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Fish-like animal emits bright and dim light

July 9, 2014
A fish-like animal found in coastal waters can emit both bright and dim versions of fluorescent light and researchers have deciphered a structural component related to this ability. The lancelet...

Global warming favours light-coloured insects

July 7, 2014
A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing their darker counterparts. Researcher published in Nature Communications has revealed as the climate has warmed, communities of...

Brain activity during magic mushrooms trip mirrors dreaming

July 3, 2014
The brain displays a similar pattern of activity during a mind-expanding drug trip as it does during dreams suggests new research into psilocybin. The study published in Human Brain Mapping...

Bio-printing transplantable tissues a step closer

July 2, 2014
A bio-printed artificial vascular network capable of mimicking the body’s circulatory system could bring the possibility of printing transplantable tissues and organs a step closer. “Imaging being able to walk...

Diabetes medication ‘doing more harm than good’

July 2, 2014
Diabetes treatments could be doing more harm than good; particularly for the over 75s suggests new research. For many people, the benefits of taking diabetes medications – insulin injections or...

Fossil find could shed light on Neanderthal – human interbreeding

July 1, 2014
A collection of human fossils feared lost has been found and could shed light on whether Neanderthals and modern humans met and interbred. The fossils – from a collection once...

Antibiotic resistance chosen as greatest scientific problem

June 30, 2014
The British public have chosen antibiotic resistance as the most pressing scientific problem facing the world today. Scientists, institutions, organisations and individuals are now being invited to register their interest...

Bees under the spotlight

June 30, 2014
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their food foraging ability, while another study has found that this activity might be aided...

Drug compound can reverse cardiomyopathy

June 26, 2014
A drug compound that could reverse hereditary disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) has been found by researchers in America. Zebrafish provided a screenable model of the disease with a cardiac myocyte-specific...

Bones from beer residue

June 25, 2014
Waste from beer brewing could be recycled for use in an unexpected application – as a biomaterial for bone regeneration. Researchers in Spain have developed a biocompatible material which can...

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