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What about the next 40?

October 13, 2011
Science and technology have shaped our world immeasurably - so how will it look in another 40? An intriguing and exciting question - we put it to some of our...

Strictly signals return to traditional gender role?

October 12, 2011
Strictly Come Dancing is back – but why do we love ballroom dancing so much?Women enjoy being led around the dance floor dressed in sparkly, glamorous outfits, and men enjoy...

Venus has an ozone layer

October 12, 2011
An ozone layer has been discovered high up in the atmosphere of Venus by the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft.Venus’ ozone layer sits at an altitude of 100 km...

What happens when fruit flies get aggressive?

October 12, 2011
Hyper-aggressive fruit flies stand up on their hind legs and box with other flies says new research looking at hostility in the model organism.The work – by researchers in American...

Meeting the needs of modern pathology services

October 12, 2011
At two meetings hosted recently by Roche Diagnostics in central London, delegates learned how developments in diagnostic technology and processes are helping modern pathology services meet clinical and operational needs....

New technique reveals secrets of amyloid

October 12, 2011
Amyloid fibrils are characteristic of diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and type 2 diabetes, but how they form is unclear – now researchers are using a special analytical technique to establish...

Key to repairing broken hearts

October 11, 2011
A protein which directs stem cells to become new heart muscle or blood vessel cells could hold the key to repairing a damaged human heart after a heart attack.The protein...

As time goes by…

October 11, 2011
In the 40 years that we have been publishing Laboratory News we have seen vast advances in our understanding of the world around us. With space-based telescopes to particle colliders,...

Growing seashells in the lab

October 10, 2011
Synthetic crystals which mimic the structure and properties of naturally occurring biominerals such as seashells and bone have been created under environmentally-friendly conditions by a team of UK scientists.A key...

Making it to market

October 7, 2011
The many benefits of microfluidics suffer from transition problems when moving from research to a commercial product - Neil Campbell and Paul Wilkins discuss how to change this. Although microfluidics...

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