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A prehistoric revolution

April 3, 2012
Feature
Many dinosaurs were big – Very big. So just how did they manage to support themselves and get around? Brian J Ford thinks he knows – and it could change...
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Science and politics – a match made in heaven?

April 3, 2012
Insight
A ship with giant towers pumping out white clouds to reflect the suns energy and hence act to alleviate warming across the Arctic – sounds like a child’s solution to...
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The diverse biomarker

April 3, 2012
Feature
A biomarker for early, real-time assessment of Acute Kidney Injury is now also proving valuable in the prediction of patient outcomes in a number of disease areasAcute Kidney Injury (AKI)...
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Manipulating antimatter with microwaves

April 2, 2012
News
By manipulating antihydrogen atoms with microwaves, scientists have provided the first glimpse of an anti-atomic fingerprint.Researchers at CERN – led by a Canadian team – confined antiatoms in a magnetic...
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UK Biobank opens

March 30, 2012
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UK Biobank – a key resource for health research – opens today with more than 1,000 separate pieces of information from over half a million Britons.It currently contains around 20...
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Two legs better than four

March 29, 2012
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Early ancestors began to walk on two instead of four limbs in order to carry as much food as possible and monopolise resources say Cambridge researchers.By studying modern-day chimpanzees as...
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Popcorn is healthy

March 29, 2012
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Popcorn might be a popular cinema treat, but popped corn can actually provide more antioxidants than fruit or vegetables.The snack contains up to 300mg of polyphenols a serving, compared to...
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Gravity measured by globe-trotting gnome

March 29, 2012
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Kern the globe-trotting gnome heads to the South Pole on his latest leg of his round the world trip exploring gravity.Gravity isn’t the same everywhere on Earth: you’d weigh more...
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Nanoslinky created

March 27, 2012
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American researchers have created the nanoslinky, a novel microfluidic technology for DNA manipulation and measurement.The nanoslinky – developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) –...
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Unravelling the genetic code of cancer

March 26, 2012
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Sequencing of two hereditary breast cancers caused by a faulty BRCA1 gene have revealed surprising results – the genetic code of the two tumours looked almost entirely different from one...
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