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![In a world where Tesco Value Vodka, Rugby Imbibition Masters, Wetherspoons and Thursday Bridge exists, it may be a bit hard to believe that the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Binge-drinking among young people is falling, statistics show")
Binge-drinking among young people is falling, statistics show
Posted on February 23, 2015 | No CommentsIn a world where Tesco Value Vodka, Rugby Imbibition Masters, Wetherspoons and Thursday Bridge exists, it may be a bit hard to believe that the […] -
Study Finds Teenagers Are Sleeping Less
Posted on February 22, 2015 | No CommentsA new study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has found that the number of teenagers getting adequate sleep has declined over the […] -
![66 million years ago an asteroid 15 kilometers across smashed into the Gulf of Mexico with the power of more than a billion atomic bombs. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/6997239173_3ec50765b8_o-195x110.jpg "The Age of Mammals")
The Age of Mammals
Posted on February 14, 2015 | No Comments66 million years ago an asteroid 15 kilometers across smashed into the Gulf of Mexico with the power of more than a billion atomic bombs. […] -
![Scientists in France have finally worked out how exactly it is that popcorn gets its distinctive pop, in a study published recently in the Journal of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2223215620_908e98c93e_o-195x110.jpg "The Popcorn Mystery: Case Closed")
The Popcorn Mystery: Case Closed
Posted on February 13, 2015 | No CommentsScientists in France have finally worked out how exactly it is that popcorn gets its distinctive pop, in a study published recently in the Journal of […] -
![Sir Tim Hunt studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge and later joined the Department of Biochemistry where he completed a PhD on the synthesis of haemoglobin. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Tim_Hunt_at_UCSF_05_2009_3-195x110.jpg "Sir Tim Hunt: Switches and Latches")
Sir Tim Hunt: Switches and Latches
Posted on February 13, 2015 | No CommentsSir Tim Hunt studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge and later joined the Department of Biochemistry where he completed a PhD on the synthesis of haemoglobin. […] -
A Not So Bloody Past
Posted on February 8, 2015 | No CommentsViral relics have shown that, throughout history, we have been exposed to fewer blood-borne viruses than other mammals. Our genetic code contains DNA from endogenous […] -
![The name’s Bond, vibrational bond. First suggested thirty years ago, this new type of bonding has recently become a confirmed reality, as described in a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "New Type of Chemical Bond Discovered")
New Type of Chemical Bond Discovered
Posted on February 8, 2015 | No CommentsThe name’s Bond, vibrational bond. First suggested thirty years ago, this new type of bonding has recently become a confirmed reality, as described in a […] -
Scientists work out how ‘unboil’ part of an egg
Posted on February 1, 2015 | No CommentsHow do you like your eggs in the morning? What about boiled and then unboiled again? Chemists at the University of California, Irvine, have recently […] -
The Might of the All-nighter
Posted on February 1, 2015 | No CommentsHave a problem sheet due tomorrow? Have you already booked a table at the library, stocked up on caffeine tablets and chocolate? You might want to […] -
Stimulation reverses memory and learning deficits in mice
Posted on February 1, 2015 | No CommentsLearning and memory deficits caused by brain lesions in rats have been completely reversed through stimulation of the hypothalamus. The research, conducted by scientists at […] -
![The first event in Oxford Martin School for Hilary term featured Yadvinder Malhi who works at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford. He […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bang-blog-e1420555569122.png "Oxford Martin School: Metabolism of a Human-Dominated Planet")
Oxford Martin School: Metabolism of a Human-Dominated Planet
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsThe first event in Oxford Martin School for Hilary term featured Yadvinder Malhi who works at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford. He […] -
Men and Women Process Emotions Differently, Study Finds
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsIt is often suggested that females are the more emotional of the two genders. Though this may not exactly be the case, a research team […] -
![Researchers at Harvard Medical School, led by George Church, have developed an effective method of ‘bio-containment’, preventing a strain of E. coli from growing outside […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x169-115x115.jpg "Successful Imprisonment of GMO")
Successful Imprisonment of GMO
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsResearchers at Harvard Medical School, led by George Church, have developed an effective method of ‘bio-containment’, preventing a strain of E. coli from growing outside […] -
![Research at Duke University, led by Nenad Bursac, has developed the first bioartificial human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds to electrical and chemical signals. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Bioartificial Human Muscle")
Bioartificial Human Muscle
Posted on January 18, 2015 | No CommentsResearch at Duke University, led by Nenad Bursac, has developed the first bioartificial human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds to electrical and chemical signals. […]
