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Just what colour is time?

May 14, 2015
News
New research suggests colour is a reliable sensory mechanism for telling the time of day. By constructing an artificial sky, a research team at the University of Manchester found that...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Physiology
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Biology gets the blues

May 12, 2015
Feature
The UK has an enviable legacy when it comes to biological research…but do we take it for granted?
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Printed flowers unravel moth mystery

May 7, 2015
News
By using artificial flowers, ecologists have found that flower shape affects the foraging behaviour of hawk moths. A research team at the University of Washington used 3D printing to make...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Ice ages explain decline in avian biodiversity

May 6, 2015
News
By studying bird species, scientists have discovered that major decline in biodiversity coincides with ice ages rather than human activities. Researchers at Uppsala University’s Evolutionary Biology Centre used mathematical calculations...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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The power of partnership takes on HIV

April 28, 2015
Feature
Having already made notable contributions to our understanding of how HIV works, Professor Andrew Lever talks about how his team’s most recent research is being driven forward through open collaboration...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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The oldest unevolved organism

April 20, 2015
News
Scientists have discovered a deep-sea microorganism that shows no evidence of evolution in the last 2 billion years. A research team at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology
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Mini-lungs to help the study of cystic fibrosis

April 14, 2015
News
By using stem cells, scientists have created what they refer to as mini-lungs to aid cystic fibrosis studies. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used stem cells derived from the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Training the next generation of archaeogeneticists

April 9, 2015
News
A new research centre will be used to train the next generation of specialists in the field of archaeogenetics.The Centre for Evolutionary Genomics at the University of Huddersfield will be...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Pain intensity signals in the brain identified

April 7, 2015
News
A new technique has been developed to detect the area of the brain involved in the process of pain intensity detection.Neurologists at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Disease-in-a-dish takes autism research to the next level

April 2, 2015
News
As a result of the delay in autism treatment, scientists propose ‘disease-in-a-dish’ approach to speed up the progress. A research team at the University of California in San Diego believe...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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