristics of British berries suggest they do it best, writes Jennifer Rohn in Chemistry & Industry magazine. ...... New research led by Dilip Ghosh of the Horticulture and Food Research Institute in New Zealand, shows that compounds in blackcurrants have a potent protective effect in cultured neuronal cells against the typ...Poll reveals half British public support nuclear future
The British public sees the need to tackle climate change: but only reluctantly accepts nuclear power as a part of the solution, overwhelmingly preferring renewables and energy efficiency.... ...As the Government next week begins its major review on the future of energy, an extensive survey published today (17th January) of the British public's attitudes towards future energy options shows that j...Eruption update: Island in British Overseas Territory is growing in size
A rare volcanic eruption is expanding the size of an island in British Overseas Territory. Spectacular new satellite images show that Montagu Island, an erupting volcano in the South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic has grown by 50 acres (0.2 km2), equivalent to 40 football pitches in the last month. ...... Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Hawaii Institute of Geophy...Oil spills and climate change double the mortality rate of British seabirds
New research from the University of Sheffield has shown that major oil spills and a changing climate have had a far greater impact on populations of British sea birds than was previously thought. ... ...A team led by Professor Tim Birkhead from the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, shows for the first time that major oil spills double the mortality rate of ad...Scientists at the University of Nottingham are working with researchers in Mexico to develop new varieties of wheat that could combine the best characteristics of British and Mexican types to bring about a quantum leap in yield while increasing the sustainability of UK agriculture....... The researchers are collaborating with the International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT), a re...UCLA physiologist elected to prestigious British Royal Society
Ernest Wright (Bel Air), professor of physiology and Melinkoff Professor in Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a 2005 Fellow to the Royal Society, an honor considered one of the highest accolades a scientist can achieve next to the Nobel Prize....... ...Born in Belfast, Ireland, Wright joined the faculty of the medical school in 1967, and was tapped to chair t...British academics to benefit from world's first national text mining service
A new 1 million initiative to help academics with their struggle against data deluge will be launched on 21 March at Manchester Town Hall. ...... The National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) is a collaboration between the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Salford. Funding is provided by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSR...Johns Hopkins team wins British biotech business plan competition
A team of four budding biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins University won the North American arm of the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES), an academic business plan competition designed to teach young postgraduate scientists the issues involved in the commercialization of science. The Hopkins team will be presented with an all-expense paid trip to London to represent the U.S. and...