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Protein database could provide novel cancer drugs

August 8, 2016
Novel drugs to prevent cancer and neurodegenerative diseases could be created after research by scientists at the University of Warwick.

Liverpool University joins EU cancer consortium

August 5, 2016
Liverpool University’s Institute of Translational Medicine is to become a partner in a new European consortium created to fight eye cancer.

Scientists find Earth’s common ancestor

August 4, 2016
A team of researchers in Germany believe that they may have found the common ancestor linked to all life on earth.

Fuel source found hidden under deep sea floor

August 3, 2016
Scientists have discovered a potential source of free hydrogen gas near tectonic plates under the sea floor.

Green electricity produced from ion transfer

August 2, 2016
A nanomaterial membrane has allowed scientists in France to develop a system that generates electricity using the diffusion of salt ions.

Ocean warming definitive cause for Antarctic glacier melt

August 1, 2016
Ocean warming, not a rise in air temperature, is the main reason for the retreat of glaciers on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, propose scientists.

New company speeds up Alzheimer’s drug testing

July 29, 2016
A new neural stem cell company has been spun out from the University of Manchester to develop a drug to treat Alzheimer’s.

Newly discovered exoplanets are not alone

July 28, 2016
Astronomers from a Canadian university have given a clearer understanding on a class of exoplanets known as Warm Jupiters, that often have unexpected planetary companions.

Cloned sheep show no ill health as they age

July 27, 2016
New research has shown four clones derived from the cell line of Dolly the sheep have reached the age of nine and continue to be in good health.

Gene therapy offers different approach to treating depression

July 27, 2016
Scientists have shown how manipulating a new target in the brain through gene therapy can lead to new treatments for depression.

Dark energy measured with huge 3D map

July 26, 2016
A 3D map of more than one million galaxies has been created to measure the effects of dark energy on the Universe’s expansion

Leicester University opens lab to all physicists

July 25, 2016
The University of Leicester will make their facilities available to astrophysics, both in European and international.

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