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New partnership makes waves for UK energy

March 18, 2009
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The likelihood of the UK being able to produce widespread energy from wave-generated power has been given a vital boost.
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Picture speaks a thousand words in virology

March 16, 2009
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With an image that precisely charts the location of over 5 million atoms scientists hope to find better ways to fight viral infections and design new gene therapies.
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Survival of the weakest in twist to Darwins legacy

March 13, 2009
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On the 200th anniversary of Darwin - few are in doubt what his observations and insight meant for the advancement of biology, and it can be summed up in one...
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Human intelligence – is it really all that?

March 11, 2009
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Most people would agree that intelligence is the great divide between humans and other animals - but one scientist thinks it may not be as great a gap as you...
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Scientists create cosmic dawn to understand dark matter

March 9, 2009
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In an attempt to understand dark matter Scientists have used a computer simulation to predict what the very early Universe would be like 500 million years after the Big Bang.
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Is a wasp virus the new wonder vector?

March 6, 2009
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Researchers think they may have a new means of designing transfer vectors for gene therapy - and it is based on an immune dodging technique used by the parasite wasp.
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Joined-up infectious disease research called for

March 5, 2009
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The Royal Society has called on the Government to create a National Institute for Infectious Diseases, which would integrate research on diseases affecting both humans and animals.
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Most violent explosion since Big Bang captured

March 5, 2009
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UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift Satellite, have captured information from the most violent and luminous explosion since the Big Bang.
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Transgenic mosquitoes set to beat malaria

March 5, 2009
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Work published in the Public Library of Science, suggests that the spread of malaria can be controlled with the introduction of transgenic mosquitoes into native mosquito population.
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Ultrasound key to battle against water polluting painkillers

March 4, 2009
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An international team of scientists has developed a novel method for eliminating pharmaceutical products from water using ultrasound treatment.
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An electronic future for biology?

March 2, 2009
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Future medical research will focus increasingly on electronic data, with less need both for laboratory animals and tissue samples
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Computer games are hot stuff in fire training

February 23, 2009
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Researchers say that violent computer games may have a role to play in fire safety.
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