Protecting cells from HIV
April 12, 2012
The protein SAMHD1 protects cells from infection by HIV, and researchers hope to harness its protective mechanism to develop therapeutic approaches aimed at slowing the virus’ progression to AIDS. When...
Ocean acidification speeds up
April 11, 2012
The oceans are acidifying faster today than at any other time in the past 300 million years say researchers in Spain.Much research into ocean acidification is based on experiments in...
Heart attack deaths halve in last decade
April 10, 2012
The number of deaths in England caused by heart attacks has halved in the last decade say researchers from the University of Oxford.The study used national hospital and mortality data...
Hep C vaccine breakthrough
April 4, 2012
A decade of research into hepatitis C may have yielded results as researchers in Canada have announced the discovery of a vaccine against the disease.Hepatitis C is more virulent than...
Time for something a little different…
April 4, 2012
Slug-like aliens on a Segway and the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire – not necessarily two things you would put together but the idea has just won Corie Ralston first...
A prehistoric revolution (with video)
April 3, 2012
Dinosaurs just don’t work – they’re too large to have carried their colossal weight on four limbs without some sort of support says Brian J Ford. He believes this support...
Manipulating antimatter with microwaves
April 2, 2012
By manipulating antihydrogen atoms with microwaves, scientists have provided the first glimpse of an anti-atomic fingerprint.Researchers at CERN – led by a Canadian team – confined antiatoms in a magnetic...
UK Biobank opens
March 30, 2012
UK Biobank – a key resource for health research – opens today with more than 1,000 separate pieces of information from over half a million Britons.It currently contains around 20...
Two legs better than four
March 29, 2012
Early ancestors began to walk on two instead of four limbs in order to carry as much food as possible and monopolise resources say Cambridge researchers.By studying modern-day chimpanzees as...
Popcorn is healthy
March 29, 2012
Popcorn might be a popular cinema treat, but popped corn can actually provide more antioxidants than fruit or vegetables.The snack contains up to 300mg of polyphenols a serving, compared to...
Gravity measured by globe-trotting gnome
March 29, 2012
Kern the globe-trotting gnome heads to the South Pole on his latest leg of his round the world trip exploring gravity.Gravity isn’t the same everywhere on Earth: you’d weigh more...
Nanoslinky created
March 27, 2012
American researchers have created the nanoslinky, a novel microfluidic technology for DNA manipulation and measurement.The nanoslinky – developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) –...
