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To boldly dine where no one has dined before…

April 19, 2012
Insight
It’s not often that the Science Lite desk is allowed beyond the confines of the office. And for good reason – calamity, befuddlement and faux pas are usually quick to...
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HPV DNA testing: Is primary screening now within reach?

April 18, 2012
Feature
HPV triage is being rolled out across England as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme; Dr Tracy Huggins investigates the benefits of HPV testing and its potential as a...
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Revealing how a soil bacterium carries out surprising chemistry

April 18, 2012
News
An international team of researchers have discovered how soil bacteria utilising surprising chemistry defies a longstanding set of chemical rules and could pave the way for a new synthesis of...
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Food Fighters – measurement to combat food adulteration

April 17, 2012
Feature
How science is facing up to food fraudPicture the early 1800’s where the deliberate adulteration of food was common practice. Spent tea leaves were made to look like the genuine...
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Tweezers break up Parkinson’s aggregates

April 16, 2012
News
Molecular tweezers have been shown to block protein aggregation, prevent toxicity and reverse aggregates already present in Parkinson’s brains without interfering with normal brain function.It’s not known what causes Parkinson’s...
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Speeding up sepsis diagnosis

April 16, 2012
Feature
Diagnosing sepsis in intensive care units can be a difficult, but critical task – Edward W. Burnham discusses ways to speed up diagnosisSepsis is the systemic inflammatory response to infection...
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Is the best science coverage in the tabloids?

April 15, 2012
Insight
Science and the popular press have never been the best of friends – yet babbler-extraordinaire Russ Swan thinks all that is changing. But are red-tops really becoming our best advocates?  ...
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Inbreeding didn’t kill off Wrangel mammoths

April 13, 2012
News
Mammoths living on Wrangel Island didn’t go extinct due to inbreeding says new research.The majority of mammoths disappeared from Eurasia and North American 10,000 years ago, but a small population...
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Fruit flies get kidney stones

April 13, 2012
News
When exposed to certain dietary foods, fruit flies rapidly and reliably get kidney stones.Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Mayo Clinic in America have shown that Drosophila can...
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Earth’s clock refined

April 13, 2012
News
Some events in Earth’s history may have happened more recently than previously thought suggests new research from the British Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Major geological events...
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