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Lead exposure can affect children’s sleep
December 16, 2015
Lead exposure in early childhood can increase the risk for sleep problems, new study finds.
Ancient bees collected pollen in two ways
December 14, 2015
The ancestors of honeybees that lived 50 million years ago collected pollen in two ways.
Brain mechanism for durable memories revealed
December 10, 2015
Rehearsing information immediately after being given it may be all you need to make it a permanent memory, scientists from the University of Sussex suggest.
Meat-cooking compounds increase the risk of kidney cancer
December 7, 2015
Following a recent report by WHO suggesting the consumption of red and processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal cancer, new work has found that compounds produced when cooking...
Chicken study reveals speedy and dynamic evolution
December 7, 2015
Mutations in chicken genomes suggest that evolution rates could occur 15 times faster than previously thought.
Life hits 4.1 billion years
December 3, 2015
New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
Umbilical stem cells help retinal neurons grow
December 2, 2015
Cells found in human umbilical cord tissue could be used in the future for the treatment of degenerative eye diseases.
Protein found to affect HA efficacy
December 1, 2015
Hyaluronic acid (HA), used to treat osteoarthritis, could be modified to become even more useful for patients after a protein was discovered that has a huge influence on its success...
2016 Breakthrough Prizes announced
December 1, 2015
The winners of the 2016 Breakthrough Prizes – worth $22 million in total (£15 million) – in life sciences, fundamental physics and maths have been announced at a live ceremony...
Genetic differences in microbes and wine variation linked
November 25, 2015
The distinctive variations in taste and odour between wines from different regions are linked to tiny genetic differences in microbe species, new study finds.
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