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£60m boost for science innovation
Added: 15 Nov 2012
The UK government has announced a £60m investment to establish better collaboration between researc…
Discovery of unique spinal nerve cell activity
Added: 13 Nov 2012
Leicester University researchers have identified novel forms of activity linked to the control of m…
Scientists discover new method of gene identification
Added: 12 Nov 2012
The findings could increase the genetic information we hold on animals by around 70 to 80 per cent.
Guidelines to reduce errors in DNA sequences
Added: 9 Nov 2012
The University of Gothenburg has compiled new guidelines for DNA sequences.
Fingerprints could reveal drug use
Added: 5 Nov 2012
Technology to detect drug use through people’s fingerprints has been awarded a share of a £39m UK h…
Genomes project publishes map of genetic variation
Added: 1 Nov 2012
DNA sequences have been made available by the 1,000 Genomes Project to help discover the genetic ca…
MRC awards £7m to 15 UK research projects
Added: 31 Oct 2012
The UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced £7m of funding through its collaboration with…
Nanotechnology provides a new tool for brain research
Added: 30 Oct 2012
Researchers are developing micro devices that use nanotechnology for the treatment of brain disease.
New method for rapid treatment of malaria
Added: 26 Oct 2012
Imperial College London has identified a new means to eradicate malaria infections by rapidly killi…
Pores in graphene could lead to better membranes
Added: 26 Oct 2012
Researchers from MIT have discovered tiny pores in graphene that could give rise to a new generatio…
Researchers discover living power cables
Added: 25 Oct 2012
Scientists have uncovered bacteria that function as living power cables to transmit electrons thous…
Delivering vaccines using prebiotic spores
Added: 24 Oct 2012
Scientists at Royal Holloway have developed a pioneering new method of oral vaccination.
3D X-ray could improve mammograms
Added: 23 Oct 2012
Scientists have developed a 3D X-ray technique with a radiation dose that is 25 times lower than co…
Turbo switch uncovered in calcium pump
Added: 22 Oct 2012
A Danish-British research team has discovered a turbo switch in the calcium pump of biological cell…
Snake venom could help combat heart disease
Added: 19 Oct 2012
Research led by Bath University has uncovered new routes for developing drugs for high blood pressu…
Atomic nuclei intimately entangled by a quantum measurement
Added: 19 Oct 2012
Scientists from the Netherlands and the UK have brought two atomic nuclei in a diamond into a quant…
Viruses reveal self-folding mechanism
Added: 18 Oct 2012
Researchers at Leeds University have identified a crucial stage in the lifecycle of simple viruses.
Researchers discover stem cells for blood vessel growth
Added: 17 Oct 2012
Finnish researchers have discovered a new blood-vessel-generating cell with therapeutic potential.
Scientists uncover important embryonic stem cell pathway
Added: 16 Oct 2012
Researchers have discovered a previously unrecognised regulatory pathway at the heart of embryonic …
Cell growth protein forms a "pair" on the cell membrane
Added: 15 Oct 2012
Bochum und Dortmund researchers have or the first time measured the orientation of the Ras protein …
