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Banned chemicals found in glacier melt

December 9, 2009
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Glaciers melting due to the effects of global warming have become a secondary source of banned pollutants and free chemicals.
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Nano-scale drug delivery for chemotherapy drugs

December 7, 2009
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Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drugs into nano-scale delivery vehicles which can eliminate tumours in one treatment.
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Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance

December 4, 2009
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Interactions between bacteria that form deadly shields against the body’s natural defences could lead to new ways of treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Good vibrations mean green power

December 3, 2009
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An endless supply of free, environmentally sound power could be right under our noses – and all we need to harness it is a rather clever spring
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The dominance of the flowering plant

December 3, 2009
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Flowering plants gained an evolutionary advantage over rivals but how?
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Using evolution to make antivenom

December 3, 2009
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Scientists developing antivenom for one of the world’s most deadly jellyfish say that understanding its evolution is key to beating its venom.
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Reducing the cost of solar cells

December 2, 2009
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A new, less expensive grade of raw material for solar cells has been developed, and the new modules are just as efficient as current solar cells.
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Knocking the nanoparticles of the socks

November 19, 2009
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Silver nanoparticles found in anti-odour and anti-bacterial socks are released in the washing cycle, and are likely to be released into the environment where they could harm fish and other...
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Birds lose colour vision at twilight

November 19, 2009
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Birds lose their colour vision earlier in the day than previously thought, which has important implications for previous research into colour vision.
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Photo finish for gamma-rays

November 19, 2009
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A dead-heat finish between two gamma-ray photons will cause debate amongst physicists over Einstein’s special theory of relativity, because one of them possessed a million times more energy than the...
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UK Technology Strategy Board outlines future spending plans

November 16, 2009
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Over the next six months the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is to invest £39.5 million in regenerative medicine, transport and logistics, agriculture and food, infectious diseases and low carbon...
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Diatoms hold climate change record

November 13, 2009
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Diatoms – microalgae with glass-like skeletons or shells – have been used by a group of Swedish researchers to study climate change.
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