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Unexpected discovery could impact on future climate models

Unexpected discovery could impact on future climate models

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (26) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have made an unexpected find using a polarimeter (an instrument used to measure the wave properties of light) funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), that ...


Study finds that children can learn a second language in preschool

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Interim results from an international research project which looks at bilingual education reveal that children can learn a second language as early as preschool.


Evidence that cognitive therapy is of no value in schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Research co-led by an academic at the University of Hertfordshire, concludes that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is of no value in schizophrenia and has limited effect on depression.


Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup

Technology / Engineering

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009.  The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...


New Dangers of 'Clubbing Drugs' on the Web

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two University of Hertfordshire academics will release new evidence about the dangers of ‘Spice’ drugs today at the first International Psychonaut Web Mapping Conference in Ancona, Italy.


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Energy-Efficient Intelligent House that Can Learn our Routines

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The first home in the UK which can learn from its residents and take decisive action and text if it is being burgled or the door has been left unlocked, will be unveiled this week in Cairo.


Alzheimer's disease -- crosses boundaries of education and gender

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A postgraduate researcher at the University of Hertfordshire has found that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) results in greater language impairments in more highly-educated than less learned patients.