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Book yourself a win

April 10, 2009
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For all the budding Bryson’s out there - entries for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, one of the world's leading non-fiction books prizes, are being accepted. Yourself...
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…Its enough to turn you grey

April 8, 2009
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UK and German researchers have now unlocked the secret of hair turning white or gray in old age. According to them, free oxygen radicals are to blame for those pesky...
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UK space journey to check on Earths health

April 6, 2009
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UK takes leading role in checking up on the Earth’s health from space
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Parasite can trigger schizophrenia

April 3, 2009
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Scientists have discovered that the toxoplasmosis parasite may trigger the development of schizophrenia and other bipolar disorders.
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Defensive bio-stock beats downturn

April 1, 2009
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The Biotechnology/Life Sciences sector has held up well over the last year of economic uncertainly, posting a gain of 10% whilst other sectors have experienced losses according to The Association...
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Vinegar – The elixir of the environment?

April 1, 2009
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Simple organic chemicals like vinegar could be used for environmental clean-up according to researchers at the University of Leeds.
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Picking up a good vibration

April 1, 2009
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Researchers have come up with a novel way of helping lip readers distinguish sounds that lets them feel the words
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Cell signalling key to early schizophrenia diagnosis

April 1, 2009
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Researchers at Imperial College London, in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline have identified genes that control cell-to-cell signalling in the brain and say they work differently in schizophrenia patients in comparison with...
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Dragons Den call for science start-ups

March 23, 2009
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Calling all budding science entrepreneurs! If you have a business and want to make it a reality, then it is time you faced the dragons
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How do you see the glass?

March 20, 2009
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Do you see the glass as half full or half empty? Well, what ever your outlook – it could be defined by your genes.
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Resurrected gene springs back to life

March 20, 2009
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A gene with links to Crohn’s disease has an unusual evolutionary history, according to researchers into human genetics at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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How do you observe the un-observable?

March 20, 2009
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Working on the border of philosophy is difficult for a physicist but it is a rare and exciting occasion when a fundamental thought experiment in quantum mechanics is demonstrated in...
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