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Hep C vaccine breakthrough

April 4, 2012
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A decade of research into hepatitis C may have yielded results as researchers in Canada have announced the discovery of a vaccine against the disease.Hepatitis C is more virulent than...
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Time for something a little different…

April 4, 2012
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Slug-like aliens on a Segway and the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire – not necessarily two things you would put together but the idea has just won Corie Ralston first...
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A prehistoric revolution (with video)

April 3, 2012
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Dinosaurs just don’t work – they’re too large to have carried their colossal weight on four limbs without some sort of support says Brian J Ford. He believes this support...
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Manipulating antimatter with microwaves

April 2, 2012
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By manipulating antihydrogen atoms with microwaves, scientists have provided the first glimpse of an anti-atomic fingerprint.Researchers at CERN – led by a Canadian team – confined antiatoms in a magnetic...
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UK Biobank opens

March 30, 2012
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UK Biobank – a key resource for health research – opens today with more than 1,000 separate pieces of information from over half a million Britons.It currently contains around 20...
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Two legs better than four

March 29, 2012
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Early ancestors began to walk on two instead of four limbs in order to carry as much food as possible and monopolise resources say Cambridge researchers.By studying modern-day chimpanzees as...
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Popcorn is healthy

March 29, 2012
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Popcorn might be a popular cinema treat, but popped corn can actually provide more antioxidants than fruit or vegetables.The snack contains up to 300mg of polyphenols a serving, compared to...
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Gravity measured by globe-trotting gnome

March 29, 2012
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Kern the globe-trotting gnome heads to the South Pole on his latest leg of his round the world trip exploring gravity.Gravity isn’t the same everywhere on Earth: you’d weigh more...
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Nanoslinky created

March 27, 2012
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American researchers have created the nanoslinky, a novel microfluidic technology for DNA manipulation and measurement.The nanoslinky – developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) –...
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Unravelling the genetic code of cancer

March 26, 2012
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Sequencing of two hereditary breast cancers caused by a faulty BRCA1 gene have revealed surprising results – the genetic code of the two tumours looked almost entirely different from one...
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Science World challenge launched

March 26, 2012
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Schoolchildren are getting the chance to cook up their own product to display and sell among the exhibitors at this year’s Science World.As part of the Science World challenge, 14...
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GSK to build new manufacturing plant

March 23, 2012
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GlaxoSmithKline are to build a new manufacturing facility in Cumbria and invest more than £500m in their UK manufacturing sites to increase production of key active ingredients for its pharmaceutical...
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