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![More than one million people diagnosed with asthma may be wrongly diagnosed, and are unnecessarily taking medication that can have significant side effects. A recent […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/5950870440_77a79721b4_o-195x110.jpg "One third of adults with Asthma may be wrongly diagnosed.")
One third of adults with Asthma may be wrongly diagnosed.
Posted on February 2, 2015 | No CommentsMore than one million people diagnosed with asthma may be wrongly diagnosed, and are unnecessarily taking medication that can have significant side effects. A recent […] -
![Half a million years ago, Homo erectus was using freshwater mussel shells both as a tool and a canvas for engraving. This new finding quashes […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Hominids Used Shells to Draw 500,000 Years Ago")
Hominids Used Shells to Draw 500,000 Years Ago
Posted on December 9, 2014 | No CommentsHalf a million years ago, Homo erectus was using freshwater mussel shells both as a tool and a canvas for engraving. This new finding quashes […] -
Interested in Nanoscience?
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![Land safely on a comet so far away that it takes half an hour for light and radio waves to travel back to Earth, making […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Landing on a Comet: Philae Makes History")
Landing on a Comet: Philae Makes History
Posted on November 16, 2014 | No CommentsLand safely on a comet so far away that it takes half an hour for light and radio waves to travel back to Earth, making […] -
Adolescent Binge Drinking Damage May Last Into Adulthood
Posted on November 7, 2014 | No CommentsA study by the University of Massachusetts has linked adolescent drinking with lasting cognitive impairment in rats. Building on human research associating adolescent heavy drinking […] -
A Band of Brothers-In-Law
Posted on November 7, 2014 | No CommentsA study from the University of Utah has revealed important differences between the fighting behaviour of apes and small groups of humans. Chimpanzees are the […] -
![Earth and Mars both show evidence for a wide range of volcanism. However, constraining the eruptive styles on Mars is trickier than on Earth due […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "A New Tool to Detect Water on Mars")
A New Tool to Detect Water on Mars
Posted on October 18, 2014 | No CommentsEarth and Mars both show evidence for a wide range of volcanism. However, constraining the eruptive styles on Mars is trickier than on Earth due […] -
Dual-Mechanism Antimicrobial Candidate Prevents Drug Resistance by Destroying Microbial DNA
Posted on June 4, 2014 | No CommentsA team of researchers from India recently developed an antimicrobial peptide (AMP)-mimetic drug candidate that displayed the ability to disrupt the structural integrity of bacterial […] -
For Goats – The Smellier, The Better
Posted on March 5, 2014 | No CommentsThe very particular smell produced by goats may actually have a reproductive purpose, according to a study published in Current Biology this week. Researchers from […] -
Coastal Flooding Could Affect 600 Million People Each Year
Posted on February 10, 2014 | No CommentsA study published in PLOS this week suggests that by the year 2100, 600 million people could be affected by coastal flooding each year. Though […] -
A Grand Unifying Theory of Superconductivity
Posted on October 29, 2013 | No CommentsScientists have been puzzled for many years by the enigmatic and complex array of behaviours exhibited by electrons during high-temperature superconductivity experiments on copper-, iron- […] -
3D Images Generated from PET/CT Scans Help Surgeons Envision Tumors
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsEach year 12.7 million people learn that they have cancer. Of these, 7.6 million die. The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2030 this figure […] -
![Several recent conferences have been organized with focus on empowering women in science, engineering and technology at Oxford, from OxFest, Athena Swan Women, among others. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blog-image-01-115x115.jpg "Bridging the Gender Gap in Science and Technology")
Bridging the Gender Gap in Science and Technology
Posted on May 18, 2013 | No CommentsSeveral recent conferences have been organized with focus on empowering women in science, engineering and technology at Oxford, from OxFest, Athena Swan Women, among others. […] -
![The practices of large pharmaceutical companies and scientific journals could “cause hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year”. This was the stark message Dr […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "Bad Pharma")
Bad Pharma
Posted on May 13, 2013 | 3 CommentsThe practices of large pharmaceutical companies and scientific journals could “cause hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year”. This was the stark message Dr […]
