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Life Sciences awards open

February 6, 2014
News
Cogent SSC are now accepting nominations for the 2014 UK Life Science Skills Awards, aimed at rewarding apprentices, individuals, providers and employers who have excelled in contributing to the development...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Too few unsung heroes

January 30, 2014
News
The honeybee is the unsung hero of the countryside, but there are 13.4 million too few colonies to properly pollinate Europe’s crops.New research from the University of Reading shows that...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Zoology
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Breakthrough in nanowires

January 23, 2014
News
In a series of papers, researchers have documented a breakthrough in laser action in semiconductor nanowires and further shown enhanced optical and electronic performance.Nanowire lasers have potential uses in computing,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology
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Aphids act as pawns to spread viruses

January 15, 2014
News
Aphids have become the pawns of crop-infecting viruses which influence their host and force them to change in a way that is beneficial to the parasite.In this example of extended...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Zoology
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Chemical structures transferred to public domain

January 8, 2014
News
Patented chemical structures are to be transferred to the public domain, giving researchers access to a new source of highly relevant compounds related to curing human disease.SureChem – developed by...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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‘Swiss army knife’ secret of RNA polymerase I

December 19, 2013
News
The 3-dimensional structure of a molecular machine scientists have likened to the Swiss army knife has been visualised in high-resolution for the first time.RNA polymerase I incorporates modules which prevent...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Unique organ gives koalas low-pitched call

December 19, 2013
News
Koalas have an unusual mating call; its pitch is about 20 times lower than it should be for an animal of its size.The cause of the extremely low-pitched bellow calls...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Giving life to the dead: Barts Pathology Museum’s Carla Valentine

December 13, 2013
Insight
Carla Valentine gives life to the dead – not only does she ensure the preservation of 5,000 specimens housed at Barts Pathology Museum, she blogs about their historyTell us about...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Rudolf’s eye adaptation copes with extremes

December 11, 2013
News
Reindeers’ eyes have to function in extreme conditions – continuous summer daylight, followed by continuous winter darkness – and researchers have discovered they adapt their eye colour to deal with...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Acid rain plays role in Great Dying

November 29, 2013
News
Rain as acidic as undiluted lemon juice could have contributed to the Great Dying, a severe mass extinction event nearly 252 million years ago.The cause of the massive extinction at...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Paleobiology
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