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Taking on a grand challenge

May 15, 2012
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Mike Peck discusses one of the grand challenges facing the UK – food safety. He thinks to meet it we need to understand bacterial pathogens One of the grand challenges...
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Boost for high performance computing

May 14, 2012
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High performance computing has received a £3.7m boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).The award represents the first significant activity for the e-Infrastructure South Consortium – formed...
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High heels and ostrich legs

May 11, 2012
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Women walking in extremely high heels exert the same force on the ground as a strutting ostrich and researchers believe this finding could help improve prosthetic lower limbs and robots’...
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Palaeontology bites back…

May 11, 2012
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In last month’s Laboratory News Brian J. Ford suggested that dinosaurs were aquatic – here Darren Naish explains why this idea has the weight of consensus to battle with and...
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Ancient viruses hide in genetic ‘dark matter’

May 11, 2012
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Scientists have uncovered important information about the ‘dark matter’ of our genomes, revealing clues as to how they became riddled with viruses.More than 90% of every mammal’s genome has no...
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Willingness to work down to dopamine

May 11, 2012
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Slacker or go-getter – how hard you’re willing to work is strongly influenced by the chemistry in three specific areas of the brain say researchers in America.A new brain imaging...
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How effective is your lab?

May 10, 2012
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The inaugural S-Labs Awards Scheme has been set up to reward and encourage best practice in lab design and practice. Here Professor Peter James tells us why this is so...
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Plants can combat rising CO2

May 9, 2012
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Terrestrial ecosystems may be able to absorb more anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought suggests new research.The results improve the ability to look into the planet’s future and predict...
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Monitoring the revolution

May 8, 2012
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Deep shale gas development is viewed by many as critical to future global energy security and many countries are eyeing this abundant resource to help diversify their energy supplies. However,...
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CTCs could predict chance of survival

May 7, 2012
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Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in the blood of women with early breast cancer could provide important information about their chances of surviving the disease say German researchers.Results from the first...
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