Research News
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Liquid breathing moves a step closer thanks to measurement study
Liquid ventilation –breathing a liquid instead of air – has long been the stuff of science fiction, and despite experimental clinical use, its potential for treating severe pulmonary or cardiac trauma, and use in deep diving and space travel, it is still not widely used or understood. However, thanks to the work of German researchers […]
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Big can be best when it comes to wind farms
Danish researchers have identified a method to assess the efficiency of different sized onshore and offshore wind farms. To reach their conclusion, the team investigated whether the farm power density – the power per unit area – of very large wind farms was limited, and related this to their efficiency and annual energy production. Published […]
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Personalised radiotherapy approach may help beat bone tumours
Researchers in the UK have developed a new, personalised and more effective approach to treating cancer patients with bone metastases. The team used radiobiological models to calculate the absorbed radiation doses needed to eradicate all the bone lesions in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). They put forward a new model to predict the decrease […]
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Study: Volkswagen’s excess emissions 'could lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe'
Countries hit hardest by automaker’s emissions scandal include Germany, Poland, France, and Czech Republic. In September 2015, the German Volkswagen Group, the world’s largest car producer, admitted to having installed “defeat devices” in 11 million diesel cars sold worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The devices were designed to detect and adapt to laboratory tests, making […]
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Researchers move a step closer to first full-body PET scanner
Researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have revealed the first results from the EXPLORER project – which aims to build world’s first full total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique widely used in clinical diagnostics and clinical research to observe metabolic processes and molecular […]
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Changing transatlantic flight routes ‘could reduce climate impact’
Airlines could reduce their climate impact by up to 10 per cent in the future by optimising some flight routes, according to new research. The study shows the cost to airlines of changing flight routes to avoid areas where emissions have the largest impact would be comparatively small – around a one per cent increase […]
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Study shows dramatic increases in China’s economic exposure to earthquakes
China’s economic exposure to earthquakes has dramatically increased since 1990, researchers from Beijing Normal University have found. They found that rapid economic growth and urbanisation in the country have led to huge spatiotemporal changes in the economic value of the country’s assets (buildings and non-building infrastructure) and gross domestic product (GDP) exposed to seismic hazards. […]
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Matter wave gyroscope could offer precise direction in absence of GPS signal
Protocol for rotation sensing with trapped ions provides blueprint for big sensitivity boost in a small package Researchers in the USA have presented a protocol for a highly sensitive and compact gyroscope, capable of measuring very small changes in rotation. The design could form part of an inertial navigation system and offer directional information in […]
