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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…
Forming and undoing gene loops
Added: 28 Sep 2012
Scientists have discovered that by forming or undoing gene loops cells manipulate the path of the t…
CT scanning reveals images of fossil insects
Added: 27 Sep 2012
Scientists have used a high resolution form of CT scanning to reconstruct two 305 million year old …
US scientists engineer novel DNA barcode
Added: 25 Sep 2012
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a DNA barcode that could improve biomedical …
Technique aids study of cell communication
Added: 24 Sep 2012
A method for analysing proteins has enabled scientists to tune in to cells’ conversations, regardle…
‘Fingerprinting’ research improves brain tumour diagnosis
Added: 20 Sep 2012
UK scientists have made a significant advance in brain tumour diagnosis using infrared and Raman sp…
Nanomaterials help regenerate cardiac cells
Added: 20 Sep 2012
Scientists have capitalised on the electrical properties of a nanomaterial to aid the regeneration …
£6m labs boost CCS research
Added: 13 Sep 2012
Exploring ways of storing CO2 deep underground will be the focus of research carried out by scienti…
Researchers grow nanowires on graphene
Added: 11 Sep 2012
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are commercialising GaAs n…
Skin cells transformed into embryonic Sertoli-like cells
Added: 7 Sep 2012
Using a stepwise trans-differentiation process, Whitehead Institute researchers have turned skin ce…
'Junk DNA' concept debunked by major study
Added: 6 Sep 2012
The most detailed analysis of the human genome suggests that more than 80% has an active biological…
Orthopaedic surgery to benefit from stem cell-powered implant
Added: 5 Sep 2012
Scientists are hoping to harness the regenerative power of stem cells to improve orthopaedic implan…
Researchers pioneer world’s first HIV nanomedicines
Added: 4 Sep 2012
The project claims to be the first step towards taking nanomedicine options out of the lab and into…
Shedding light on fibre optic imaging
Added: 4 Sep 2012
An advance in fibre optic research could allow doctors to see inside some of the hardest to reach p…
