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Big four combine to give life sciences muscle

February 16, 2011
The UK’s major human healthcare industries have joined forces to form LifeSciencesUK, a new initiative aimed at building on the government’s commitment to transform the life sciences environment in the...

Dr Chuckles shames our cynic

February 15, 2011
Cynicism is no stranger to us here on the Science light desk. Indeed it has become a close and valued ally. A comforting mental overcoat, arming us for the oh-so-smug...

Nano goes to the extreme

February 15, 2011
Dr Ben Beake explains why testing at sub zero and elevated temperatures is essential to the development of more reliable advanced materials operating in extreme environments

Ginger attracts stag beetle

February 14, 2011
Ginger traps and miniature microphones are key to conserving the UK’s largest terrestrial beetle – the stag beetle, say researchers in London and York.

Watery success for Acoustic cloak

February 11, 2011
Now you hear it, now you don’t – scientists have discovered how to hide underwater objects from sonar and other ultrasound waves.

The best of both worlds

February 10, 2011
Resolution and analytical power are combined in confocal Raman spectroscopy - but there are some problems. However, these can be overcome says Dr Olaf Hollricher

‘School science prescriptive’ says report

February 9, 2011
Students in a third of secondary schools are given a limited opportunity to design and carry out scientific experiments says a government report into science education.

London 2012: Holding back the Hematide

February 8, 2011
As preparations continue for London's moment in the sporting spotlight next year - Dermot Martin takes a look at drug testing in sport and highlights a new performance enhancer that...

Shoestring-budget experiment records curvature of Earth

February 7, 2011
A homemade experiment made on a shoestring budget has recorded a video of the Earth from the outer edge of space.

Yeast offers clue to Huntington’s

February 7, 2011
Scientists have uncovered a process thought to be implicated in Huntington’s disease using simple baker’s yeast and cutting-edge genetic techniques.

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