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Flesh-eating plant discards DNA ‘junk’

June 7, 2013
News
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...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Proteomics & Genomics
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Wood-eating gribble could be key to biofuel future

June 6, 2013
News
Studying the gribble, a tiny marine organism that eats wood, has revealed a surprising discovery that may be an important step in the quest for sustainable fuels.Using advanced biochemical analysis...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Control a flying robot with just your thoughts

June 6, 2013
News
University of Minnesota researchers have developed a new non-invasive system that allows people to control a flying robot using only their mind. The work has the potential to help people...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Talking cancer-beating proton beams with Professor Carsten Welsch

May 26, 2013
Insight
There is more to accelerator physics than just smashing sub atomic particles against each other and putting together the puzzle of the universe. Here, Professor Carsten Welsch, Associate Director of...
Life Sciences
Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Quantum carotenoids shine light on photosynthesis

May 25, 2013
News
The mechanism by which carotenoids help chlorophyll turn light into chemical energy has been uncovered by researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Toronto.Carotenoids, the pigments that give carrots their...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Physics, Quantum Physics
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Hunter-gatherers had a taste for fish

May 20, 2013
News
The first study to directly address the often posed question, “why did humans make pots?” reveals that the earliest use of ceramic vessels was for cooking fish.Researchers carried out the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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3D printed shapes mimic living tissue

May 15, 2013
News
A custom-built programmable 3D printer that can print materials with the properties of living tissues has been developed by Oxford University researchers.The new type of printed material consists of thousands...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology
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Primordial soup secret revealed

May 10, 2013
News
Scientists may have cracked a common conundrum about how objects from space could have kindled life on Earth.The study, led by Leeds University, revealed how a chemical, similar to one...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Physics
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Sensing an invisible hand

May 6, 2013
News
The ability to recognise your own body is more complicated than you think, suggest Swedish scientists who have demonstrated that is possible to evoke the illusion of having a phantom...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Mathematicians solve a foamy problem

May 5, 2013
News
Two researchers from University of California Berkeley have now described mathematically the successive stages in the complex life of foamy bubbles – with implications as diverse as plastics and cell...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Computer Science
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