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A change of heart…in space

April 10, 2014
News
Astronauts’ hearts become more spherical in space say NASA scientists, which could lead to cardiac problems in space, and have important implications for manned missions to Mars. A study of...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Pathology, Physics
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DNA shape-change causes ALS

April 9, 2014
News
A mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) changes the shape of DNA, making cells more vulnerable to stress and likely to die.An alteration on the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Genetic mutations linked to melanoma

April 9, 2014
News
A mutation in the gene responsible for protecting the ends of chromosomes is responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma say researchers from the University of Leeds.People with a specific...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed

April 7, 2014
News
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have taken an important step towards understanding how it spreads by unravelling a bacterial secretions system.Bacteria use...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Saharan dust cloud highlights air quality problems

April 4, 2014
News
Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk according to the World Health Organization. Figures released before the recent Saharan dust invasion and subsequent haze hanging over...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Super-Earths likely to be dead worlds

April 4, 2014
News
Many of the super-Earths discovered in recent planet-hunting missions are likely to be dead, uninhabitable worlds say Austrian researchers. Although these planets are in the so-called ‘habitable zone’ and appear...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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New hope for CNS damage

April 3, 2014
News
It might be possible to reprogram and repair nerves damaged through spinal cord injury and brain trauma say researchers who have identified a mechanism for re-growing fibres in the central...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Ebola outbreak in West Africa

April 3, 2014
News
Five new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been recorded in Guinea in the last 24 hours according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak, which began in Guinea...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology
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Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients

April 2, 2014
News
Freezing testicular tissue from young boys who are not yet sexually mature before they undergo cancer treatment could help preserve their fertility say researchers in America. Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs)...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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Cosmic collision created ringed planet

April 1, 2014
News
A comet-like planet surrounded by two fine rings of ice and pebbles has been found between Saturn and Uranus; astronomers believe it may have formed during a cosmic collision. The...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Early arthropods evolved into filter feeders

March 31, 2014
News
Newly discovered fossils of marine animal Tamisiocaris suggest the early arthropod evolved into suspension feeders to filter plankton, much like modern day whales. Evidence pointed to the animal swimming with flaps...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology
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Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction

March 27, 2014
News
A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a molecular kiss of death could pave the way for new drug therapies and research...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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