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Speculate to accumulate

January 17, 2012
Rapid microbial methods can save a laboratory time and money – but incorporating them can be a battle with management. Here is our guide to getting the money men to...

Heading ball causes brain injury

January 16, 2012
Advanced cognitive testing of amateur footballers has revealed frequent heading of the ball can lead to brain injury and cognitive impairment.In the first of two studies, researchers identified five areas...

CFC replacements are greenhouse gases

January 16, 2012
The Montreal Protocol – which came into force in 1989 – banned or phased out CFCs and HCFCs because they damaged the ozone layer. However a new UN report has...

These meme streets

January 15, 2012
In this month's column, Russ Swan takes on the dubious world of pseudo-scientific advertising and in the process makes himself a little dizzyMy laptop is powered by Intel, and my...

Murder investigation underway at Oxford

January 13, 2012
A murder investigation is underway after an astrophysicist from University of Oxford died following an incident in Southmoor, Oxfordshire.Police were called to a house in Laurel Drive, Southmoor at 11.22pm...

Physics teachers increase, but are they prepared?

January 13, 2012
Trainee physics teachers are at an all-time high say the TDA, but their training can leave them ill-equipped in subject knowledge says a new report on science teacher trainingFigures released...

Biomedicine meets biophotonics

January 12, 2012
Over the last 50 years, laser light has become an all-encompassing tool in many areas of science and technology, industrial production, and healthcare. Today, physicians use lasers to improve the...

Developmental stalling

January 11, 2012
A whole host of things can go wrong during embryogenesis, but a team of researchers believe a novel mechanism might stall the development of human embryos to allow birth defect...

How to explore the human genome

January 10, 2012
It’s been over 10 years since the first draft of the human genome was published and since then the race has been on to identify disease-causing genetic variations. As we...

New theory for lung development

January 9, 2012
Medical textbooks may need to be re-written after researchers from the University of Leicester put forward a new theory for the development of our lungs, suggesting alveoli are constantly being...

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