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Big four combine to give life sciences muscle

February 16, 2011
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The UK’s major human healthcare industries have joined forces to form LifeSciencesUK, a new initiative aimed at building on the government’s commitment to transform the life sciences environment in the...
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Ginger attracts stag beetle

February 14, 2011
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Ginger traps and miniature microphones are key to conserving the UK’s largest terrestrial beetle – the stag beetle, say researchers in London and York.
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Watery success for Acoustic cloak

February 11, 2011
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Now you hear it, now you don’t – scientists have discovered how to hide underwater objects from sonar and other ultrasound waves.
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‘School science prescriptive’ says report

February 9, 2011
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Students in a third of secondary schools are given a limited opportunity to design and carry out scientific experiments says a government report into science education.
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Yeast offers clue to Huntington’s

February 7, 2011
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Scientists have uncovered a process thought to be implicated in Huntington’s disease using simple baker’s yeast and cutting-edge genetic techniques.
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Shoestring-budget experiment records curvature of Earth

February 7, 2011
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A homemade experiment made on a shoestring budget has recorded a video of the Earth from the outer edge of space.
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Bigger brained birds took to skies

February 4, 2011
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What can the flocculus tell scientists about flight, and did the dodo become flightless because its brain shrank? Aided by incredibly sensitive computerised tomography, Scottish and Canadian scientists hope to...
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Coffee protects against diabetes

February 3, 2011
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Your early morning coffee might be doing more than just waking you up say American researchers who believe the caffeine-rich brew might protect against type 2 diabetes.
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Mystery of Arctic mercury solved

February 3, 2011
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The concentration of toxic mercury in humans and animals living in the polar regions is on the increase and the question of why has puzzled scientists since the 1990s. But...
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Smartphone set for blast off

February 3, 2011
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The humble mobile phone has come a long way in the last 25 years and scientists hope to use the latest smartphone technology to control a nano-satellite in orbit.
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Herpes hitches a ride on cellular protein

February 2, 2011
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The herpes virus protein piggybacks the human cellular machinery, hijacking human cells and spreading infection say researchers in Manchester who have uncovered one of many tactical manoeuvres employed by the...
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Pfizer to close Sandwich plant

February 1, 2011
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Pharmaceuticals company Pfizer are to close their research and development facility in Sandwich, Kent with the loss of the 2,400 jobs.
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