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Bees under the spotlight

June 30, 2014
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their food foraging ability, while another study has found that this activity might be aided...

Uncovering the root (veg) of good health

June 27, 2014
Food scientists, chemists and clinicians will joins forces to investigate the effects of eating carrots, parsnips and celeriac on biomarkers for cancer and inflammatory diseases. A three year project will...

Drug compound can reverse cardiomyopathy

June 26, 2014
A drug compound that could reverse hereditary disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) has been found by researchers in America. Zebrafish provided a screenable model of the disease with a cardiac myocyte-specific...

Versarien acquire 85% of graphene start-up

June 26, 2014
Versatile materials company Versarien has acquired 85% of the shares in the University of Manchester subsidiary 2-D Tech Limited. The deal is a step towards creating Graphene City in Manchester,...

Bones from beer residue

June 25, 2014
Waste from beer brewing could be recycled for use in an unexpected application – as a biomaterial for bone regeneration. Researchers in Spain have developed a biocompatible material which can...

Onion-like vesicle for drug delivery

June 24, 2014
A drug delivery vesicle akin to an onion has been developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The team have discovered that a certain kind of dendrimer – a...

Caging water to study spin

June 23, 2014
A pioneering method of caging and cooling water molecules to study its nuclear spin conversion could enhance the diagnostic power of MRI scans. By trapping water molecules in spheres of...

Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance

June 23, 2014
A breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance has been made by a team from the University of East Anglia and Diamond Light Source. The powerful beams of light...

US researchers exposed to live anthrax

June 20, 2014
Failure to adhere to proper procedure means as many as 75 scientists in America may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Research Councils adopt new reporting platform

June 20, 2014
The seven UK Research Councils have announced they are to begin using a uniform digital platform for collecting outputs from research they support. ResearchFish will allow the funding bodies –...

Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk

June 20, 2014
Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cancer. Although BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most well-known inherited breast cancer genes,...

Statins of questionable value

June 19, 2014
Drugs designed to lower the levels of “bad cholesterol” in the blood could condemn middle-aged adults to a lifetime of popping pills of questionable value say a group of leading...

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