Your heart loves chocolate
November 24, 2010
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...
Tracing selenium
November 24, 2010
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...
Super-twisted
November 24, 2010
Light that has been twisted like a corkscrew and then twisted even tighter has been used by Scottish scientists to probe incredibly small samples.
Powered by poo
November 22, 2010
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.
Is your headache genetic?
November 19, 2010
Your family could quite literally be responsible for giving you a headache say scientists who have discovered a genetic defect that causes migraines.
Boost for prolactin research
November 18, 2010
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...
Doh! Losing ‘Homer Simpson’ gene makes mice smart
November 17, 2010
A gene has been dubbed the Homer Simpson gene by its discoverers because it holds mice back mentally.
Sting in the tail
November 17, 2010
A Central American scorpion could hold the key to reducing heart bypass failures say scientists from the University of Leeds.
LHC begins new phase
November 16, 2010
The Large Hadron Collider has successfully recorded lead ion collisions moving scientists ever closer to their goal of understanding conditions in the early Universe.
Geckos feet stickier in the heat
November 15, 2010
Geckos are amazing creatures – put them on a sheet of glass turn them upside down and they cling to the surface, but what do they do in humid environments?
Parkinson’s symptoms relieved
November 15, 2010
Removing the part of the brain that controls habitual movements could relieve symptoms in Parkinson’s disease sufferers.
Dual approach gets to heart of earthquakes
November 13, 2010
Earth scientists have made a huge leap forward in understanding how earthquakes are formed using state-of-the-art technology to monitor the movement of the Earth
