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Marine creatures get a pounding

August 15, 2008
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Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats don’t have the easiest life – they are regularly pounded by icebergs. However new data suggests...
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Tomatoes to carry Alzheimer’s vaccine

August 13, 2008
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Korean researchers have taken a promising first step towards finding an edible vaccine against the neurodegenerative disease – and to do so they have turned to the humble tomato.
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Ulcer bug discovered in mummies

August 11, 2008
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Remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, have been discovered in gastric tissue from North American mummies.
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MitoCarta’ maps out organelle

August 8, 2008
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Scientists have gained several insights into the biological roles of proteins by creating the most comprehensive ‘parts list’ to date for mitochondria.
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New appointment promises to bee a success

August 6, 2008
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The beekeeping community is buzzing as the University of Sussex appoints the UK’s only Professor of Apiculture.
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Livestock superbugs leave few treatment options

August 4, 2008
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Antibiotic resistance is a common battle for those in the medical sciences - but now it seems that farmers also face a fight with superbugs. Antibiotic resistance is a common...
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Funding council make ‘difficult choices’ to deliver £2 billion

August 1, 2008
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The Science and Technology Facilities Council have made ‘difficult choices’ in order to promise £1.9bn which they say will maintain UK scientific leadership in physics and astronomy.
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Huge Camera to shed light on dark energy

July 29, 2008
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Three quarters of our Universe is still unaccounted for and predicted by theoreticians to exist as ‘dark energy’ but now physicists are one step closer to actually observing this prediction.
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Sea-faring rubber snakes help solve energy crisis

July 23, 2008
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Giant rubber tubes that harness the energy of the waves may be a way of producing affordable energy according to initial results from a new project.
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Plastic fantastic for electronics industry

July 23, 2008
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Tipped to revolutionise the electronics market, experts predict plastic electronics will provide bendy laptops and give robots a light touch.
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Cells gobble up micro-doughnuts

July 23, 2008
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Conventional doughnuts may not be particularly good for our health but newly developed, tiny ring ‘doughnuts’ may be able to deliver drugs selectively, eliminating side effects of treatments like chemotherapy.
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Spin-out restores antibiotic action

July 21, 2008
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A spin-out company from the John Innes plant and microbial science centre in Norwich has won funding for technology that restores antibiotic action against various superbugs.
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