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Cannabis on the brain

January 19, 2012
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For the first time, scientists have gained experimental evidence of the effects of specific chemicals found in cannabis on the brain.Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London...
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NanoSight scoops Business Innovation Award

January 18, 2012
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NanoSight has won the Technology World’s 2011 Business Innovation Award for the Energy & Environment category in recognition of their position as world leading providers of nanoparticle characterisation technology.Their nanoparticle...
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Heading ball causes brain injury

January 16, 2012
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Advanced cognitive testing of amateur footballers has revealed frequent heading of the ball can lead to brain injury and cognitive impairment.In the first of two studies, researchers identified five areas...
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Murder investigation underway at Oxford

January 13, 2012
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A murder investigation is underway after an astrophysicist from University of Oxford died following an incident in Southmoor, Oxfordshire.Police were called to a house in Laurel Drive, Southmoor at 11.22pm...
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Physics teachers increase, but are they prepared?

January 13, 2012
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Trainee physics teachers are at an all-time high say the TDA, but their training can leave them ill-equipped in subject knowledge says a new report on science teacher trainingFigures released...
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Developmental stalling

January 11, 2012
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A whole host of things can go wrong during embryogenesis, but a team of researchers believe a novel mechanism might stall the development of human embryos to allow birth defect...
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New theory for lung development

January 9, 2012
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Medical textbooks may need to be re-written after researchers from the University of Leicester put forward a new theory for the development of our lungs, suggesting alveoli are constantly being...
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Gold nanorods to cook cancer from within

January 9, 2012
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Chemists in America have loaded more than 2 million gold nanorods into a single cancer cell in a breakthrough that could see the particles used as tiny heating elements to...
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Supercooling water

January 6, 2012
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Water can reach temperatures as low as -48°C before it absolutely must freeze say researchers in America, who believe their work may have important implications for the global climate.Chemists from...
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Can’t see the wood for the trees?

January 5, 2012
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Norwegian and German scientists have developed a method to better interpret brain cell signals in a forest of neurons.Researchers hope their method could lead to considerable steps forward in terms...
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Buttercup glow

January 5, 2012
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Spring is fast approaching and children will soon be waving buttercups under your chin to see if you like butter – but what causes their unique yellow glow?Scientists from the...
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Twin probes in lunar orbit

January 5, 2012
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NASA rang in the new year with the successful arrival of twin probes designed to study the Moon from crust to core.Grail-B probe entered lunar orbit on 1st January after...
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