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Cold comfort during global warming

June 28, 2005
Global warming could result in northern Europe growing colder as the southern hemisphere gets hotter, say scientists

Adult stem cells show potential

June 28, 2005
Researchers are to publish a study this week that suggests adult, post-natal, stem cells have the same ability to multiply as embryonic stem cells.

A superbug needs a super test

June 27, 2005
As MRSA continues to claim victims and fears rise over dirty hospitals, Bio-Rad Laboratories have called for the war on the superbug to be stepped up with the use of...

Ripples in universe unite theories

June 22, 2005
Scientists have shown that theories of the infinitely large and the infinitely small are in agreement by studying elementary particles with no charge and very little mass

Deep impact strikes comet

June 15, 2005
On 4th July UK astronomers and space scientists will be among researchers the world over watching as a NASA probe dramatically encounters the comet Tempel-1

World record for mass spectrometry

June 8, 2005
Scientists in Zurich have set a world record in mass spectrometry by observing the largest ever mass-to-charge ratio of over 1 Mio Dalton (MDa).

The cloud detectives

June 8, 2005
A cloud detection system developed by scientists at the Leicester Earth Observation Science Group could lead to a better understanding of greenhouse gases and how human activities affect them.

Going live

June 7, 2005
The most comprehensive online product and company directory has now gone live. For the easy way to source all the major suppliers and products at the touch of a button...

Sciences combine at new institute

June 6, 2005
The Cambridge Computational Biology Institute (CCBI) has been launched with the aim of bringing together medicine, biology, mathematics and the physical sciences.

Genome library is a world beater

June 6, 2005
Scientists have created the world’s largest collection of plant DNA libraries that they hope will provide a massive boost to plant research

Common cold cure wiggles to work

May 31, 2005
An antiviral compound that wiggles its way into the common cold virus may provide a clue for halting the infection, say scientists

Turning a crime scene into a lab

May 31, 2005
The Forensic Science Service (FSS) and BT have unveiled the world’s first mobile laboratory that can travel to crime scenes and enable real-time forensic investigation

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