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Quantum mechanics caught on camera

September 24, 2012
News
Images of quantum entanglement have been caught on camera for the first time by researchers at the University of Glasgow. Entanglement is one of the bizarre behaviours exhibited by particles...
Physics & Engineering
Physics, Quantum Physics
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Stopping cancer in its tracks

September 24, 2012
News
Cancer can be stopped in its tracks by a mutant gene, without any outside help from toxic chemotherapy drug say American researchers. While studying the mechanisms of gene integrity, researchers...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology
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Skin cancer found in fish

September 21, 2012
News
Skin cancer has been identified for the first time in wild coral trout populations in the Great Barrier Reef – directly beneath the largest hole in the ozone layer. Researchers...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Oncology, Zoology
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Relief for hay fever sufferers: pollen-free house plants developed

September 19, 2012
News
Pollen-free plants can be produced by targeting two bacterial genes into the houseplant Pelargonium, new research suggests.The paper, published in the BioMed Central journal, BMC Plant Biology describes the work...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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Dedicated biomedical start-up office at LSP

September 19, 2012
News
SPARK Impact has teamed up with Liverpool Science Park (LSP) to launch an office dedicated to start-up businesses in the biomedical sector. The office is the latest in a series...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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Mathematicians solve biologists’ problem

September 19, 2012
News
Mathematicians may have solved a long-standing biological puzzle that had confounded molecular biologists – how protein production is regulated by microRNAs. Until the 1990s, biologists believed the major role of...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology
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Controlled wrinkling

September 17, 2012
News
By stretching and releasing material in a controlled and orderly way, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a way of making perfectly ordered and repeatable wrinkled surfaces.The...
Materials
Materials Science
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Packing a powerful punch

September 14, 2012
News
Brain scans of karate experts have revealed distinctive features in the structure of white matter which could be linked to their ability to punch powerfully from close range. Researchers from...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Microbiology
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Sediment collapse explains scale of tsunami

September 13, 2012
News
Cambridge University seismologists have developed a model that may explain why some tsunamis are larger than predicted – such as the Japanese March 2011 tsunami that baffled earthquake experts. The...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Oceanography, Tectonics
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Mini molecular targets for obesity

September 13, 2012
News
Researchers have discovered that  microRNAs affect how our cells burn fat and sugar – a finding that may have potential for obesity treatment.Scientists at Virginia Tech and the University of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Dark energy really does exist

September 13, 2012
News
Dark energy, a cosmic substance thought to be speeding up the expansion of the Universe, really does exist, according to a team of astronomers at the University of Portsmouth and...
Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Physics
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From plane to patient

September 12, 2012
News
Technology pioneered in the aviation industry could be used to prevent complications after heart surgery say researchers in the North West. Researchers from the Academic Surgery Unit at University Hospital...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
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