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Designing complex 3D DNA scaffolds

January 15, 2015
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A new computer model allows the design of the most complex 3D DNA shapes by building DNA scaffold and customised synthetic strands of DNA. Biological engineers from at the Massachusetts...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Genomic switches hidden in ‘Loop-ome’

January 14, 2015
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By developing 3D maps of folded genomes scientists have discovered that a structural basis for gene regulation can produce different cell types. A team of researchers at Harvard University have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Microbiology
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AstraZenica to open up compound library

January 13, 2015
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AstraZenica and Cancer Research UK have signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ allowing CRUK investigators access to drug discovery facilities. As part of the five-year collaboration scientists from Cancer Research UK...
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First Commercial use for PIM

January 12, 2015
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A polymer invented by academics at the University of Manchester has found its first commercial use in a sensor that identifies when filters in industrial respirators must be changed. The...
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Waves – a hidden factor influencing Arctic ice retreat?

January 7, 2015
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The first detailed research on the impact of waves on Arctic sea ice will allow scientists to determine the areas more vulnerable to climate change.Research published in the Proceedings of...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geophysics, Oceanography
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Signalling pathway found to reduce brain cancer proliferation

January 7, 2015
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A common signalling pathway has been found to prevent the formation of specific brain cancers.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Hydrogen detected three billion light years

January 5, 2015
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Astronomers have detected faint signals of hydrogen gas at a record distance of three billion light years from Earth. Dr Barbara Catinella and Dr Luca Cortese, astronomers from the Swinburne...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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The fluorescent fingerprint of plastic

December 29, 2014
News
A new technique based on the fluorescence of materials could greatly simplify the sorting of plastics in recycling plants. The method, developed by researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universutaet (LMU), will allow automated...
Materials
Materials Science
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Sanofi’s Dagenham plant sold to SOG for regeneration

December 29, 2014
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The future of the former Sanofi manufacturing plant in Dagenham has been secured following an agreement with regeneration specialists SOG Group. The Group has purchased the east London site for...
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Shrinking sensor means faster, more accurate results

December 23, 2014
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A novel sensor that has miniaturised optical emission spectrometers could make the analysis of gold and steel more precise and less time consuming. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic...
Materials
Materials Science
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Asynt’s PressureSyn voted most innovative at Lab Innovations

December 18, 2014
News
Chemical technologies company Asynt fought off strong competition to be voted winners at this year’s Lions Lair at Lab Innovations. The Cambridge-based firm successfully persuaded the Lions that their PressureSyn...
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Solving the vanadium dioxide conundrum

December 18, 2014
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Researchers have shed new light on a long standing conundrum in condensed-matter physics by combining electron microscopy and laser spectroscopy in novel ways.Vanadium dioxide has intrigued the scientific community since...
Physics & Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics, Physics
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