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Turning to extremes
May 21, 2018
A taste for pollution, extremophilic cooperation, and genetic clustering – a deep dive into the molecular biology of a rather special fungus led one group of researchers to a few...
Fishy study links seafood to prevention of Parkinson’s
May 14, 2018
A new study from Sweden suggests the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health could involve the protein Parvalbumin. The protein, found in great quantities in several...
A pocket full of pretty green
April 18, 2018
Cleaning up industrial heavy metal pollution, revitalising polluted waterways and a new source of gold, can moss really hold the key to all this? You bet says king of the...
Cheap Mini-satellites revolutionise data collection
April 16, 2018
Earth scientists have suggested that high-resolution data collected by miniaturized satellites heralds a turning point in Earth and environmental sensing from space.The advent of small, specialized satellites called CubeSats are...
The art of the matter
April 13, 2018
Last month we chatted with Dr Iris Salecker of the Visual Circuit Assembly Laboratory to find out what happened when she let an artist loose in her lab… this month...
Supercomputer models cloud microphysics
April 11, 2018
An international group of researchers have for the first time accurately calculated the effects of aerosols on clouds in a climate model.The team lead by researchers from the Advanced Institute...
Mosquito larva
April 5, 2018
This image of Mosquito larva gave Charles Krebs of Issaquah in Washington image of distinction in the 43rd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Is there a risk in being a beach bum?
March 19, 2018
A recent study looking at the gut bacteria of surfers has given good reason for concern over the potential harm that resistant bacteria in natural environments pose to human health....
Adventures of a volcano whisperer
March 16, 2018
From bandits at dawn to lost airships, not to mention live volcanoes _– the life of an intrepid volcanologist is not for the faint hearted. Here, Professor Tamsin Mather reflects...
Race to study mysterious marine ecosystem
March 8, 2018
A team of scientists, led by the British Antarctic Survey is bound for Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up...
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