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Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

By studying bird species, scientists have discovered that major decline in biodiversity coincides with ice ages rather than human activities. Researchers at Uppsala University’s Evolutionary Biology Centre used mathematical calculations...

Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology

Quantum fluctuation explains missing neutrinos

May 4, 2015

After three years of data collection, scientists have discovered why only one form of neutrino can be recorded. A research team led by the University of Copenhagen used data from...

Physics & Engineering

Physics

It’s not all CSI at the forensics exhibition

April 27, 2015

Wellcome Collection has opened an exhibition focused on the history, science and art of forensic medicine. 'Forensics: The anatomy of crime' exhibition covers from crime scene to courtroom, across centuries and...

€2.7 billion funding cut for EU researchers

April 27, 2015

At the Science Business Horizon 2020 conference, the European education commissioner – Tibor Navracsics – supported a €2.7 billion cut from the European Commission’s research and European Institute for Innovation...

Fingerprint analysis without destroying evidence

April 24, 2015

A new method can be used to analyse both fingerprints and small particles from the same surface avoiding evidence damage. Scientists at U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory used real...

Drop in the Horizon 2020 grant success

April 24, 2015

The EU Research and Innovation programme – Horizon 2020 – have announced that the average grant success rates are much lower than expected. The average success rate in the first...

Unexpected insects leave clues for entomologists

April 22, 2015

Entomologists have discovered insects – normally not associated with human corpses – can provide clues from dead bodies. A research team at Sam Houston State University studied four unseen insect–cadaver...

Vote for science policies

April 20, 2015

Ahead of the General Election, science spokespeople from the six major political parties in the UK have provided interviews about their future policies. The British Science Association (BSA) conducted series...

Policy

Industrial biotech gains £20 million

April 20, 2015

The winners of an innovative UK biotechnology competition will share £20 million for the development of 23 projects ranging from making biofuel from household waste to using bacteria to for...

The oldest unevolved organism

April 20, 2015

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences

Scientists have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that shows no evidence of evolution in the last 2 billion years. A research team at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)...

Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology

Funding for chemical toxicity tool which enhances 3Rs

April 17, 2015

The ChemInteract consortium has been awarded funding to develop an innovative tool for assessing the potentially harmful effects of chemicals that are used in the environment and in consumer products....

Podiatry experts hit high demand

April 17, 2015

The demand for forensic podiatry expertise has increased significantly since the 1990s. The University of Huddersfield’s Professor Wesley Vernon – one of the world’s leading forensic podiatrists – is now...