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X-ray laser to slay sleeping sickness parasite

January 14, 2013
News
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has revealed the three-dimensional structure of an important enzyme vital to the functioning of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness.An international team of scientists...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Dance of quantum twisters

January 11, 2013
News
A quantum fluid trapped on top of a semiconductor chip can be used to measure movements remarkably precisely. Tornado-like vortexes can be produced in fluids which are controlled by quantum...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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NASA happens upon forecast breakthrough

January 9, 2013
News
A researcher who set out to develop a formula to protect Apollo sites on the moon from rocket exhaust has happened upon a way to improve weather forecasting on Earth.John...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Ultra-hot test rig for Space-Age ceramics

January 7, 2013
News
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed the first testing facility that enables CT-scanning of ceramic composites under controlled loads at ultrahigh temperatures in real time.Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS)...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Fossilised microbe discovered in 200 million year old leech cocoon

January 4, 2013
News
Palaeobiologists at the University of Kansas have discovered a ciliate fossil embedded in the wall of a fossilised leech cocoon, itself embedded in rock that has been dated back to...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws

January 2, 2013
News
Canadian scientists have created the world’s largest functioning brain model which produces complex behaviour and performs almost as well as humans at simple tasks.Described in Science, the Semantic Pointer Architecture...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Promising nanotechnology for nerve research

December 26, 2012
News
University of Michigan researchers report success in developing polymer nanofiber technologies for understanding how nerve fibres work and using them to grow new nerves from stem cells. The extensive work...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Nanotechnology, Neuroscience
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Chloroplasts could control crop ripening

December 24, 2012
News
Biologists at Leicester University have discovered that a plant cell regulation process also affects chloroplasts, the part of plants responsible for photosynthesis. The research may have applications in controlling fruit...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany, Cell Biology
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XMaS teeth studies establish our ancestors’ journeys

December 21, 2012
News
Scientists have teamed up with archaeologists to use X-rays to perform the world’s most detailed analysis of tooth structure and composition. The findings will make it possible to re-interpret archaeological...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Frankincense is not just for Christmas…

December 21, 2012
News
Frankincense, the undeniable fragrance of Christmas, is in high demand but this means that many Boswellia papyrifera trees are being over-exploited and populations are at risk of dying out. However,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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Sensors for the real world

December 21, 2012
News
New resonators for gravimetric sensing developed at the University of Cambridge negate the effect of temperature so that they may be used in numerous industries. Over the last decade there...
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Why blind mole rats don’t get cancer

December 19, 2012
News
Biologists have determined why blind mole rats are immune to cancer. The mechanism differs from that discovered three years ago in the naked mole rat, another long-living, cancer-resistant rat species....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology, Zoology
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