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Snapshot of photosynthesis reveals process

July 22, 2014
News
Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation have enabled researchers to understand how the process works. Using the world’s most powerful x-ray laser at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory researchers were...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
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Glacial microbes affect albedo

July 21, 2014
News
Microbes drastically reduce the surface reflectivity of glaciers and have a non-negligible impact on the amount of sunlight reflected into space suggests the first ecological study of an entire glacier....
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Microbiology
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Polymorphism increases risk of stroke and heart attack

July 21, 2014
News
A genetic variant found in platelets is associated with an increased risk of stroke and heart attack researchers from King’s College London have found. A polymorphism in glycoprotein Illa (GPIlla)...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics
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DNA replication fork visualised

July 18, 2014
News
An American team have built the first model to decipher what goes on at the ‘replication fork’ during DNA duplication. Rockefeller University researchers led by Michael O’Donnell reconstructed at the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Developmental Biology
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New finding challenges belief birds evolved from dinosaurs

July 17, 2014
News
A sparrow-sized fossil from China challenges the commonly held belief that birds evolved from ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs that developed the ability to fly. Instead, the fossil – a Scansoriopteryx -...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Protein pocket could lead to new treatment for Fragile X

July 16, 2014
News
A pocket found in the structure of a protein linked to genetic disorder Fragile X Syndrome could herald a new generation of treatments for the condition. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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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...
Uncategorised
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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