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![With a reputation for being boring and bland, Uranus, which resides 2.88 billion km away from the sun, has recently revealed previously undetected large and […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "‘Bland’ Planet reveals bizarre and complex weather systems")
‘Bland’ Planet reveals bizarre and complex weather systems
Posted on October 19, 2012 | No CommentsWith a reputation for being boring and bland, Uranus, which resides 2.88 billion km away from the sun, has recently revealed previously undetected large and […] -
Skin cancer evades immune therapies
Posted on October 15, 2012 | No CommentsResearchers at the University of Bonn believe they have pinpointed why treatments for melanomas, a type of skin cancer, are only temporarily effective. In a […] -
Parenting more significant than schools for academic success
Posted on October 14, 2012 | No CommentsIs it time to forget about school league tables, and start ranking parenting styles instead? There are so many league tables published and academic institutions […] -
Use of ordinary green laser could bring Raman spectroscopy into the wider world
Posted on October 14, 2012 | 1 CommentWith potential uses ranging from drugs to explosives detection, the new Raman Spectrometer being presented at the Optical Society of America’s “Frontiers in Optics” meeting […] -
Metastatic ovarian cancer cells identified by unique deformation properties
Posted on October 14, 2012 | No CommentsOvarian cancer cells may acquire the ability to penetrate the walls of blood vessels and relocate to different tissues through the blood to form another […] -
Immune system genes linked to schizophrenia
Posted on October 14, 2012 | No CommentsA recently published article by two international consortia of scientists has reinforced previous findings, which suggested that a group of genes important in the immune […] -
Nobel Prize unknowingly awarded to dead Biologist
Posted on October 12, 2011 | No CommentsThis year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Ralph Steinman for his work in immunology however when the Nobel committee tried to contact him […] -
Spiders in a Spin
Posted on October 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe mention of silk may evoke images of ties, parachutes and hell-to-wash expensive shirts; however the remarkable properties of natural silk have prompted research into […] -
Brave New Worlds
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsNASA scientists have recently reported the discovery of over 1200 exoplanets—planets orbiting other stars—including 54 which may be suitable for life. The Kepler mission launched […] -
A Spoonful of Sugar
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No Comments2011 is the International Year of Chemistry. Celebrating the amazing advances and discoveries made by researchers within the discipline, the high profile journal Nature has […] -
Making Light Work
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsPhysicists working with the University of Oxford’s spin-out company ‘Oxford Photovoltaics’ have developed an innovative new approach to solar cells. These thin film devices are […]
