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UK leads the way in ‘legal high’ analysis

July 4, 2013
A team at the University of Lincoln, UK, is leading the way in new research aimed at detecting the vast amount of substances available on the legal highs market.The method...

Coral reef skeleton can survive even in acidic oceans

July 3, 2013
For the first time, scientists have described the biological process of how corals create their skeletons to form massive and ecologically vital coral reefs in the world’s oceans.The team at...

Fibre-optic pen aids understanding of dyslexia

June 21, 2013
A fibre-optic pen developed at the University of Washington will help scientists to see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they read and write.The tool has been...

New layer of human cornea discovered

June 21, 2013
Research at University of Nottingham has uncovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human eye.Detailed in Ophthalmology, the breakthrough could help...

Printing artificial bone

June 21, 2013
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to design synthetic bone-like materials and quickly turn the design into reality using computer optimisation and 3D printing.The research, detailed in Advanced Functional...

Why strawberries taste like strawberries

June 21, 2013
Researchers have discovered what gives ripe strawberries their characteristic aroma. According to the team at Technische Universität München (TUM) in Munich, 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone (HDMF) plays a fundamental role in producing the...

Neutrons reveal potential dangers of pharma’s golden bullet

June 17, 2013
Gold nanoparticles are projected to be the ‘magic bullet’ of drug delivery, but scientists working at the Institut Laue-Laugevin have revealed the potential dangers of the tiny particles at high...

Coral reefs could be saved by geoengineering

June 17, 2013
At-risk tropical coral reefs could be bought time by limiting the amount of warming experienced by the world’s oceans in the future suggest Bristol University researchers. The scientists used computer...

Alligator’s smile provides tooth regeneration clues

June 12, 2013
Scientists are studying alligators in order to potentially understand how to stimulate tooth regeneration in humans. The global researcher team led by Keck School of Medicine of the USC has...

Flesh-eating plant discards DNA ‘junk’

June 7, 2013
Scientists have spent decades puzzling over why noncoding DNA makes up the majority (98%) of the human genome, but studying the genome of carnivorous bladderwort plant, Utricularia gibba has offered...

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