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The most unusual talent

July 15, 2011
Insight
They live in damp locations, feeding on bacteria and other micro-organisms – honey and oats is a bit of a treat, but what slime mould really wants is a sedative.Slime...
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Rainbows without pigments

July 15, 2011
News
Using just two polymers, scientists in Sheffield have created a new generation of anti-counterfeit devices that prove difficult to copy.
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Protein labelling without the baggage

July 14, 2011
Feature
Imagine trying to find your belongings in an airport if your baggage tags are attached to every suitcase, not just yours. This is the problem facing biologists trying to tag...
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Labware – breaking the glass habit

July 14, 2011
Feature
It might be the trusty servant of all scientists, but there is an alternative to the breakable glassware found in the lab
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Protein misfolding down to similarities

July 13, 2011
News
A large number of illnesses can be attributed to the misfolding of proteins – researchers in Cambridge and Zurich have discovered proteins tend to fold incorrectly if the sequence of...
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Band Aid for the heart

July 12, 2011
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When someone suffers a heart attack, part of their heart dies, but researchers in America and India believe they have created a nanopatch which can restore areas that have been...
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New theory on Human origins

July 12, 2011
Feature
Brian J Ford has recently announced a new theory on the origins of human society in a lecture in Chicago. Here Professor Ford outlines the various arguments that he drew...
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New forensic tool: chicken wing sauce and dish soap

July 11, 2011
News
Using a clapper board, chicken wing sauce, dish soap and trigonometry, a physicist and his doctoral candidate have developed a formula for analysing blood spatters.
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Synchrotron reveals secret of bendy ribosome

July 8, 2011
News
Scientists have captured the inner workings of ribosomes – the cell’s protein-making machinery – like never before, creating an atom-by-atom map as it carries out its function.
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Energy storage and transfer – facing up to tomorrow’s major chemical engineering challenges

July 7, 2011
Feature
The non-stop global demand for energy on the move is placing ever-growing pressures on scientists and chemical engineers to develop innovative ways to improve energy storage and find more efficient...
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