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The shrinking human genome

July 14, 2014
News
Our understanding of the human genome has been reduced to 19,000 genes, almost all of which have ancestors prior to the appearance of primates 50 million years ago. A Spanish...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Fish-like animal emits bright and dim light

July 9, 2014
News
A fish-like animal found in coastal waters can emit both bright and dim versions of fluorescent light and researchers have deciphered a structural component related to this ability. The lancelet...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Global warming favours light-coloured insects

July 7, 2014
News
A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing their darker counterparts. Researcher published in Nature Communications has revealed as the climate has warmed, communities of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology
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Brain activity during magic mushrooms trip mirrors dreaming

July 3, 2014
News
The brain displays a similar pattern of activity during a mind-expanding drug trip as it does during dreams suggests new research into psilocybin. The study published in Human Brain Mapping...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Bio-printing transplantable tissues a step closer

July 2, 2014
News
A bio-printed artificial vascular network capable of mimicking the body’s circulatory system could bring the possibility of printing transplantable tissues and organs a step closer. “Imaging being able to walk...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology
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Diabetes medication ‘doing more harm than good’

July 2, 2014
News
Diabetes treatments could be doing more harm than good; particularly for the over 75s suggests new research. For many people, the benefits of taking diabetes medications – insulin injections or...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Fossil find could shed light on Neanderthal – human interbreeding

July 1, 2014
News
A collection of human fossils feared lost has been found and could shed light on whether Neanderthals and modern humans met and interbred. The fossils – from a collection once...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Antibiotic resistance chosen as greatest scientific problem

June 30, 2014
News
The British public have chosen antibiotic resistance as the most pressing scientific problem facing the world today. Scientists, institutions, organisations and individuals are now being invited to register their interest...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Bees under the spotlight

June 30, 2014
News
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their food foraging ability, while another study has found that this activity might be aided...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Zoology
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Drug compound can reverse cardiomyopathy

June 26, 2014
News
A drug compound that could reverse hereditary disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) has been found by researchers in America. Zebrafish provided a screenable model of the disease with a cardiac myocyte-specific...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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