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Boost for high performance computing

May 14, 2012
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High performance computing has received a £3.7m boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).The award represents the first significant activity for the e-Infrastructure South Consortium – formed...
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High heels and ostrich legs

May 11, 2012
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Women walking in extremely high heels exert the same force on the ground as a strutting ostrich and researchers believe this finding could help improve prosthetic lower limbs and robots’...
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Ancient viruses hide in genetic ‘dark matter’

May 11, 2012
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Scientists have uncovered important information about the ‘dark matter’ of our genomes, revealing clues as to how they became riddled with viruses.More than 90% of every mammal’s genome has no...
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Willingness to work down to dopamine

May 11, 2012
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Slacker or go-getter – how hard you’re willing to work is strongly influenced by the chemistry in three specific areas of the brain say researchers in America.A new brain imaging...
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Plants can combat rising CO2

May 9, 2012
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Terrestrial ecosystems may be able to absorb more anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought suggests new research.The results improve the ability to look into the planet’s future and predict...
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CTCs could predict chance of survival

May 7, 2012
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Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in the blood of women with early breast cancer could provide important information about their chances of surviving the disease say German researchers.Results from the first...
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An embarrasment of riches for relativity

May 4, 2012
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Einstein’s view of the Universe has gained yet more evidence as cosmologists better understand the acceleration of the Universe.A team from the University of Portsmouth and the Max Planck Institute...
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Revealing volcanic plumbing

May 2, 2012
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Understanding the plumbing systems that lie under volcanoes could help scientists predict large scale eruptions, but observing them can be difficult since 98% of the global mid-ocean ridge is below...
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Hookworms to treat MS

April 30, 2012
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Parasitic worms could offer a new treatment for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) say researchers from the University of Nottingham.Scientists are recruiting patients who suffer from MS for a clinical...
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Dione has oxygen exosphere

April 27, 2012
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Saturn’s moon Dione has a weak exosphere which includes molecules of oxygen suggests new findings from Cassini.In a pass of Dione in April 2010, the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) detected...
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Glowing fish offer clues to pollution damage

April 27, 2012
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Green-glowing zebrafish could offer new clues to the health impacts of pollution on both wildlife and human health.A team from the University of Exeter and University College London (UCL) created...
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Brain freeze offers new insight into headache

April 27, 2012
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The phenomenon of brain freeze – associated with eating ice-cream and cold drinks – has been used as a proxy to study migraines and other types of headaches.Researchers in America...
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