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Ocean acidification leaves clownfish deaf

July 1, 2011
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Ocean acidification could threaten the safety of baby clownfish say researchers in Bristol, who believe increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the ocean is playing havoc with the fish’s senses.
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Strawberry delight

July 1, 2011
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Wimbledon might be over but researchers in Spain and Italy have given us another reason to eat strawberries – they can improve the antioxidant capacity of the blood.
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Double beat for tarantula heart

July 1, 2011
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A novel application of MRI has revealed a tarantula has a double beating heart.
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Pfizer retain 350 jobs at Sandwich site

June 27, 2011
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Pfizer have decided to retain a presence on their for sale Sandwich site, securing 350 of the 2,400 jobs in pharmaceutical science that were to be lost when the company...
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King’s and Sigma combine to identify genes

June 22, 2011
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King’s Business has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sigma Life Science following the development of a test to allow simple, accurate identification and validation of miRNA targets
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Explosive end for Dstl at Fort Halstead

June 22, 2011
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The explosives research and forensic analysis arm of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is to pull out of its Fort Halstead site in Kent by 2016
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Obesity master gene discovered

June 22, 2011
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A gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels is in fact a master regulator gene which controls the behaviour of other genes found within fat in the body.
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Keeping channels open

June 22, 2011
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In the same way a turnstile allows people into a football ground, gating rings allow ions to flow through a cell’s membrane, but its functioning has not been clearly understood.
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Rubbish or recycle

June 22, 2011
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Weekly rubbish collections could become a thing of the past, but researchers in Bath say this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as recycling across the country may actually increase.
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Studying cervical cancer

June 21, 2011
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A breakthrough in studying cervical cancer has enabled researchers to produce sufficient amounts of a protein produced by HPV – now they hope to develop drugs to target this protein
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School of Pharmacy merges with UCL

June 20, 2011
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The School of Pharmacy, University of London will merge with University College London to secure its long-term future
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Candy floss fibre aids wound healing

June 20, 2011
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A revolutionary borate glass nanofibre that has been likened to candy floss could herald a new era in wound treatment say scientists in America.
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