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Sudden collapse could await insect networks

February 20, 2014
News
Insect pollinators play a crucial role in food security and biodiversity and are already subject to increasingly harsh conditions – if these get any worse, numerous species could go suddenly...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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On-demand nano-vaccines

February 19, 2014
News
Vaccines produced on the spot when and where a disease is breaking out might be possible thanks to engineered nanoparticles. Vaccines are usually made en masse in centralised locations, far...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Nanotechnology, Pathology
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Sodium key to opioid brain signalling

February 17, 2014
News
A high-resolution 3-D view of an opioid receptor’s atomic structure has resolved the 40-year mystery of how sodium controls opioid brain signalling. The structure was obtained by scientists at the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Love in the air at CERN

February 14, 2014
News
As CERN celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, a pair of Italian physicists whose lives have been intertwined with the organisation’s history will be celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary.  Maria...
Physics & Engineering
Particle Physics, Physics
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Gummy material could improve battery safety

February 12, 2014
News
A chewing gum-like material could dramatically improve the safety of lithium ion batteries by replacing the liquid acid electrolyte. High performance lithium batteries are great for storing large amounts of...
Materials
Materials Science
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Supervolcanic eruptions solved?

February 11, 2014
News
Supervolcanic eruptions are caused by a change in magma pressure and magma buoyancy suggests two new research papers. Supervolcanoes have a large magma chamber compared to conventional volcanoes, and are...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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Life Sciences awards open

February 6, 2014
News
Cogent SSC are now accepting nominations for the 2014 UK Life Science Skills Awards, aimed at rewarding apprentices, individuals, providers and employers who have excelled in contributing to the development...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Soap bubbles predict circling winds

February 5, 2014
News
Meteorologists have been using an unusual tool to predict the wind intensity and strength of hurricanes and typhoons – soap bubbles. Researchers from the Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine used...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Too few unsung heroes

January 30, 2014
News
The honeybee is the unsung hero of the countryside, but there are 13.4 million too few colonies to properly pollinate Europe’s crops.New research from the University of Reading shows that...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Zoology
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Revived spacecraft spots new asteroid

January 29, 2014
News
A NASA spacecraft recently bought out of hibernation has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid.NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) was reactivated in September 2013 and received a new name and...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Complex connections from simple rules

January 28, 2014
News
Using stem cells to repair spinal injuries may be a step closer thanks to research which has revealed spinal nerve cell networks may develop using much simpler rules than expected.In...
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Pay-as-you go labs

January 27, 2014
News
Pay-as-you-go lab space is now available at The University of Southampton Science Park.The Science Centre will offer flexible pay-as-you-go lab space to early stage technology companies with a need to...
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