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New hope for spinal injuries
May 26, 2014
Engineers at the University of Portsmouth are investigating new strategies for the treatment of patients affected by vertebral fractures. The team are using state-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities to investigate...
Dino weigh-in sheds light on evolution
May 14, 2014
Rapidly shrinking body sizes allowed feathered dinosaurs to exploit ecological niches throughout their evolution and become hugely successful suggests research led by the University of Oxford. An international team –...
Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed
April 7, 2014
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have taken an important step towards understanding how it spreads by unravelling a bacterial secretions system.Bacteria use...
Antimicrobial pizza herb
March 21, 2014
A simple herb used on pizzas could play an important role in defeating the winter vomiting bug say American researchers.Carvacrol – the substance found in oregano oil which gives the...
Circadian clock sensitive to vibration
March 10, 2014
The internal circadian clock of the fruit fly can be influenced by more than just the cycle of night and day say researchers in London, who found vibration also has...
Sticky sperm
November 20, 2013
Sticky sperm could hold the key to greater success for those undergoing IVF treatment say researchers from the University of Leeds.A £1.3m trial – the largest clinical trial to date...
An evolutionary fear of holes?
October 1, 2013
Trypophobia is the most common fear you’ve never heard of – but what is it about clusters of holes that bring people out in a cold sweat?An ancient evolutionary part...
Microbes can influence host evolution
September 12, 2013
Contrary to current understanding, a new study has provided direct evidence that an individual’s microbiome can contribute to the origin of new species by reducing the viability of hybrids produced...
Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells
August 15, 2013
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...
Fibre-optic pen aids understanding of dyslexia
June 21, 2013
A fibre-optic pen developed at the University of Washington will help scientists to see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they read and write.The tool has been...
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