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Marzipan under the microscope

December 15, 2011
News
Is that real or fake marzipan on your Christmas cake?December is the peak season for indulging in marzipan – a rich almondy paste found in stollen and Christmas cakes but...
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Looking forward to a White Christmas?

December 15, 2011
News
We all dream of a white Christmas, but things in Lapland are looking less than snowy.Scottish researchers have predicted that by 2050, Santa’s official home of Rovaniemi will experience black...
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To the moon and back: space dust and our skin

December 15, 2011
Feature
One of the many things discovered during the Apollo space missions was that exposure to lunar dust can cause skin irritation – but can space dust really tell us anything...
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A year of science

December 14, 2011
Feature
It’s been a busy year for science – and for Laboratory News. We take a look back as some of the highs – and lows – of 2011Perhaps one of...
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Perfect cocktail lessens inflammation

December 14, 2011
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Inflammation has evolved to help fight infection, but can be damaging in long term diseases: most non-infectious diseases are in fact worsened by inflammation. Researchers from the University of Manchester...
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Higgs not found…yet

December 13, 2011
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The end of the Large Hadron Collider’s 2011 run has revealed a glimpse of the elusive Higgs boson – but not enough for physicists to proclaiming its discovery.Scientists at CERN...
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Chronic pain eased by cannabis

December 13, 2011
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Patients with chronic pain may experience greater relief if doctors add cannabinoids to an opiates-only treatment plan suggests research from the University of California San Francisco.In the first study of...
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Minature masterpieces

December 13, 2011
Feature
Just because something eludes the naked eye, doesn’t mean it isn’t beautiful as images from the Nikon Small World Photography Competition show It’s odd to think that some of the...
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Brainy Rudolph

December 12, 2011
Insight
Tis the season to be jolly – for many a time to wind down from the year’s pressures, a time to relax as a new year waits in the wings....
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Nanocar takes to the copper highway

December 12, 2011
News
A four wheel drive car just 1 nm long which uses electrons as fuel has been developed by researchers at the University of Groningen, who hope it might find uses...
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