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What’s wassonite?

April 13, 2011
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A new mineral consisting of sulphur and titanium has been found in a meteorite recovered from Antarctica in 1969 and has a unique crystal structure never before seen in nature.
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Stealth cover for drug delivery vehicles

April 13, 2011
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Drug delivery vehicles have been given nanoparticle armour to help it evade the body’s immune system after scientists were inspired by similar shield surrounding some plankton and bacteria
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Optical fibres advance

April 11, 2011
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The first optical fibre made with a core of zinc selenide promises to open the door to more versatile laser-radar technology say researchers at Penn State University.
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Beating heart cells created in 11 days

April 8, 2011
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Adult skin cells have been converted directly into beating heart cells in just 11 days in a new technique that bypasses the need to generate embryonic-like stem cells
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UK Young Scientist scooped by a woman

April 8, 2011
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For the first time, a young woman has been named UK Young Scientist of the Year in the National Science and Engineering Competition.
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Reversing migratory cancer cells

April 6, 2011
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Ovarian cancer isn’t typically discovered until it’s already spread to other organs, by which time chemotherapy is ineffective, but researchers think they know how to revert metastatic cells back to...
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Survival of the copycats

April 6, 2011
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Sea turtles return to the same beach they were born on to lay their eggs – even though swim past perfectly good beaches on the way – and researchers think...
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Nano-Velcro for CTCs

April 4, 2011
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A Velcro-like nanoscale device capable of capturing marauding tumour cells from metastatic cancers has been developed by researchers at UCLA.
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Nature’s nanospring

April 1, 2011
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International researchers have unravelled elastin – a protein which allows our lungs to expand and contract as we breathe and our arteries to dilate and constrict with our heart beat.
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Remedies from spacebound bacteria

March 30, 2011
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Bacteria shot into space in 2006 might provide inspiration for novel remedies on Earth say NASA scientists.
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Beating the blood-brain barrier

March 30, 2011
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The impermeable blood-brain barrier makes it impossible to deliver drugs to fight neurodegenerative diseases to the brain, but researchers have discovered a way through the wall – exosomes.
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Multiple myeloma genome visualised

March 30, 2011
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The genetic blueprint of multiple myeloma has yielded new and unexpected insights into how this form of blood cancer develops and could influence the direction of research into the disease.
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