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Young galaxy is surprisingly efficient star-factory

May 13, 2013
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Astronomers have discovered an extremely distant galaxy that has one of the largest star-formation rates they have ever seen.The new galaxy, called HFLS3, looks like a faint red smudge in...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Primordial soup secret revealed

May 10, 2013
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Scientists may have cracked a common conundrum about how objects from space could have kindled life on Earth.The study, led by Leeds University, revealed how a chemical, similar to one...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Physics
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Ring rain influences Saturn’s atmosphere

May 8, 2013
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Saturn’s atmosphere is home to more charged water particle “rain” than previously thought suggests a study led by the University of Leicester.Their findings reveal that this rain influences the composition...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physics
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Sensing an invisible hand

May 6, 2013
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The ability to recognise your own body is more complicated than you think, suggest Swedish scientists who have demonstrated that is possible to evoke the illusion of having a phantom...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Mathematicians solve a foamy problem

May 5, 2013
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Two researchers from University of California Berkeley have now described mathematically the successive stages in the complex life of foamy bubbles – with implications as diverse as plastics and cell...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Computer Science
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Frog-like robots to assist surgery

May 3, 2013
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A tiny robot inspired by the feet of tree-frogs is being built at the University of Leeds. The device may one day allow surgeons to better visualise key-hole surgery.The robot...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Medical Diagnostics
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Turning cellulose into starch for new food source

May 1, 2013
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A potential food source can be created from plants not traditionally thought of as food crops suggests a team at Virginia Tech who have succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch.This...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Food & Beverage
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Air-breathing batteries powered by the people

April 22, 2013
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Researchers in Poland have created air-breathing biobatteries that may be used to power pacemakers, hearing aids and other body implants in the future.The team at the Institute of Physical Chemistry...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Flight of the bumblebee

April 19, 2013
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A bumblebee is more stable when it is flying quickly, rather than hovering at slow speeds suggests research published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology.Researchers in China used a mathematical...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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A scaled-up solar system

April 17, 2013
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A team of astrophysicists have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet beyond our solar system. High-resolution imaging spectrograpy with the Keck ii 10-metre...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Turning winemakers’ trash into treasure

April 15, 2013
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Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have realised leftover pulp (called pomace) from crushed wine grapes can be turned into useful substances.Wineries typically pay for the pulp to be taken...
Earth & Environmental
Food & Beverage
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Gravity affects sex in plants

April 12, 2013
News
Changes in gravity affect reproduction in plants, reveals a University of Montreal study. Their findings, published in PLOS ONE, offer new insight into how life evolved on Earth.Gravity was found...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biophysics, Botany, Physics
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