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Nanoantenna splits light

November 11, 2011
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Swedish scientists have developed a nanoantenna that can act as a router for red and blue light, even though the antenna is smaller than the wavelength of light. The finding...
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Revival of the Chemistry Set

November 10, 2011
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Hard core A-levels are back in fashion, with a revival in students wanting to study chemistry Only five years ago the sense of despair among the chemistry teaching community in...
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Glow in the dark brains

November 10, 2011
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Glioblastoma is one of the common and most harmful primary malignant brain tumours in adults, and making the tumours glow in the dark could enable surgeons to remove it more...
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Real-life Scrat unearthed

November 10, 2011
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The animators of Ice Age might not have been too far off the mark when the created the loveable sabre-toothed squirrel Scrat. Researchers from the University of Louisville have unearthed...
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Smartphone set for space

November 10, 2011
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Scientists in Surrey have been developing a nanosatellite on a shoestring budget – their smartphone-controlled satellite will be launched next year. Researchers from the Surrey Space Centre and engineers at...
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Cholesterol key to ‘sneaky’ HIV weakness

November 9, 2011
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Removing cholesterol from the membrane surrounding the HIV virus could point to a new method of preventing the virus from damaging the immune system. Researchers from Imperial College London and...
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Solving the mystery of human spontaneous combustion

November 8, 2011
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After a recent case of death by spontaneous combustion Brian J Ford proposes a new theory for why a human might suddenly burst into flames The demise of Mr Michael...
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What a difference a D20 makes

November 7, 2011
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Water is one of the simplest and most abundant chemicals on the planet, but scientists are still working to unlock its secrets, including understanding its true structure. An international collaboration...
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Research leads to TV gold

November 4, 2011
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There’s nothing worse for the telly addicts amongst us than sitting down to watch TV and getting an awful glare off the screen, but a simple layer of gold could...
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Diagnostics and personalised medicine – the next 40 years

November 3, 2011
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As personalised medicine moves ever closer, we look at what’s changed in diagnostics and what the next 40 years hold During the last century we have seen enormous advances in...
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