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Crumble – the new cancer cure?

February 19, 2010
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New cancer treatments could be inspired by a great British favourite – rhubarb crumble.
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Have you got what it takes to make it in the Den?

February 9, 2010
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Dragons’ Den will be opening its doors to eager entrepreneurs again later this year and are currently searching for people brave enough to enter the Den seeking investment for their...
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Mould and mildew doomed

February 5, 2010
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Disease-causing moulds and mildew affecting both plants and animals could be condemned as researchers step-up the war against fungi by observing how they grow.
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Plants that can’t feel the cold

February 3, 2010
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With earlier flowering seasons and a change in global distributions, how plants sense temperature fluctuations has remained unknown, but scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered that plants have...
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Funding for National Measurement Office cut

February 1, 2010
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The National Measurement Office could see their funding cut by £6 million, which could have an estimated economic impact of £410 million.
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Science jobs of the future

February 1, 2010
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The boundaries of science fact and science fiction will blur for the job market of tomorrow
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Nature pips science to the post

January 21, 2010
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Science is always striving to mimic things which nature has evolved to do several, if not thousands of years before, and nocturnal vision is the trait of investigation for a...
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The Pink Gene

January 21, 2010
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Rosy-red tomatoes are a common ingredient in most people’s salad, but diners in the Far East are partial to a slightly different pink-skinned tomato, and scientists have just discovered a...
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Paw prints of selection

January 21, 2010
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With more than 400 distinct breeds, dogs come in a wide range of shapes, sizes and temperaments, and researchers have recently identified regions of the canine genome that appear to...
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Charity calls for more funding into non-animal research

January 20, 2010
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Medical research charity The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research has received a record number of applications from scientists seeking funding to develop non-animal techniques in research but says more...
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Maps of Haiti earthquake produced

January 19, 2010
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Following the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12th, scientists have been scrambling to obtain satellite data to provide updated views of the situation on the ground.
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UK has good showing in euro-business awards

January 15, 2010
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UK scientists have been recognised in the second annual ACES awards - a pan-European competition among companies spun out from universities - to reward the best academic entrepreneurs from across...
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