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Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

December 9, 2015
News
Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previously thought.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Physics
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Meat-cooking compounds increase the risk of kidney cancer

December 7, 2015
News
Following a recent report by WHO suggesting the consumption of red and processed meat can increase the risk of colorectal cancer, new work has found that compounds produced when cooking...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Food & Beverage, Oncology
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Chicken study reveals speedy and dynamic evolution

December 7, 2015
News
Mutations in chicken genomes suggest that evolution rates could occur 15 times faster than previously thought.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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£8 million to develop low-carbon technologies

December 4, 2015
News
NERC has announced £8 million for research ensuring the access of elements needed for environmental technologies.
Uncategorised
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Life hits 4.1 billion years

December 3, 2015
News
New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Paleobiology
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Transport sector can reduce CO2 emission by 50% by 2050

December 2, 2015
News
The transportation’s sector CO2 emissions could be halved by 2050, according to new research.
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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New material for water desalination

December 2, 2015
News
Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed an energy efficient material for desalinating seawater.
Materials
Materials Science
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Umbilical stem cells help retinal neurons grow

December 2, 2015
News
Cells found in human umbilical cord tissue could be used in the future for the treatment of degenerative eye diseases.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience
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Protein found to affect HA efficacy

December 1, 2015
News
Hyaluronic acid (HA), used to treat osteoarthritis, could be modified to become even more useful for patients after a protein was discovered that has a huge influence on its success...
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Immunology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics
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New record set at CERN

December 1, 2015
News
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has achieved collisions between lead nuclei at the highest levels since it was opened.
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Physics, Quantum Physics
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2016 Breakthrough Prizes announced

December 1, 2015
News
The winners of the 2016 Breakthrough Prizes – worth $22 million in total (£15 million) – in life sciences, fundamental physics and maths have been announced at a live ceremony...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Physics
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Lightbulb moment for food waste

November 28, 2015
News
Chemists have found a way to create light emitting diodes – which can efficiently convert electricity to light – from food and beverage waste.
Chemistry
Chemistry, Green Chemistry
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