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World’s oldest water found?

February 24, 2011
News
Deep saline groundwater in South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for many thousand – maybe even millions – of years say researchers who found neon dissolved in the...
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Roasting biomass

February 23, 2011
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Pre-roasting plant matter could lead to more green fuel being burned in coal-fired power stations say researchers from the University of Leeds.
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Can’t get up in the morning?

February 23, 2011
News
Fruit flies have trouble waking up because they’ve lost a gene dubbed ‘twenty-four’ which disrupts their sleep-wake pattern – a finding which might also explain why humans have trouble getting...
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Blood pressure revolution

February 22, 2011
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The way your doctor takes your blood pressure could change thanks to ground-breaking technology that stands to revolutionise blood pressure measurement for the first time in a century
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Inspiration in the strangest places

February 21, 2011
News
The ice cream cone – plus scoop – has provided an unlikely source of inspiration for the next generation of high powered rechargeable batteries.
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The future of healthcare – is it in the app?

February 18, 2011
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I remember my first mobile phone – it was a Motorola, a huge brick that simply made phone calls and sent text messages. My next phone had the ability to...
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Sleepwalking sussed?

February 17, 2011
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Imagine suddenly waking up in the open air and not knowing where you are: it’s a real prospect for those who suffer from sleepwalking.
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Flea mystery solved

February 17, 2011
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A debate that has raged on for 44 years has finally been settled by scientists in Cambridge: a serendipitous set of hedgehog fleas has shown exactly how the insects harness...
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Facing the pain

February 17, 2011
News
If you’re one of those people who hate blood tests, looking at your arm might reduce the pain you feel say researchers from the UK and Italy.
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The good, the bad and the colourful

February 17, 2011
Feature
E numbers are bad: artificial colourings make children hyperactive; MSG causes headaches; artificial sweeteners cause cancer – with press like this, it's easy to see why the public think E...
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