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Willetts leaves post in cabinet reshuffle

July 15, 2014
News
David Willetts will no longer hold his post as Minister of State for Universities and Science in David Cameron’s Cabinet reshuffle. Willetts is reported to have resigned from his position...
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Policy
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Injected polio vaccine to boost immunity

July 15, 2014
News
A type of polio vaccine that fell out of favour in the 1960s could hasten the eradication of the disease.A study published in The Lancet suggests that the injected polio...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pathology
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The shrinking human genome

July 14, 2014
News
Our understanding of the human genome has been reduced to 19,000 genes, almost all of which have ancestors prior to the appearance of primates 50 million years ago. A Spanish...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Cloud formation slowed by biodiesel emission

July 14, 2014
News
Global cloud formation and rainfall could be more dramatically and unexpectedly affected by the increasing use of biodiesel than first thought suggests new research from the Institut Laue-Langevin. Emissions of...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Animal experiments rise to 4.12m

July 10, 2014
News
The number of animal experiments carried out in the UK has risen, despite a Government pledge to reduce animal use. In 2013, 4.12m procedures involving animals were started – an...
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Policy
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Fish-like animal emits bright and dim light

July 9, 2014
News
A fish-like animal found in coastal waters can emit both bright and dim versions of fluorescent light and researchers have deciphered a structural component related to this ability. The lancelet...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Global warming favours light-coloured insects

July 7, 2014
News
A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing their darker counterparts. Researcher published in Nature Communications has revealed as the climate has warmed, communities of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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Titan’s ocean as salty as Dead Sea

July 4, 2014
News
NASA scientists have firm evidence that the ocean inside Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, might be as salty as the Dead Sea on Earth. Over the last decade, the Space Agency’s...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Brain activity during magic mushrooms trip mirrors dreaming

July 3, 2014
News
The brain displays a similar pattern of activity during a mind-expanding drug trip as it does during dreams suggests new research into psilocybin. The study published in Human Brain Mapping...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Bio-printing transplantable tissues a step closer

July 2, 2014
News
A bio-printed artificial vascular network capable of mimicking the body’s circulatory system could bring the possibility of printing transplantable tissues and organs a step closer. “Imaging being able to walk...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Diabetes medication ‘doing more harm than good’

July 2, 2014
News
Diabetes treatments could be doing more harm than good; particularly for the over 75s suggests new research. For many people, the benefits of taking diabetes medications – insulin injections or...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Fossil find could shed light on Neanderthal – human interbreeding

July 1, 2014
News
A collection of human fossils feared lost has been found and could shed light on whether Neanderthals and modern humans met and interbred. The fossils – from a collection once...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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