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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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Can’t get up in the morning?

February 23, 2011
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Fruit flies have trouble waking up because they’ve lost a gene dubbed ‘twenty-four’ which disrupts their sleep-wake pattern – a finding which might also explain why humans have trouble getting...
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Blood pressure revolution

February 22, 2011
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The way your doctor takes your blood pressure could change thanks to ground-breaking technology that stands to revolutionise blood pressure measurement for the first time in a century
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Inspiration in the strangest places

February 21, 2011
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The ice cream cone – plus scoop – has provided an unlikely source of inspiration for the next generation of high powered rechargeable batteries.
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Flea mystery solved

February 17, 2011
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A debate that has raged on for 44 years has finally been settled by scientists in Cambridge: a serendipitous set of hedgehog fleas has shown exactly how the insects harness...
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Facing the pain

February 17, 2011
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If you’re one of those people who hate blood tests, looking at your arm might reduce the pain you feel say researchers from the UK and Italy.
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Sleepwalking sussed?

February 17, 2011
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Imagine suddenly waking up in the open air and not knowing where you are: it’s a real prospect for those who suffer from sleepwalking.
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Big four combine to give life sciences muscle

February 16, 2011
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The UK’s major human healthcare industries have joined forces to form LifeSciencesUK, a new initiative aimed at building on the government’s commitment to transform the life sciences environment in the...
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Ginger attracts stag beetle

February 14, 2011
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Ginger traps and miniature microphones are key to conserving the UK’s largest terrestrial beetle – the stag beetle, say researchers in London and York.
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Watery success for Acoustic cloak

February 11, 2011
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Now you hear it, now you don’t – scientists have discovered how to hide underwater objects from sonar and other ultrasound waves.
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‘School science prescriptive’ says report

February 9, 2011
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Students in a third of secondary schools are given a limited opportunity to design and carry out scientific experiments says a government report into science education.
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