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Clinical trial could change standard treatment for stroke
October 22 2014 A large international clinical trial has shed new light on the effectiveness of […]
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Tags: bleeding, blood clot, blood pressure, blood pressure medication, clinical trial, Division of Clinical Neurosciences, glyceryl trinitrate skin patch, haemorrhagic, hospital protocols, ischaemic, medicated skin patches, research, stroke, Stroke Trial Unit, The Lancet
Flexibility in disease outbreak management could save lives and money
October 21 2014 Research by a team of epidemiologists from the UK and the USA has […]
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Tags: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, disease outbreak management, Dr Katriona Shea, Dr Matthew Ferrari, Dr Michael Tildesley, epidemiologists, financial and health benefits, foot and mouth outbreak, infectious disease modelling, National Institutes of Health EEID, Pennsylvania State University, PLOS Biology, RAPIDD Program of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, vaccination
Taking the ‘sting’ out of reproduction
September 12 2014 Female parasitic wasps have more reproductive success when working together with other females, […]
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Tags: Animal Population Biology, Dr Ian Hardy, Forest Academy of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nature Communications, parasitic wasps, reproduction, research, School of Biosciences, sex biased reproduction, social behaviour
Binge drinking in pregnancy can affect a child’s mental health and school results
September 9 2014 Binge drinking during pregnancy can increase the riskof mental health problems in 11-year-old […]
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Tags: alcohol consumption, Binge drinking, Bristol, European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, hyperactivity and inattention, Leicester, mental health, Oxford, pregnancy, Professor Kapil Sayal, Queensland Australia, school results, Sheffield
Research finds Malawi app ‘teaches UK children 18 months of maths in six weeks’
September 8 2014 Psychologists at The University of Nottingham have found that an app designed to […]
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Tags: BBC Click Show, computer game, Dr Nikki Pitchford, Dunkirk Primary, education, Malawi, maths app, Onebillion, primary schoolchildren, School of Psychology, tablet app
Layered graphene sandwich feeds hunger for designer materials
September 8 2014 Sandwiching layers of graphene with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) could produce designer materials […]
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Tags: graphene, heterostructures, hexagonal boron nitride, Lancaster University, Laurence Eaves, Layered graphene, Nature Nanotechnology, Schools of Physics and Astronomy, Sir Kostya Novoselov, The University of Manchester, white graphene
New cell model to speed up development of brain tumour drugs
September 3 2014 New research from The University of Nottingham looks set to improve screening for […]
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Tags: children with brain tumours, Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, Delyan Ivanov, Dr Martin Garnett, drug delivery systems, EPSRC AstraZeneca Centre, new cancer drugs, new methodology, Oncology, PLOS one, Professor David Walker, School of Pharmacy
Grabbing attention to raise awareness of ADHD
September 2 2014 A new interactive game and educational video is set to tour Nottingham and […]
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Tags: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Attention Grabber, Dr Alinda Gillott, game, Institute of Mental Health, Michael Craven, National Institute for Health Research MindTech Healthcare Technology Co-operative, neurodevelopmental condition, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, University of Nottingham Innovation Park