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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 …
Unexpected solution to fly eye mystery
Added: 12 Oct 2012
Research at Cambridge University has provided an insight into why flies have the fastest vision in …
US scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Added: 10 Oct 2012
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for their resea…
Study reveals brain cells’ weakest links
Added: 5 Oct 2012
New studies show for the first time why brain cells can stop communicating properly in degenerative…
Plasma jet gives cold shoulder to superbugs
Added: 4 Oct 2012
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a new technique which has potential to kill…
Antibiotic cures disease by disarming pathogens
Added: 3 Oct 2012
A new type of antibiotic can treat an antibiotic-resistant infection by disarming instead of killin…
Making old muscles young
Added: 1 Oct 2012
Scientists have identified a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during ageing and h…
Silk-silicon devices dissolve into surroundings
Added: 28 Sep 2012
Tiny resorbable semiconductors could be used for medical implants, environmental sensors and consum…
