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Feel terrific – be low calorific

August 10, 2009
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Rhesus monkeys now join the list of creatures - from yeast to rats - who live longer and better when they eat less.
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Watching the infectors

August 10, 2009
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Thanks to research from the University of Bath and the University of Exeter, it is now possible to watch real-time movies of bacteria infecting living organisms.
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Marching soldiers charge batteries

August 10, 2009
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Engineers have found a way of converting kinetic energy produced when soldiers march into electricity to power their equipment.
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Plant love makes for a good defense

August 7, 2009
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Why do some plants defend themselves from insect attacks better than others? New evidence shows that the difference might be due to whether they're getting any plant love.
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Genomic approach gives old dog new tricks

August 5, 2009
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As one of best known and extensively studied organisms in the world you might think that there are no mysteries left for E. coli – but in fact one team...
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Global warming: Are the models wrong?

August 3, 2009
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It has become one of the most important questions of modern science – but are we looking in the right place for the answer to climate change?
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New centre boosts UK’s genomic capacity

July 27, 2009
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Just as calls come for the UK to be better at handling genomic data - A new national genome centre has been opened. And it has a very clever name…
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Will the UK boldly go?

July 27, 2009
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As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills asks – should we have a British Space Agency?
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Cannabis use avoids hard drug addiction in orphans

July 27, 2009
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New findings hint that the active ingredient of cannabis could have beneficial effects for opiate addicts
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Forensic job losses precursor to sell-off

July 20, 2009
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Unions think the radical transformation plan for the Forensic Science Service is softening up the organisation for a sell-off.
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Journey to examine swirling plastic vortex

July 17, 2009
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A group of conservationists and scientists is due to set sail for an obscure corner of the Pacific Ocean in the coming months to explore a vast swirl of waste...
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Want to go green? Then go algal

July 16, 2009
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Students from Cambridge University have won an international award for their design of an “algae house”.
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