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Goldilocks explains lack of dino tracks

March 4, 2011
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The Goldilocks Effect – where all conditions have to be ‘just right’ – might explain why dinosaur tracks have been preserved in some areas and not in others.
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Hope for rare chameleon

March 3, 2011
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A new population of a critically endangered Madagascan chameleon has been found on the island just three days after an international conference assessing their conservation status.
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Protein collisions derail DNA replication

March 3, 2011
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DNA replication is riskier than originally thought say researchers at the University of Nottingham who liken DNA to a bi-directional rail track with two types of train.
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Earth’s core rotates slower than thought

March 3, 2011
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The Earth’s core is moving at one degree every million years, not one degree each year as scientists previously believed suggests new research.
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Powerful microscope to solve virus riddle

March 2, 2011
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The standard optical microscope can only see items around 1 micrometre – 0.001mm – clearly, but researchers from the University of Manchester have developed a powerful microscope that can see...
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First crustacean genome sequenced

March 2, 2011
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The humble water flea might be too small to see, but is valuable as a marker for pollution and toxins in freshwater ecosystems; now it’s genome has been sequenced and...
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Unlocking the Sun’s secrets

March 1, 2011
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In their quest to unlock the secrets of the Sun, scientists from Sheffield and Belfast have observed sausage waves in gigantic magnetic holes
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Southern carbon sinks on the rise

February 28, 2011
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Polar carbon sinks may be increasing say researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) who have studied collections of a marine bryozoa dating back to a 1901 expedition to the...
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Oral insulin collaboration signed

February 25, 2011
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Biopharmaceutical company Emisphere Technologies has entered into an exclusive Development and License Agreement with Novo Nordisk to develop and commercialise oral formulations of Novo Nordisk’s insulin using their Eligen Technology.
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Harnessing the heat

February 25, 2011
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Scientists are digging deep into the ground hoping to harness the Earth’s geothermal energy to use in central heating systems
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World’s oldest water found?

February 24, 2011
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Deep saline groundwater in South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for many thousand – maybe even millions – of years say researchers who found neon dissolved in the...
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Roasting biomass

February 23, 2011
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Pre-roasting plant matter could lead to more green fuel being burned in coal-fired power stations say researchers from the University of Leeds.
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