The project’s focus has been to collect virus isolates from several different host-pathogen systems across Europe, utilise them to increase knowledge on transmission, prevention and control of viral diseases in ...

The research project “Climate effects on planktonic food quality and trophic transfer in Arctic Marginal Ice Zones II” (CLEOPATRA II) studies the degree of match/mismatch of key biological processes at the base of ...

At a recent conference it was claimed that adult obesity and overweight rates, in both males and females, are projected to increase in almost all countries in Europe by 2030. Using a statistical modelling protocol, the ...

Noble metals have ever fascinated chemists, especially due to the challenging preparations of their compounds. The inorganic functional materials group at Oldenburg University has developed pathways for new oxoanionic...

So far scientists could not explain how certain organic compounds are converted into atmospheric aerosol. The solution to the problem might help in tackling climate change....

Given that many projects are relatively short, at one to three years, it makes no sense to buy. Funding is an essential but increasingly hard-won requirement for research and innovation projects. Cost justification and ...

Cartilage regeneration is probably one of the most challenging adventures in modern medicine and occupies thousands of scientists all over the world. While modern molecular techniques allowed the elucidating of molecular...

A trial is about to start in the UK in 500 gay men who regularly have unprotected sex or are involved in heavy drug use to determine if the drug Truvada will prevent the HIV infection. Diabetes kills more people...