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Online gamers solve enzyme riddle

September 29, 2011
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Puzzled scientists have turned to online gamers to solve the structure on a retrovirus enzyme, their discovery may lead to new drugs designed to treat AIDS.Scientists had failed to piece...
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Electron ping-pong

September 29, 2011
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Scientists have been playing ping-pong with electrons in new research which reveals an important technique for transferring quantum information.Researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge have moved...
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Science and speed

September 28, 2011
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A Dutch company has moved out of their science comfort zone to create a motorcycle racing team which will use their monitoring equipment to improve racing performance.
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Neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light

September 23, 2011
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Subatomic particles have travelled faster than light say puzzled scientists at CERN, who have posted results from their recent experiments online for the community to scrutinise.Neutrinos sent through the ground...
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Booming growth in grazed plants

September 23, 2011
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Whatever doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger – and the age-old expression certainly holds true for plants.
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Probing the weirdest substance on earth

September 21, 2011
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Water has some unusual properties – many of which scientists still don’t understand – and a team from MIT have been probing how water behaves in confined spaces.
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Do you know an inspirational lab technican?

September 19, 2011
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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...
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Mosquitoes can’t spot sterile mate

September 19, 2011
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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...
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Good vibrations key for superconductors

September 16, 2011
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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...
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Haploid mammalian cell achieved

September 15, 2011
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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...
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Impressive haul for HARPS

September 15, 2011
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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...
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Angry birds

September 15, 2011
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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...
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