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Oxford Innovation to boost Welsh life sciences

March 23, 2012
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The Welsh Government has appointed Oxford Innovation to deliver the High Potential Starts programme, which will assist start-up and early stage life sciences firms with high growth potential to grow...
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Freshwater pool in western Arctic

March 22, 2012
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A strong Arctic wind is responsible for an enormous dome of freshwater in the western Arctic Ocean say researchers who have been monitoring sea-surface height from 1995 to 2010.Using the...
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Silver-based drug as effective as Cisplatin

March 21, 2012
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Laboratory tests have shown that silver is as effective at treating cancer as the leading chemotherapy drug, but may have fewer side-effects.Researchers from the University of Leeds exposed breast and...
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Smart paint transforms structural safety

March 20, 2012
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A smart paint made of recycled materials which can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges long before structural damage occurs is being developed by Scottish researchers.The environmentally-friendly...
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Why spiders don’t stick to their own web

March 15, 2012
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If you walk into a spider’s web, you generally get it stuck all over you, but spiders don’t stick to their own webs and researchers in America think they know...
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New sensor inspired by origami

March 15, 2012
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Inspired by origami – the Japanese art of paper folding – American chemists have developed a point-of-care sensor that could diagnose malaria and HIV in the developing world for less...
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Taking a numerical approach to fMRI

March 15, 2012
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging only gives us a glimpse of what’s going on in the brain. Researchers from the University of Oxford have modified the technique to provide a full...
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Food crops damaged by continent-travelling pollution

March 14, 2012
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Europe loses 1.2 million tonnes of wheat a year because of man-made air pollution sweeping across the continent from North America says a new study from the Universities of Leeds...
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Next generation solar cells

March 12, 2012
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A new type of solar cell that generates two electrons from every photon absorbed has the potential to increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%.Researchers from the...
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‘Goldilocks’ gene dictates TB response

March 9, 2012
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A ‘Goldilocks’ gene that dictates whether your response to tuberculosis is ‘too much, ‘too little’ or ‘just right’ may determine the best treatment for the disease.An international team of researchers...
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A deadly solution (Video exclusive)

March 7, 2012
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Faced with snakes, spiders and scorpions – there was only one thing the Lab News team could do; make a film.Lab News took to the road to find out what...
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Protein family hails Hypoxia breakthrough

March 7, 2012
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The discovery of a new family of proteins which regulate the body’s hypoxic response has allowed a significant step forward in understanding the process which can cause and affect the...
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