The online publication of a controversial article outlining potentially damaging data about the influenza virus finally went ahead recently, after a significant delay. Nature, after careful deliberation, published the paper much to the dismay of ...
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A recent study published in the journal Cell has identified a major genetic component of human brain development, with implications for research into autism and schizophrenia. Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that ...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is to lead a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft is scheduled to launch in 2022, arriving in the Jupiter system ...
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Brad Amos, who contributed significantly to the development of the laser scanning confocal microscope while working at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, has developed a new giant microscope, the ...
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A Kenyan scientist and a Gambian clothes designer have joined forces to fashion a garment that has the power to repel mosquitoes and beat malaria.
The one-piece multi-coloured bodysuit comes with ...
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A promising way to power vehicles and appliances in the future is through use of hydrogen fuel cells. These, however, require a source of hydrogen to work, and obtaining this ...
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Stars approaching a supermassive black hole are ripped apart by its huge tidal force. The black hole gobbles part of star and spits out some material in form of radiation. ...
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Researchers in New York have engineered a way to non-invasively trigger gene activation in live animals using nanoparticles and radio waves, a method that may, in the future, be used ...
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