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New layer of human cornea discovered

June 21, 2013
Research at University of Nottingham has uncovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea, the clear window at the front of the human eye.Detailed in Ophthalmology, the breakthrough could help...

Printing artificial bone

June 21, 2013
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to design synthetic bone-like materials and quickly turn the design into reality using computer optimisation and 3D printing.The research, detailed in Advanced Functional...

Air-breathing batteries powered by the people

April 22, 2013
Researchers in Poland have created air-breathing biobatteries that may be used to power pacemakers, hearing aids and other body implants in the future.The team at the Institute of Physical Chemistry...

Modelling the hearts of the unborn

April 5, 2013
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...

Hopping back to the gene pool

April 3, 2013
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...

Alzheimer’s hope in form of wine and tea

March 15, 2013
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...

Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

March 8, 2013
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...

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...

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...

“Pinocchio Effect” confirmed: lying affects the nose

December 6, 2012
Spanish researchers have confirmed the existence of a “Pinocchio Effect” when someone is fibbing. However, unlike the wooden puppet whose nose would increase in length when he uttered a lie,...

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