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A new research provides the first evidence of polyandry – when females deer choose to mate with more than one male.

Obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the body, according to a study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH).

The participation and success of immigrants in education requires our specific attention and - where necessary - our support. After all, education is of central importance for integration in our society. Children and youth from immigrant families are of special interest since they have come to account for more than a quarter of the population under the age of 25. In the urban centres of the old Länder, up to 40 per cent of young people are from immigrant families.

A 10-point plan to turn back the tide on cancer has been published to mark World Cancer Day (4 February 2013).

28.8 million is the Polish contribution to Europe's largest laser XFEL. Three groups of Polish scientists are involved in an international project. The XFEL project was the subject of the lecture inaugurating the academic year at Wrocław University of Technology.

If there was once microbial life on Mars, it probably existed underground. Evidence for this could be preserved on the surface where groundwater seeped up from the subsurface in places such as craters, according to research published in Nature Geoscience today.

Loughborough University’s 3D printing technology breathes new life into Richard III

Social responsibility is about taking responsibility for the world that we are all part of.

Autonomous, driverless vehicles look set to hit the streets in the not too distant future and become increasingly common. Academics from the University’s Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering have investigated algorithms that could allow such vehicles to quickly and safely switch lanes to avoid an accident

University of Gdańsk will receive a new research ship in 2014

Life, although it seems something incredibly complex, could result from coinciding simple phenomena, which slowly evolved. A creator was not necessary for life to emerge - said nuclear physicist, Dr. Jerzy Grębosz in an interview with PAP.

Two hundred years ago, the most popular Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice was advertised as 'published this day' in The Morning Chronicle.

The work, led by researchers from Oxford University, suggests that early diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis C in intravenous drug users could prevent many transmissions by limiting the impact of these ‘super-spreaders’ (a highly infectious person who spreads a disease to many other people).

German Research Foundation’s Science TV Website Shows Films from Freiburg’s Department of Microsystems Engineering

A research student at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has been awarded a prestigious postgraduate scholarship for her research into novel scaffolds for bone regeneration applications.

Comet explosions did not end the prehistoric human culture, known as Clovis, in North America 13,000 years ago, according to research published in the journal Geophysical Monograph Series.

Oxford Brookes University has hosted its annual ‘Step Up’ conference. The event welcomed students aged 15 to 19 from local schools and colleges in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. They listened to inspirational speakers and took part in interactive workshops.

Mental health approach to teenage alcohol prevention is successful