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Mathematicians solve biologists’ problem

September 19, 2012
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Mathematicians may have solved a long-standing biological puzzle that had confounded molecular biologists – how protein production is regulated by microRNAs. Until the 1990s, biologists believed the major role of...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology
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Controlled wrinkling

September 17, 2012
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By stretching and releasing material in a controlled and orderly way, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a way of making perfectly ordered and repeatable wrinkled surfaces.The...
Materials
Materials Science
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Packing a powerful punch

September 14, 2012
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Brain scans of karate experts have revealed distinctive features in the structure of white matter which could be linked to their ability to punch powerfully from close range. Researchers from...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Microbiology
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Sediment collapse explains scale of tsunami

September 13, 2012
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Cambridge University seismologists have developed a model that may explain why some tsunamis are larger than predicted – such as the Japanese March 2011 tsunami that baffled earthquake experts. The...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Oceanography, Tectonics
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Mini molecular targets for obesity

September 13, 2012
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Researchers have discovered that  microRNAs affect how our cells burn fat and sugar – a finding that may have potential for obesity treatment.Scientists at Virginia Tech and the University of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Dark energy really does exist

September 13, 2012
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Dark energy, a cosmic substance thought to be speeding up the expansion of the Universe, really does exist, according to a team of astronomers at the University of Portsmouth and...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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From plane to patient

September 12, 2012
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Technology pioneered in the aviation industry could be used to prevent complications after heart surgery say researchers in the North West. Researchers from the Academic Surgery Unit at University Hospital...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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Green Antarctica

September 10, 2012
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Antarctica was once home to a warm rainforest dominated by palms and trees, and a mountain forest with beech and conifer trees.An international team of researchers have been studying this...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Paleobiology
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Protecting the heart against CO poisoning

September 7, 2012
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A common anti-angina drug could help protect the heart against the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. Researchers from the University of Leeds examined the effect of ranolazine in single cardiac...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Two diseases hiding under one umbrella

September 5, 2012
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A rare but deadly disease of the circulatory system is not one but two diseases with different causes hiding under one umbrella say scientists investigating ANCA-associated vasculitis.A genome-wide association study...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Pathology
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New technique shines light on nanomaterials

September 3, 2012
News
Advances in X-ray imaging have shone light on the three-dimensional shape of gold nanoparticles, and could be used to reveal the structure of other nanoscale materials.The new technique – developed...
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Milky Way galaxy ‘twins’ discovered

August 30, 2012
News
The Milky Way is a far from unique galaxy, but when paired with its close companions - dwarf galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds – it is very rare. However, now astronomers...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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