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Solar dip warms planet

November 26, 2010
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A decrease in the Sun’s activity doesn’t always mean it gets cooler here on Earth; scientists believe that even though the Sun is waning, the Earth has become warmer.
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Urine offers up climate change insight

November 24, 2010
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Urine from the rock hyrax which has crystallised over thousands of years is providing a previously untapped resource for studying climate change.
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Blood vessel genotype switch causes cancer stir

November 24, 2010
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An important breakthrough in the way anti-cancer drugs are tested has been made by scientists at the University of East Anglia – but it turns out they weren’t studying what...
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Your heart loves chocolate

November 24, 2010
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With Christmas fast approaching, the Lab News team are looking forward to the mountain of chocolate that accompanies the festive period – even more so now researchers have shown exactly...
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Tracing selenium

November 24, 2010
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The absence of selenium – a little known trace element – in the body may help scientists understand the role of free radicals say an international team based at the...
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Super-twisted

November 24, 2010
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Light that has been twisted like a corkscrew and then twisted even tighter has been used by Scottish scientists to probe incredibly small samples.
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Powered by poo

November 22, 2010
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I’m all for recycling, but the news that residents in Didcot are using their own poo to heat their homes just sounds a bit too disgusting to imagine.
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Is your headache genetic?

November 19, 2010
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Your family could quite literally be responsible for giving you a headache say scientists who have discovered a genetic defect that causes migraines.
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Boost for prolactin research

November 18, 2010
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Understanding how the body responds to hormonal changes and inflammation could help treat diseases of the pituitary gland say researchers who have been awarded a £1.24 million to investigate the...
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Doh! Losing ‘Homer Simpson’ gene makes mice smart

November 17, 2010
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A gene has been dubbed the Homer Simpson gene by its discoverers because it holds mice back mentally.
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Sting in the tail

November 17, 2010
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A Central American scorpion could hold the key to reducing heart bypass failures say scientists from the University of Leeds.
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LHC begins new phase

November 16, 2010
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The Large Hadron Collider has successfully recorded lead ion collisions moving scientists ever closer to their goal of understanding conditions in the early Universe.
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