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The slow thaw

March 19, 2014
Despite the headline-making recent insights, some maintain the Universe didn’t start with the Big Bang; instead it thawed from an extremely cold and almost static state.Professor Christof Wetterich has developed...

New evidence for Big Bang

March 17, 2014
Researchers in America believe they have found a signal left in the sky by the super-rapid expansion of space that must have occurred with the Big Bang. B-mode polarisation –...

Synthetic Dirac monopoles visualised

March 17, 2014
Eighty years ago, Paul Dirac discovered a quantum-mechanical structure which allowed the existence of magnetic monopoles, a framework which has now been experimentally realised.Researchers from Aalto University and Amherst College...

Wobbly spinning top planet found

March 12, 2014
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has spotted a wobbly planet akin to a child’s spinning top near the constellation of Cygnus.Kepler-413b precesses or wobbles on its axis wildly; the tilt of...

Circadian clock sensitive to vibration

March 10, 2014
The internal circadian clock of the fruit fly can be influenced by more than just the cycle of night and day say researchers in London, who found vibration also has...

Engraving glass prevents shattering

March 7, 2014
Drop a glass on the floor and the likelihood is it will smash; do the same with a seashell and it will probably stay intact.The secret to why is held...

Prostate cancer drugs ‘not treating root cause’

March 5, 2014
New drugs aimed at treating prostate cancer may not be targeting the root cause of the disease say researchers who have discovered that methylation – thought to be a significant...

Cognitive powers unique to humans

March 3, 2014
An area of the brain responsible for strategic planning, decision making and multi-tasking is unique to humans say researchers from the University of Oxford.By comparing brain MRI scans of 25...

Hairy materials grown on microscale

February 27, 2014
Materials constructed of tiny little hairs self-assembled at the microscale could be used in the next generation of batteries and solar cells.The key ingredient is epoxy and when added to...

Cas9’s secrets revealed

February 26, 2014
Bacterial enzyme Cas9 needs short DNA sequences to identify and degrade foreign DNA during viral infections American researchers have discovered.Cas9 (CRISPR-associated)  is guided by RNA, but needs short DNA sequences...

New oncology deal for Immunocore

February 24, 2014
Biotechnology company Immunocore has entered into an oncology research collaboration and licensing agreement with MedImmune to research and develop novel cancer therapies using Immunocore’s ImmTAC technology. ImmTAC (Immune Mobilising Monoclonal...

Borophene competition to graphene

February 21, 2014
Chemists have produced the first experimental evidence of the existence of borophene – a single-atom sheet of boron. Taking the form of a hexagonal symmetrical disc with a hole in...

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