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Biological trigger for high blood pressure found

June 13, 2012
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A biological tipping point in the development of high blood pressure may have been discovered by researchers at St George’s University of London.The team discovered that the reduced activity of...
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The EU definition of nanomaterials – getting what you wished for?

June 12, 2012
Feature
To gain public trust, nanotechnology needs a regulatory framework – but before this can be happen we need to know one thing – just what is a nanomaterial? Jeremy Warren...
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Row, row, row your boat…

June 12, 2012
Feature
Blood gas analysers can have a role beyond the walls of the healthcare institution and here we look at how the GB rowing team is ready to unveil its secret...
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Nature-inspired surface for self-cleaning glass

June 11, 2012
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A new multifunctional glass that allows water droplets to bounce of its surface like tiny rubber balls has been developed by scientists in America.The surface, inspired by Nature’s textured surfaces,...
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Exploring the Sun with Dr Lucie Green

June 8, 2012
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Laboratory News packed up their camera and went on the road to visit Dr Lucie Green, a space scientist at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Dorking.Lucie is a Leverhulme...
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We feel like Chicken to-flight

June 8, 2012
Insight
Blessed as we are on the Science lite desk with memories that would frankly embarrass a cerebrally challenged goldfish* – anniversaries are not something which we ordinarily observe. As such...
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First walking tetrapod couldn’t walk after all

June 8, 2012
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An ancient tetrapod thought to be the first ever to walk on land couldn’t actually walk at all suggests new research.The four-limbed creature probably hauled itself out of the primordial...
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Safeguarding crucial genetic material

June 8, 2012
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Cells have evolved a risk strategy prioritising which genes to guard most closely to prevent deleterious mutation, suggests new research.Bacteria have evolved a mechanism to protect genes from random mutation,...
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Evil eyebrows of the cartoon villain

June 8, 2012
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The evil eyebrows and pointy chin so characteristic of a cartoon villain make our ‘threat’ instinct kick in, with the downward pointing triangle perceived as carrying a threat according to...
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Velcro-like cells aid bee grip

June 8, 2012
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Flowers blowing in the wind can be difficult for pollinating insects like bees to handle, but new research has revealed bees use Velcro-like cells on the surface of petals to...
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