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Dengue disease findings could influence anti-viral drugs

August 15, 2013
News
A new study into Dengue, an insect-borne tropical disease that infects up to 390 million worldwide could influence the development of anti-viral drugs that are effective against all four types...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Virology
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Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells

August 15, 2013
News
A decellularised mouse heart was able to contract and beat again when it was rebuilt with human stem cells.The research, reported in Nature Communications, suggests regenerating a functional organ by...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Robotic frog improves boring mating call

August 12, 2013
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A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attractive to female túngara frogs. Micheal Ryan and Ryan Taylor conducted the research, published in...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Zoology
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Electrically charged insects perfect prey for spiders

August 9, 2013
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Spider webs take advantage of an electrical charge built up by flying insects to snare their prey suggests a researcher at University of California, Berkeley.Inspired by his four year old...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Watering your crops by phone

August 5, 2013
News
A new app has been developed which means smart phones could soon monitor irrigation water use according to need, to ensure food is produced in a sustainable way.“About 70% of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Botany
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Unlocking the structure of elusive stress receptor

July 18, 2013
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A spin-out pharmaceutical company has visualised for the first time a complicated protein receptor in the brain which controls our response to stress.Heptares Therapeutics, formed by a Cambridge molecular biology...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Eel fluorescent protein transforms clinical assay

July 12, 2013
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A Japanese freshwater eel called unagi possesses a fluorescent protein that could revolutionise a key clinical assay for bilirubin, a critical indicator of liver function, haemolysis and jaundice.A team from...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Zoology
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X-rays reveal ‘dinobird’ shook patterned tail feather

July 10, 2013
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Using X-rays to complete the first chemical analysis of feathers from a fossil linking dinosaurs and birds reveals that the feathers were patterned rather than all black as was previously...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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UK leads the way in ‘legal high’ analysis

July 4, 2013
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A team at the University of Lincoln, UK, is leading the way in new research aimed at detecting the vast amount of substances available on the legal highs market.The method...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Coral reef skeleton can survive even in acidic oceans

July 3, 2013
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For the first time, scientists have described the biological process of how corals create their skeletons to form massive and ecologically vital coral reefs in the world’s oceans.The team at...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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