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Microscopy makes amazing glazing

June 26, 2012
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The York Glaziers Trust, Britain’s oldest and largest specialist stained glass conservation studio, has recently embarked upon the conservation of York Minster’s Great East window, Britain’s largest expanse of medieval...
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Drug combination to treat prostate cancer

June 26, 2012
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Combining two new prostate cancer drugs could delay drug resistance and increase the number of men who respond to treatment suggests a new study from The Institute of Cancer Research...
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Special Report: Free access to peer review

June 25, 2012
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In an article in The Guardian last month, Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts announced plans to give the public access to UK-based research via the internet...
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No 3D structure for peculiar protein

June 25, 2012
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An unusual protein which lacks any definable structure – defying the long-held notion that a protein’s precise 3-dimensional structure determines its function – helps regulate a key cell communication pathway...
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Music by natural selection

June 21, 2012
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Music evolves and ‘mates’ via natural selection according to new research from Imperial College London.Researchers wanted to test the theory that cultural changes in language, art and music evolve through...
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Voyager to break interstellar space

June 21, 2012
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Voyager 1 is about to cross over into interstellar space having travelled almost 18 billion km since its launch from Earth in 1977.The spacecraft has encountered a region of space...
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Carbon measurement – providing the foundations for addressing climate change

June 21, 2012
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Jane Burston, Head of the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory, explains why the development of measurement infrastructure is vital to understanding climate change impacts and advancing...
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New species of yeast discovered

June 21, 2012
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A new rare and unusual species of yeast has been discovered at three separate locations across the world.The novel strain of yeast – Saccharomycopsis fodiens – was isolated in three...
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Warm currents melt ice shelf underbelly

June 20, 2012
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The air might not be warm enough to melt snow on top of glaciers, but warm ocean currents are thawing the underbellies of floating ice sheets in Antarctica say NASA...
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Best of both worlds

June 20, 2012
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Microscopy provides high information content that can be used to discriminate cells based on their appearance but analysis is often subjective and lacks statistical power. Combining the information content of...
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