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Flower cells in 3D

June 3, 2015
News
Scientists have developed a new low-cost method for high-resolution 3D imaging of plant cells. A research team at the University of Florida used optical-sectioning and 3D reconstruction and produced high-resolution...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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‘Stop Vivisection’ petition awaits reply

June 2, 2015
News
After the ‘Stop Vivisection’ public hearing at the European Parliament, the Commission – responsible for legislation – will issue a formal reply on the 3rd June 2015. Their petition –...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Policy
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Pollution and birth weight linked

June 1, 2015
News
Pollution levels have been found to affect birth weight in China. Scientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center used weight data and discovered that during the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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Blood test can predict future breast cancer

May 19, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered that a method known as biocontour profiling can predict breast cancer.A research team at the University of Copenhagen used blood samples and found that metabolic profiling of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology
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Just what colour is time?

May 14, 2015
News
New research suggests colour is a reliable sensory mechanism for telling the time of day. By constructing an artificial sky, a research team at the University of Manchester found that...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Physiology
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Printed flowers unravel moth mystery

May 7, 2015
News
By using artificial flowers, ecologists have found that flower shape affects the foraging behaviour of hawk moths. A research team at the University of Washington used 3D printing to make...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Ice ages explain decline in avian biodiversity

May 6, 2015
News
By studying bird species, scientists have discovered that major decline in biodiversity coincides with ice ages rather than human activities. Researchers at Uppsala University’s Evolutionary Biology Centre used mathematical calculations...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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The oldest unevolved organism

April 20, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that shows no evidence of evolution in the last 2 billion years. A research team at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology
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Mini-lungs to help the study of cystic fibrosis

April 14, 2015
News
By using stem cells, scientists have created what they refer to as mini-lungs to aid cystic fibrosis studies. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used stem cells derived from the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Training the next generation of archaeogeneticists

April 9, 2015
News
A new research centre will be used to train the next generation of specialists in the field of archaeogenetics.The Centre for Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Huddersfield will be...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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