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4D microscope captures motion in space and time

March 4, 2013
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have developed techniques for visualising the behaviour of biological nanostructures in space and time. Outlined in PNAS, the technique allows biologists to directly...

Glacier melting accelerated by dark microbial life

February 27, 2013
Scientists previously viewed glaciers as “lifeless lumps of ice” but an Aberystwyth University-led study has demonstrated how microbes that appear on their icy surface  may contribute to glacier melting.Glacier surfaces...

Ovary development theory overturned

February 14, 2013
The theory of ovary development has been overturned by new research from the University of Adelaide. The findings provide new insights into women’s health and fertility and will result in...

A gullet-scanner the size of a pill

February 13, 2013
Medical ImagingResearchers have developed an imaging system enclosed in a capsule about the size of a multivitamin that takes detailed, microscopic images of the oesophagus. The system has many advantages...

The surprising way a tadpole regrows its tail

February 11, 2013
Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered, to their surprise, that a tadpole’s ability to regrow its tail is dependent on a group of chemicals generally believed to be...

Light exposure vital for developing eye

February 8, 2013
Developmental BiologyResearch published in Nature concludes that light exposure during pregnancy is fundamental for normal eye development in the foetus. Research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre...

Protein SP2 crucial to neuron creation

January 17, 2013
A cell cycle regulator protein called Sp2 may be the key to the proper creation of neurons from stem cells, according to research conducted at North Carolina State University. Improved...

X-ray laser to slay sleeping sickness parasite

January 14, 2013
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has revealed the three-dimensional structure of an important enzyme vital to the functioning of the parasite that causes sleeping sickness.An international team of scientists...

Fossilised microbe discovered in 200 million year old leech cocoon

January 4, 2013
Palaeobiologists at the University of Kansas have discovered a ciliate fossil embedded in the wall of a fossilised leech cocoon, itself embedded in rock that has been dated back to...

Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws

January 2, 2013
Canadian scientists have created the world’s largest functioning brain model which produces complex behaviour and performs almost as well as humans at simple tasks.Described in Science, the Semantic Pointer Architecture...

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