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Smell wired to spatial information
July 2, 2015
Scientists have discovered that humans can map a location by using only their sense of smell. A research team at the University of California in Berkley designed a smell-only experiment...
Stem cell proteins can regenerate bones
June 25, 2015
By using proteins from stem cells, scientists have developed a method to regrow bone tissue. A research team the Gladstone Institutes used proteins produced by stem cells rather than the...
Ladybirds reveal ‘honest’ signals to predators
June 22, 2015
The brightness of ladybird colours has been found to reveal the extent of their toxicity. A research team at the University of Exeter studied five species of ladybird beetles and...
New polymer key for artificial blood vessels
June 19, 2015
By using a specially created polymer, scientists have developed fully functioning artificial blood vessels. The research team, from the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology,...
Caterpillars make leaves glow
June 18, 2015
Scientists have discovered that plants release light energy in response to insect feeding. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany used a camera system...
Britain’s oldest sauropod dinosaur found
June 16, 2015
Palaeontologists have discovered Britain’s oldest sauropod dinosaur fossil on the coast of North Yorkshire. A research team at the University of Manchester used x-ray computed tomography and estimated the age...
Bringing biotech to industry
June 16, 2015
Recent large-scale investment has seen Industrial Biotechnology hit the headlines. It is a rapidly growing sector here in the UK, and predicted to be worth up to £12 billion by...
GOING LIVE! How to gain an advantage for live cell imaging
June 9, 2015
Dynamic imaging can reveal so much about cell biology, but which camera system is best for your lab? Here we pit CCD and sCMOS together in a battle royale…
Artificial muscles to make your eyes water…
June 8, 2015
By using onion skin cells, scientists have developed an artificial muscle that can bend and contract at the same time. A research team from National Taiwan University used gold-plated onion...
Stretchy nerves help whales feed
June 5, 2015
Zoologists have discovered that stretchy nerves allow whales to balloon their mouths to capture prey during feeding dives. A research team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) studied a...
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