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£10m prize to solve greatest scientific problem

May 20, 2014
News
A £10 million prize has been launched by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board to solve the greatest scientific problem facing the world today. The Longitude Prize – based on...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Food & Beverage, Pathology
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Gene variant linked to longevity

May 20, 2014
News
Spanish and Japanese centenarians have revealed of the genetic keys to longevity – a variant on a chromosome already associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease. There are number of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Nano-silver health risk?

May 15, 2014
News
Dietary supplements containing nano-silver could be harmful to health say Danish researchers who have shown that the small sized particles can penetrate cells and cause damage. Silver has an antibacterial...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Food & Beverage
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Dino weigh-in sheds light on evolution

May 14, 2014
News
Rapidly shrinking body sizes allowed feathered dinosaurs to exploit ecological niches throughout their evolution and become hugely successful suggests research led by the University of Oxford. An international team –...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Paleobiology
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‘Lonely’ bacteria lead to antibiotic resistance

May 12, 2014
News
Smaller groups of bacteria are more likely to become resistant to antibiotics than larger groups suggests new research from the University of Manchester. The research, published in Nature Communications, explored...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Somersaulting spider a new species

May 8, 2014
News
Just like a gymnast somersaulting across the floor, observations of a new species of spider shows it moving through its desert home by means of flic-flac jumps. The newly-found Cebrennus...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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MRI sensor to change oxygen monitoring

May 7, 2014
News
A new MRI sensor could change the way oxygen is monitored in the body and aid cancer diagnosis and treatment. Low oxygen environments allow cancer cells to thrive with tumours...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Polio spread of international concern

May 6, 2014
News
The World Health Organization has declared the international spread of wild poliovirus in 2014 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). So far this year, there have been 68...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Virology
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Breast cancer mimics brain development process

May 2, 2014
News
A key element in the development of the nervous system may also play a pivotal role in the spread of breast cancer say researchers from the University of York. Voltage-gated...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, Oncology
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Rotating nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct

April 29, 2014
News
Magnetically controlled nanoparticles which force tumour cells to self-destruct could form part of future cancer treatment, say researchers in Sweden. The team from the University of Lund have designed a...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Nanotechnology, Oncology
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