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Where are the women?

December 14, 2010
There’s a real lack of women representing science – most young adults can’t name a female scientist, and only 11 women feature in the Eureka 100 Science List – where...

Urine test for CAD

December 10, 2010
A simple urine test that looks for particular protein expressions can detect coronary artery disease with 90% accuracy.

Hope for combined muscle stimulator

December 9, 2010
A microchip that stimulates muscles and helps people with paraplegia exercise their leg muscles will be available for clinical trials next year say researchers at University College London.

Sci-fi screwdriver being developed

December 9, 2010
Somewhere on children’s Christmas list this year there’s bound to be Doctor Who’s famous cure-all gadget – the sonic screwdriver – and scientists are working to create a real-life version...

New bacteria eats away at Titanic

December 9, 2010
The hull of the famous RMS Titanic, which sunk in April 1912, is harbouring a lot more than the ship’s tragic history – rusticles growing upon the ship are home...

Grey fabric could save the day

December 8, 2010
An ordinary-looking piece of grey fabric could be a life saver as it has been designed to filter out and destroy incredibly toxic materials in minute concentrations

Obesity riddle sovled

December 7, 2010
The prevalence of overweight children spontaneously dropped if they followed a high-protein, low-GI diet like their parents, according to the world’s largest diet study

Gene variation means ‘perfection’ impossible

December 7, 2010
No human carries a perfect genome with each person carrying between 250 and 300 genetic variations that could cause a gene to stop working properly say geneticists

Attention test suggests early start for Alzheimer’s

December 6, 2010
Alzheimer’s disease may begin as early as 40 say researchers who have developed simple attention test to predict which individuals might develop the disease

Malaria breakthrough as team hone drug targets

December 3, 2010
A major breakthrough has been made in the race to find new vaccines and treatments against malaria – scientists have narrowed down the set of drug targets by a third.

Pimping-up graphene

December 3, 2010
By tinkering with graphene, one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners has developed a flat crystal version of Teflon that could replace and compete with the material in thousands of...

New forms of life on Earth

December 3, 2010
It turns out phosphorus isn’t a necessary part of our DNA say American scientists who discovered a bacterium which can thrive in a toxic arsenic environment

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