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Evolutionary grains of sand

September 6, 2013
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Evolutionary ecologists are using “grains of sand” to understand more about evolutionary processes.Dr Thomas Ezard from the University of Southampton is studying the fossils of microscopic aquatic creatures called planktonic...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, Paleobiology
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Henrietta Lacks’ family win recognition for immortal cell line

September 4, 2013
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The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose tumour cells revolutionised modern medicine, have been granted a say in how the cells are used, sixty years after her death. The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Assistant Director Vacancy at CaSE

August 15, 2013
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The Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) are seeking an Assistant Director to join the team.  After two years, their current Assistant Director, Beck Smith is leaving to join the...
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Dengue disease findings could influence anti-viral drugs

August 15, 2013
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A new study into Dengue, an insect-borne tropical disease that infects up to 390 million worldwide could influence the development of anti-viral drugs that are effective against all four types...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Virology
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Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells

August 15, 2013
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A decellularised mouse heart was able to contract and beat again when it was rebuilt with human stem cells.The research, reported in Nature Communications, suggests regenerating a functional organ by...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Robotic frog improves boring mating call

August 12, 2013
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A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attractive to female túngara frogs. Micheal Ryan and Ryan Taylor conducted the research, published in...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Zoology
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Electrically charged insects perfect prey for spiders

August 9, 2013
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Spider webs take advantage of an electrical charge built up by flying insects to snare their prey suggests a researcher at University of California, Berkeley.Inspired by his four year old...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Sea-level rise predictions could be flawed

August 7, 2013
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Bristol researchers say the satellite record for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets needs to improve if we are to examine ice loss correctly.It is currently too short to tell...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Oceanography
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Watering your crops by phone

August 5, 2013
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A new app has been developed which means smart phones could soon monitor irrigation water use according to need, to ensure food is produced in a sustainable way.“About 70% of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Botany
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Solar tsunami used to measure Sun’s magnetic field

August 2, 2013
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A solar tsunami has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun’s magnetic field.Solar tsunamis are produced by huge explosions in the Sun’s atmosphere called coronal mass...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Hear a heartbeat in space

July 27, 2013
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A new electronic stethoscope designed for NASA could deliver accurate heart and body sounds to doctors assessing the health of astronauts in a noisy spacecraft.Despite the silence of space itself,...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Unlocking the structure of elusive stress receptor

July 18, 2013
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A spin-out pharmaceutical company has visualised for the first time a complicated protein receptor in the brain which controls our response to stress.Heptares Therapeutics, formed by a Cambridge molecular biology...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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