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Turning a mobile into a low-cost microscope

April 10, 2013
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A cheap glass lens, a strip of double sided sticky tape and a simple torch are all you need to turn your iPhone into a field microscope, according to a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Brain preservation technique could lead to unreliable autopsies

April 10, 2013
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For the first time, scientists have conducted neutron scattering  experiments on brain tissue. They have found that formaldehyde preservation is not as reliable as initially thought, as it significantly affects...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Mummy study reveals ancient ancestors’ clogged arteries

April 8, 2013
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Ancient hunter-gatherers suffered from clogged arteries too, reveals a study published in The Lancet. The research suggests that the plaque that builds up causing blood clots, heart attacks and strokes...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology, Pathology
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Modelling the hearts of the unborn

April 5, 2013
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An ECG device used in a study aimed at developing the first comprehensive model of the functioning foetal heart has shed light on surprising differences in human cardiac development to...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Hopping back to the gene pool

April 3, 2013
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Scientists have revitalised the genome of an extinct Australian frog using sophisticated cloning technology.Using somatic nuclear transfer, the Lazarus Project team is closer than ever to bringing the Rheobatrachus silus...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology
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Safer foot-and-mouth vaccine developed

March 28, 2013
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Researchers from Diamond Light Source and The Pirbright Institute have developed a safer vaccine for the foot-and-mouth-disease virus (FMDV). The vaccine is synthetic, made up of tiny protein shells designed...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Sockeye salmon migrates magnetically

March 18, 2013
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The sockeye salmon uses a magnetic map to return to its spawning ground after navigating across thousands of miles of open ocean, according to 56 years of data analysed at...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Alzheimer’s hope in form of wine and tea

March 15, 2013
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Substances found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer’s disease pathways, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. The scientists, whose findings are...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Pathology
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How a brain cell can change its mind

March 13, 2013
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Harvard stem cell biologists have turned one type of already differentiated neurons into another within the brain.The discovery, which is detailed in Nature Cell Biology, holds promise for a range...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Pathology
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Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

March 8, 2013
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NeuroscienceLaboratory rats were given the ability to “touch” infrared light by Duke University researchers who have developed a neuroprosthetic device. Their findings are detailed in Nature Communications. Cortical neuroprostheses could...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
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