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Sockeye salmon migrates magnetically

March 18, 2013
News
The sockeye salmon uses a magnetic map to return to its spawning ground after navigating across thousands of miles of open ocean, according to 56 years of data analysed at...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Alzheimer’s hope in form of wine and tea

March 15, 2013
News
Substances found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer’s disease pathways, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. The scientists, whose findings are...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Pathology
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How a brain cell can change its mind

March 13, 2013
News
Harvard stem cell biologists have turned one type of already differentiated neurons into another within the brain.The discovery, which is detailed in Nature Cell Biology, holds promise for a range...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Pathology
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Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

March 8, 2013
News
NeuroscienceLaboratory rats were given the ability to “touch” infrared light by Duke University researchers who have developed a neuroprosthetic device. Their findings are detailed in Nature Communications. Cortical neuroprostheses could...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
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Professor Andrew Harrison: Bringing neutrons to the masses

March 7, 2013
Insight
Neutrons can be used to answer questions in most scientific disciplines says Professor Andrew Harrison, Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin. Here he tells us all about this amazing resource What is...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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4D microscope captures motion in space and time

March 4, 2013
News
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have developed techniques for visualising the behaviour of biological nanostructures in space and time. Outlined in PNAS, the technique allows biologists to directly...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Glacier melting accelerated by dark microbial life

February 27, 2013
News
Scientists previously viewed glaciers as “lifeless lumps of ice” but an Aberystwyth University-led study has demonstrated how microbes that appear on their icy surface  may contribute to glacier melting.Glacier surfaces...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Microbiology
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Ovary development theory overturned

February 14, 2013
News
The theory of ovary development has been overturned by new research from the University of Adelaide. The findings provide new insights into women’s health and fertility and will result in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology
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A gullet-scanner the size of a pill

February 13, 2013
News
Medical ImagingResearchers have developed an imaging system enclosed in a capsule about the size of a multivitamin that takes detailed, microscopic images of the oesophagus. The system has many advantages...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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The surprising way a tadpole regrows its tail

February 11, 2013
News
Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered, to their surprise, that a tadpole’s ability to regrow its tail is dependent on a group of chemicals generally believed to be...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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