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Are hackers 1337?

January 26, 2011
The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has been under great pressure to stop publishing secret diplomatic cables. In response, computer hackers from around the world have mobilised and are targeting corporations including...

To test or not to test…

January 26, 2011
Well, yet another round of New Year celebrations have come and gone. Yet, for us here at Laboratory News they continue, for 2011 represents our 40th year serving you, our...

Neural interactions with Rogier Mars

January 26, 2011
What is TMS and how can it be used? We found out from a scientist who uses the technique in his daily researchRogier Mars lectured on neural interactions during action...

Keeping blood sugar under control

January 26, 2011
A new mechanism for controlling blood sugar levels following a meal has been discovered by scientists in Leicester, a finding which may have important implications for diabetes.

Couch potato sheds light on exercise and diabetes

January 24, 2011
Mice lacking in a protein coactivator maintain normal activity and body weight, but can’t seem to muster up the energy to exercise say American researchers.

Banded penguins suffer

January 24, 2011
Trying to tell one penguin apart from another can be quite difficult – the tuxedoed birds tend to look very similar – so scientists developed a method of banding their...

Fatal childhood disease treated with soya

January 21, 2011
Soya beans could hold the key to treating a fatal childhood disease say researchers in Manchester, who have been testing a derivative of the bean on mice.

Resurrecting the mighty

January 19, 2011
In an attempt to figure out why the mammoth became extinct over 10,000 years ago, an international group of scientists aim to bring the giant species back to life.

Science talent worries over immigration cap

January 19, 2011
The Government is proposing to cap the number of non-EU economic migrants entering the UK at 21,700 per year – what does this mean for the UK science sector?

GM against bird flu

January 19, 2011
Genetically modified chickens with a decoy molecule could prevent the spread of avian flu to other birds and improve economic and food security.

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