News Archive
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Using Bacteria to Prevent the Spread of Malaria
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at Michigan State University have devised a novel strategy that could curtail the spread of one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases – […] -
The mystery of Eternal Flames
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No Comments‘Eternal flames’ are fires that burn due to an underground supply of natural gas. These strange phenomena can tell scientists about where natural gas can […] -
Multiple Myeloma: A potential treatment for an incurable blood cancer
Posted on May 11, 2013 | 29 CommentsResearchers at a Swedish University have identified a protein which could revolutionise the prognosis for multiple myeloma, an incurable and terminal blood cancer. Multiple myeloma […] -
Researchers produce interneurons from stem cells
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsScientists have managed to produce cortical interneurons (an important type of brain cell) from human embryonic stem cells, which could lead to advances in studying […] -
Physicists devise a method of measuring the gravitational mass of antihydrogen
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsPhysicists at the ALPHA collaboration at CERN have placed upper and lower bounds on the gravitational mass of antihydrogen, in the first direct observation of […] -
Link established between birthweight and autism
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsAn analysis of Swedish health records by researchers at the University of Manchester has demonstrated that both very small and very large babies exhibit a […] -
Second type of brown fat discovered
Posted on May 6, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers from University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have published their discovery of a second type of brown fat cell in humans, in this weeks Nature Medicine. […] -
There and back again – the 2.5 billion year journey recorded by lavas.
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsLavas which are erupted at the Earth’s surface show the chemical fingerprint of their source magma. These fingerprints suggest that the Earth’s mantle is heterogenous […] -
New study suggests drug resistant bacteria being passed on to wildlife
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsScientists from Virginia Tech University have found that antibiotic resistance is being passed from humans to wildlife, even in protected areas. The study, published by […] -
Too Hot to Handle – the Earth’s Core is believed to be as hot as the surface of the Sun
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsSeismic studies tell us about some of the physical properties of Earth’s interior – for example, the density and pressure of the core. However, the […] -
New Vaccine Could Help Control Autism-Associated Bacteria
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at the University of Guelph have announced the development of a new vaccine. The carbohydrate-based drug works against the gut bacteria Clostridium bolteae, which […] -
Rituximab success in fighting cancer
Posted on April 27, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have been able to unravel the mystery behind the success of an effective cancerous drug […] -
Genetic manipulation allows for the visualisation of microglia
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsResearch published in this week’s Nature Communications by a team of researchers at Lund University, Sweden, has successfully identified a variation in the structure of […] -
Deep Brain Stimulation in mice can reduce binge eating
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsBinge eating is a major cause of obesity; it is thought to be controlled, or initiated, by reward centres in the brain. Researchers at the […]