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Do you know an inspirational lab technican?

September 19, 2011
A nationwide hunt designed to recognise technicians capable of inspiring the next generation to fill a critical skills gap has been launched by STEMNET.The Inspirational Technician Award – announced by...

Mosquitoes can’t spot sterile mate

September 19, 2011
Female mosquitoes have only got one chance – they only ever mate once in their lifetime – but it turns out they can’t tell if they’ve picked a fertile or...

Good vibrations key for superconductors

September 16, 2011
The interaction between an electron carrying charge in a superconductor and the conductor’s lattice is sensitively linked to the size of the electron, or more specifically the electron cloud say...

Haploid mammalian cell achieved

September 15, 2011
For the first time, researchers have created a mammalian cell containing a single set of chromosomes in a technique which should allow them to better understand the relationship between genes...

Impressive haul for HARPS

September 15, 2011
Exoplanet hunter HARPS has discovered an impressive haul of more than 50 new exoplanets orbiting nearby stars, including 16 super-Earths – one orbiting at the edge of the habitable zone...

Angry birds

September 15, 2011
The African greater honeyguide lay their eggs in the nest of other birds, and expect the foster parents to look after their offspring. The chicks – still blind and naked...

Brain activity clue to Alzheimer’s

September 14, 2011
We all have a little trouble kick-starting our brains every now and again, but mild cognitive impairment could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s.

Hibernation found to be neuroprotective

September 12, 2011
Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals, and scientists believe it might hold some promise for human survival too.

Fungus offers insight into human cells

September 9, 2011
A heat-loving fungus could help researchers understand structures within our own cells and a team from Germany has become the first to sequence its genome and determine the structure of...

Amino acid time capsule

September 7, 2011
An amino acid time capsule could help scientists link climatic records from deep sea sediments and ice cores with the response of plants and animals in the Quaternary period in...

Tiger Stripes fuel Saturn’s torus

September 5, 2011
The doughnut-shaped torus of water surrounding Saturn originated from Enceladus, making it the only moon in the Solar System known to influence the chemical composition of its parent planet.

Are we really in a bubble?

September 2, 2011
For the first time, cosmologists are attempting to test the multiverse theory – the idea that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles.

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