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Chemical sensor on a chip

June 19, 2014
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Infrared laser beams are ideal for analysing liquids and gases, and scientists in Vienna have miniaturised the technique to develop a new type of sensor. The method sees a quantum...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Liquid biopsy to track lung cancer

June 18, 2014
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A liquid biopsy using a patient’s blood sample could offer a new way to track lung cancer say researchers from Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute. Their method offers a means...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics
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Origami on the microscopic

June 18, 2014
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Dutch researchers have taken the ancient art of origami down to the microscopic level, folding flat sheets of silicon nitride into cube, pyramids, bowls and long triangular structures with only...
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Travel Fellowships for science communicators

June 17, 2014
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To mark its 50th anniversary in 2015, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is to invest £1.2m in British citizens by awarding a record number of Travelling Fellowships. In particular, the...
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One-size-fits-all synthetic blood

June 16, 2014
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Donated blood has a short shelf-life – only 35 days for red cells – but now researchers in Essex hope to improve this by developing a synthetic blood substitute. The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Proteome catalogue reveals 193 unknown proteins

June 13, 2014
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A proteome catalogue has revealed 193 novel proteins in regions of the genome not predicted to code for proteins, suggesting the human genome is more complex than previously thought. Using...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Molecular scaffold key to neurodegenerative disease

June 13, 2014
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A molecular scaffold that allows key parts of the cell to communicate falls apart in dementia and motor neuron disease; a finding which offers a new target for drug discovery....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Neuroscience
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Supernova explosions recreated in the lab

June 12, 2014
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A scaled supernova explosion has been recreated in the laboratory using lasers 60,000 billion times more powerful than laser pointers. An international team of researchers used the Vulcan laser at...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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That ‘gut feeling’ explained

June 11, 2014
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By severing the brain-gut communication channel, researchers have got to the bottom of the proverbial gut instinct when it comes to fear. Communication between the brain and gut occurs via...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
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Deep sea root of marine evolution sparks controversy

June 11, 2014
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The deep ocean may have played a much bigger role in protecting marine diversity than first thought suggests controversial new research from the University of Portsmouth. Fossils of starfish, sea...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, Paleobiology
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Incentives needed to encourage data sharing

June 10, 2014
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New types of incentives within the biomedical research community are necessary to improve sharing of large research datasets suggests a new report. The report from the EAGDA (the Expert Advisory...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences
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New method to detect counterfeit drugs

June 9, 2014
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Counterfeit medicines could now be detected more efficiently thanks to a new chemical analysis method developed by researchers at the University of Montreal. The method identifies and quantifies the various...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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