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Cloning – unsafe or just misunderstood?

September 17, 2010
Cloning has always been a controversial issue and it’s been thrust into the limelight again recently after the New York Times revealed a British farmer was selling milk from the...

Best male wears red

September 16, 2010
A truth universally known is that men find a lady in red alluring, but did you know women also find a guy in red attractive, even if they don’t know...

Building a healthy UK science sector

September 16, 2010
Philip Whiteman examines the formula to ensure future success in the science sector.

Communities in a century

September 16, 2010
Flying cars, personalised robots and homes constructed from recycled materials will be commonplace in 2110 according to a junior think tank.

Fruit flies offer insight into memory formation

September 16, 2010
An independent pathway for olfactory memory formation in Drosophila has been discovered by scientists at Scripps Research institute.

Searching for a body of evidence

September 15, 2010
Dead bodies buried under patios are commonplace in soap storylines, but forensic scientists can find themselves searching for and recovering corpses in real life; it can be time consuming especially...

Expansion Theory – Our best candidate for a Final Theory of Everything?

September 14, 2010
It's one of the grandest and most challenging problems in modern science - the Theory of Everything needs to unite four fundamental forces whilst explaining all matter and energy. A...

Sugar coating HIV

September 13, 2010
The HIV virus’ carbohydrate camouflage remains constant across all classes of HIV but differs from the carbohydrate coat found on human cells; targeting this protective layer could form the basis...

Origami folded into the engineering mix

September 10, 2010
Robots capable of transforming from one shape into another are being developed by researchers at MIT and Harvard, who have combined the ancient Japanese folk art of origami with modern...

Fuel of the future

September 10, 2010
An unpleasant combination of out-of-date food, animal manure and sewage sludge could be the key to a greener Britain if the Government can thrash out an action plan to increase...

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