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Extreme weather events may cause severe damage to our society. Examples include hurricane Sandy in 2012 (the second-costliest hurricane in United States history), European windstorms Lothar and Martin in 1999, and, more recently, the exceptional sequence of floods in southern England in the winter of 2014. Insurance companies need...

Louise Tibbert, President of the PPMA explains the importance of understanding the true costs of providing a good service, and how performance should be managed… The perception of the public sector is that we do not focus on performance in the same way that perhaps the private sector does. Whilst...

Senior Research Analyst for Frost & Sullivan Divyaa Ravishankar discusses the growing need for innovative products in the realm of bio-storage applications. The concept of biobanking has triggered massive interest in the area of long-term sample storage conditions but with a key challenge of maintaining sample integrity. In order to...

Oxfordshire County Council has announced it is reviewing whether or not to scrap funding for a number of services, including a domestic abuse helpline. Oxfordshire County Council's announcement that it may cut grants that fund a number of services including a domestic abuse helpline has been met with criticism. In February,...

Coventry City Council has applied for government funding to rebuild or refurbish schools across the city. Coventry City Council is to apply for funding from the government's 'Priority School Building Programme' to rebuild or refurbished schools across the city. The programme forms part of the government's strategy to improve the conditions...

Cancer Research UK have today launched a new Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence that will bring together leading researchers from The University of Manchester and London. Cancer Research UK announced that a new centre to tackle lung cancer will open today in Manchester. The centre will be dedicated to the research...

A leading fishing organisation has called for carbon monoxide (CO) detectors to be fitted to all vessels following the death of two fishermen earlier this year. The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has called for carbon monoxide detectors (CO) to be installed on all vessels following the death of...

More than 500 staff working at Wolverhampton City Council have been granted voluntary redundancy. Wolverhampton City Council has announced that more than 500 people working for the authority have been approved for voluntary redundancy. The council plans to cut 2,000 jobs—a third of its workforce—over the next two years as...

Wirral Council will consider plans to seek help from volunteers to prevent the closure of library sites throughout the borough. Wirral Borough Council's cabinet is being asked to approve plans to seek outside help from volunteers to maintain library sites throughout the borough. The council has been forced to cut...

Claire Bale, Communications Manager for Parkinson’s UK, highlights the latest thinking in stem cell research for the potential treatment of Parkinson’s. Stem cells can develop into almost any cell in the body. They are the original cells from which we are made, and are responsible for repairing our tissues and...

Further Education (FE) teachers said graded lesson observations caused significant stress and anxiety, according to a University and College Union survey. Over 3,500 Further Education (FE) teachers responded to an online survey commissioned by the University and College Union (UCU). Numerous respondents said that graded lesson observations were nothing more...

Dr Peter Stott, Head of Climate Monitoring and Attribution at the Met Office Hadley Centre details how climate change has affected extreme weather worldwide. There has been no shortage of extreme weather in recent years. For example, last year Australia recorded its hottest year on record. Early this year, many parts...

Stakeholder package "The team of adjacent government shows great respect towards the client and towards the product. I enjoy the important service, which they deliver to Science." Dr. Daniel Fels, Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland

The rail industry is a world in motion. The rail market is probably the most competitive in the transport sector today. However, it is not always seen this way, but when you really consider rail travel it is: Environmentally friendly; scalable; efficient, and economical. We see more investments in...

Research produced by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis has found that building a tan before spending time in the sun does not protect against skin cancer. Visiting a tanning salon to build a base tan prior to spending time in the sun may protect against sunburn, but it will...

AG (May 2014) "Many thanks for passing this on. It looks great. And we will certainly be using this in our outreach." Mr Jarle Hetland, Media Officer, Office of the Executive Director, International Trade Centre

AG (May 2014) "Thank you for sending the link to the article – it looks very good. We will be circulating as part of our daily media monitoring. " Rebecca Harding, Communications, European Medicines Agency

AG (May 2014) "I was more than happy to provide comment on the work of the Institute when asked by AG. I am also pleased to see the wider issue of stem cell research addressed within the publication and hope that it helps the readership to see how life-changing this...

eBook (May 2014) "I really like this ebook. So much information about new and innovative ways to find modern way for mental health. We need more of that!" Paul Bomke, CEO, Pfalzklinikum

Because of their size, making them comparable to a DNA molecule or a protein, one hundred to one thousand times smaller than a cell, the nanoparticles have different physical properties from those of common objects. Evolving to the same scale as the biological mechanisms of the body, they are...