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New infant feeding and obesity research adds insight to ongoing issue

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The February edition of the Journal of Nutrition offers new insights into possible associations between infant feeding and health outcomes related to obesity. According to David Barker, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical epidem ...





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Rising sea levels are increasing the risk of flooding along the south coast of England

Rising sea levels are increasing the risk of flooding along the south coast of England

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3

A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past century, substantially increasing the risk of flooding ...


Scientists Bring 2000 year old painted warrior to virtual live

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A 2000-year-old painted statue is being restored to her original glory by scientists from WMG at the University of Warwick, the University of Southampton, and the Herculaneum Conservation Project.


Social networking site for researchers aims to make academic papers a thing of the past

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3

myExperiment, the social networking site for scientists, has set out to challenge traditional ideas of academic publishing as it enters a new phase of funding.


New Southampton clean room to push the boundaries of technology

Scientists to work on non-volatile 'universal memory' devices in new clean room facility

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The University of Southampton’s Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which opens next week (9 September), will make it possible to manufacture high-speed and non-volatile 'universal memory' devices for industry ...


Study reveals an increase in long-term antidepressant drug use

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A dramatic rise in antidepressant prescriptions issued by GPs has been caused by a year on year increase in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs on a long-term basis, according to researchers from the University ...


Genetic finding implicates innate immune system in major cause of blindness

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists have identified one of the genes implicated in age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed countries.


New study finds 'it's never too late to stop drinking'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Where there is life there is hope and it is never too late to stop drinking, even with the most severe case of alcohol-related liver disease, according to new research from the University of Southampton.


Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue

Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare ...


Compact tidal generator could reduce the cost of producing electricity from flowing water

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 13, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had successfully built an electric ...


New vibration powered generator for wireless systems

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 04, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 0

A generator that is 10 times more powerful than any other similar devices has been developed by engineers at the University of Southampton.



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