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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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New test for Conn’s disease

January 4, 2012
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By combining positron emission tomography (PET) with x-ray computer tomography (CT), researchers hope to detect small benign tumours which cause hypertension.Research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the...
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Nature provides pre-earthquake cues

January 2, 2012
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The earth provides early warning signs of impending quakes say two groups of researchers who have been studying ozone emissions from fracturing rocks, and a colony of toads.Dr Rachel Grant...
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New particle discovered at LHC

December 22, 2011
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It’s not the long awaited Higgs boson, but an ATLAS team at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has discovered a new particle – the Chi-b 3P.The particle is a boson made...
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Brain chemistry altered by T. gondii

December 21, 2011
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Brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii directly alters the brain chemistry by affecting dopamine levels say researchers, who believe their work could shed light on treating neurological conditions like schizophrenia, ADHD and...
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Faulty switch causes fertility problems

December 19, 2011
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Infertility and miscarriage can be caused by a faulty molecular switch which controls the level of a protein in the womb lining say researchers at Imperial College London. Researchers studied...
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Complex effect of CNTs on environment

December 16, 2011
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are found in an increasing number of products because they have a higher tensile strength than steel, are harder than diamond and conduct electricity better that copper....
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