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How do you see the glass?

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

Resurrected gene springs back to life

March 20, 2009
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.

How do you observe the un-observable?

March 20, 2009
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...

New partnership makes waves for UK energy

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

Picture speaks a thousand words in virology

March 16, 2009
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.

Survival of the weakest in twist to Darwins legacy

March 13, 2009
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...

Human intelligence – is it really all that?

March 11, 2009
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...

Scientists create cosmic dawn to understand dark matter

March 9, 2009
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.

Is a wasp virus the new wonder vector?

March 6, 2009
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.

Most violent explosion since Big Bang captured

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

Transgenic mosquitoes set to beat malaria

March 5, 2009
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.

Joined-up infectious disease research called for

March 5, 2009
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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