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Stressed? – You are not alone…

March 9, 2007
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Humans seem to have a unique ability to suffer from stress – be it about health, job or money worries. However, now it appears that we are not alone.
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Deep sea squid attacks at speed

March 7, 2007
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Once thought to be a slumbering drifter of a beast, the first ever video footage of the deep-sea large squid show it to be a fast moving predator which uses...
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MRI gives dementia early warning

March 7, 2007
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New research suggests that Alzheimer’s disease could be detected several years before the symptoms start to manifest
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Genetic discovery could mean new wine

March 7, 2007
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By discovering the genetic difference between red and white grapes, an Australian team hope they can produce new varieties of grapes and ultimately new wines
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The colourful demise of a star

March 6, 2007
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A new image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has shown the colourful demise of a star - a fate that awaits our own sun.
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Cancer trigger from within

March 5, 2007
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As evidence mounts that the body’s normally protective inflammation response can drive some precancerous tissues to become fully malignant, scientists think they may have found a trigger to this potentially...
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Treasury reduces science funding

March 1, 2007
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The HM Treasury has announced that the DTI is to have a reduction in budget of £68 million - and some of that will come out of money allocated to...
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Hidden rings offer dark matter insight

February 25, 2007
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The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space - a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull’s-eye.
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Dark matter is a bit of a wimp

February 16, 2007
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Scientists are hopeful that the construction of a new telescope using the most energetic form of light will give them some answers to the puzzle of dark matter.
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The medic within

February 12, 2007
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A biologist has created a way to make bacteria in our own bodies produce medicine to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
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From zero to hero

February 9, 2007
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Scientists have found a new way to switch off genes involved in cell division and in doing so have fuelled a debate over the role of ‘junk’ DNA.
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Hybrid embryos backed

February 7, 2007
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In response to a House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry, the Royal society has backed the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos - so called cybrids - for medical...
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