Dementia: Catching the memory thief
21 September 2016It's over a hundred years since the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed. Since then we’ve learned a great deal about the protein ‘tangles’...
Study identifies different ways to help social businesses grow
21 September 2016New study identifies four strategies and two key methods for scaling up social businesses in developing countries in order to meet the unmet needs of...
Algorithm for predicting protein pairings could help show how living systems work
20 September 2016An algorithm which models how proteins inside cells interact with each other will enhance the study of biology, and sheds light on how proteins work...
Neurons feel the force – physical interactions control brain development
19 September 2016Researchers have identified a new mechanism controlling brain development: that neurons not only ‘smell’ chemicals in their environment, but also ‘feel’ their way through the...
Parkinson’s Disease protein plays vital “marshalling” role in healthy brains
19 September 2016Researchers have identified how alpha-synuclein, the protein associated with Parkinson’s Disease, enables communication between neurons in the brain, offering important clues about what may be...
‘Gut feelings’ help make more successful financial traders
19 September 2016Financial traders are better at reading their ‘gut feelings’ than the general population – and the better they are at this ability, the more successful...
Vaccination uptake among Traveller communities significantly lower than in general population
19 September 2016Traveller communities have significantly lower uptake of vaccinations compared to the general population, suggesting that more work needs to be done to promote understanding and...
South Asian patients have worse experiences of GP interactions, study suggests
15 September 2016Communication between doctors and South Asian patients is poor, according to national GP surveys, but a question has been raised about whether this reflects genuinely...
A tight squeeze for electrons – quantum effects observed in ‘one-dimensional’ wires
15 September 2016Researchers have observed quantum effects in electrons by squeezing them into one-dimensional ‘quantum wires’ and observing the interactions between them. The results could be used...
Gaia results revealed – first data release from the most detailed map ever made of the sky
14 September 2016The first results from the Gaia satellite, which is completing an unprecedented census of more than one billion stars in the Milky Way, are being...