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Protection from stress-induced depression

Added: 25 Sep 2014

Scientists uncover why physical exercise helps protect the brain from depression brought on by stre…

Titanium sulphide

Nanometal a 'challenger' to graphene

Added: 23 Sep 2014

Scientists at the University of Southampton (UOS) have developed a graphene-like material with nove…

Karl-Ludwig Kley

Merck acquires Sigma-Aldrich for £10bn

Added: 22 Sep 2014

Pharma and chemicals giant Merck KGaA has agreed to buy life sciences firm Sigma-Aldrich for approx…

Smallest Possible Diamonds Form Ultra-thin Nanothreads

Ultra-thin 'diamond nanothreads' developed

Added: 22 Sep 2014

Almost a century after it was first attempted, scientists have successfully compressed separate car…

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New molecule boosts stem cell therapy

Added: 18 Sep 2014

Stem cell transplants could be revolutionised through the combination of a newly discovered molecul…

Experts discover stem cell 'first aid kit'

Stem cell 'first aid kit' discovered

Added: 18 Sep 2014

Researchers have shown how stem cells communicate with other cells to help modify damaging immune r…

Chokeberry fruit

Cancer drug bears fruit

Added: 18 Sep 2014

Extract from a North American wild berry may enhance the effectiveness of pancreatic cancer medicin…

Water

Chemists 'clear' fracking of water pollution

Added: 16 Sep 2014

Contamination of groundwater near US shale sites was caused by well failures rather the hydraulic f…

Nanodiamonds

Scientists enhance '3D polymer' method

Added: 15 Sep 2014

Research group takes a step closer to producing fullerene on an industrial scale, new research sugg…

Dan Theodorescu

Novel theory slows cancer growth

Added: 15 Sep 2014

Prohibiting the protein ’Ral’ can actively slow the growth of tumours, new research suggests.

Artificial biospleen

Scientists develop artificial 'biospleen'

Added: 14 Sep 2014

Novel blood-cleansing device inspired by the human spleen is designed to filter bacteria, fungi and…

Stem cells

Scientists break stem cell barrier

Added: 12 Sep 2014

Human stem cells have been reset to their earliest developmental state in the lab, according to new…

Sue Shackleton

Gene discovery linked to muscular dystrophy

Added: 11 Sep 2014

At least 50% of patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) have no detectable mutation …

Chancellor George Osborne

Mass spec facility unveiled in Manchester

Added: 11 Sep 2014

George Osborne has joined Waters chief executive officer Doug Berthiaume to mark the opening of the…

Argonne National Laboratory

£60m graphene centre announced

Added: 10 Sep 2014

George Osborne has announced plans to build a second graphene research centre at the University of …

Germanene

Experts synthesise 'graphene's cousin'

Added: 10 Sep 2014

European researchers claim industry first as ’elusive’ material is successfully synthesised.

RSC theatre at Lab Innovations

Lab Innovations 2014 - The biggest yet

Added: 8 Sep 2014

Lab Innovations, the UK’s only show dedicated to the latest laboratory technology and consumables, …

Rethinking the Basic Science of Graphene Synthesis

Novel science perfects graphene synthesis

Added: 8 Sep 2014

Discovering new ways of manufacturing graphene could dramatically increase industrial-scale product…

Heidi Arjes

'Zombie bacteria' key to drug therapy

Added: 8 Sep 2014

The ability to faithfully copy genetic material and distribute it equally to daughter cells is fund…

MIT Sound Waves

Separating cells with sound

Added: 5 Sep 2014

Extremely rare tumour cells can be discovered through a technique using sound waves developed by re…