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Scientists propose why we cannot find life in space

August 10, 2016
News
The reason why we cannot find other life outside of Planet Earth is because we may be ahead of the evolutionary curve, according to scientists from the Harvard Smithsonian Center...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biophysics, Physics
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X-ray vision

August 9, 2016
Feature
Bees navigate by sensing the polarisation of light. We now know that some rainforest-dwelling bees can measure polarisation much more accurately than previously assumed. Dr Andrew Bodey tells us how...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Protein database could provide novel cancer drugs

August 8, 2016
News
Novel drugs to prevent cancer and neurodegenerative diseases could be created after research by scientists at the University of Warwick.
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics
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Scientists find Earth’s common ancestor

August 4, 2016
News
A team of researchers in Germany believe that they may have found the common ancestor linked to all life on earth.
Life Sciences
Paleobiology
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Cloned sheep show no ill health as they age

July 27, 2016
News
New research has shown four clones derived from the cell line of Dolly the sheep have reached the age of nine and continue to be in good health.
Life Sciences
Proteomics & Genomics
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Gene therapy offers different approach to treating depression

July 27, 2016
News
Scientists have shown how manipulating a new target in the brain through gene therapy can lead to new treatments for depression.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Plankton’s survival dependent on climate change

July 21, 2016
News
Climate change could jeopardise the viability of phytoplankton responsible for a tenth of the oceans’ biomass, according to scientists.
Life Sciences
Marine Biology
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Transforming cells to transform lives

July 19, 2016
Feature
A company in Scotland has devised a novel way to treat type 1 diabetes – producing lab grown islets of Langerhans for transplantation. But how does this work and what...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Researchers discover THC’s ‘dual effect’ on brain cells

July 18, 2016
News
A study at the Salk Institute has found that cannabinoids can remove the plaque-forming protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid beta.
Life Sciences
Neuroscience
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Cartilage grown using algae scaffold

July 13, 2016
News
Cartilage has been created by a team of engineers using a 3D printer and bioink — a material made from living cells.
Life Sciences
Cell Biology
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