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![If you could have your head transplanted onto anyone’s body, would you do it? Who would you choose? Sergio Canavero believes that in 2 […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4049854268_ea9ea81631-115x115.jpg "First Human Head Transplant")
First Human Head Transplant
Posted on May 6, 2015 | No CommentsIf you could have your head transplanted onto anyone’s body, would you do it? Who would you choose? Sergio Canavero believes that in 2 […] -
![542 million years ago, nearly all modern animal phyla burst on the scene in an explosive radiation that has come to be known as the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Dog-Eat-Dog World: The Earliest Lifeforms May Have Been Eaten to Extinction")
Dog-Eat-Dog World: The Earliest Lifeforms May Have Been Eaten to Extinction
Posted on May 4, 2015 | No Comments542 million years ago, nearly all modern animal phyla burst on the scene in an explosive radiation that has come to be known as the […] -
Thinking On Your Feet: Physical Activity Can Improve Cognitive Performance
Posted on May 2, 2015 | No CommentsThis week, research published by Texas A+M Health Science Centre School of Public Health in the International Journal Of Health Promotion And Education has shown […] -
Atomic Clusters Mimic Rare Earth Magnetic Properties
Posted on April 24, 2015 | No CommentsA team of scientists from the United States recently created boron-doped atomic clusters that exhibited electronic and magnetic properties of valuable rare earth metals and […] -
![Have you ever wished for a pill to mend your broken heart? Well, it turns out there was one all along. Research at Ohio State […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Brokenhearted? Paracetamol May Help")
Brokenhearted? Paracetamol May Help
Posted on April 22, 2015 | No CommentsHave you ever wished for a pill to mend your broken heart? Well, it turns out there was one all along. Research at Ohio State […] -
Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colours: Scientists Closer to Understanding Synesthesia
Posted on April 19, 2015 | No CommentsFor some people, colour-by-numbers takes on a whole new meaning, as each number is a different colour to them. They have Synesthesia, a condition which […] -
Citrus Swap: Reproducing The Taste of Grapefruit
Posted on April 6, 2015 | No CommentsThe flavour and scent of a grapefruit has been conjured up by scientists, but from a different fruit – an orange. Nootkatone is the molecule […] -
Success For Europe’s First Non-Beating Heart Transplant
Posted on April 6, 2015 | No CommentsA medical team from Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, led by consultant surgeon Stephen Large, has performed the first non-beating heart transplant in Europe. The recipient of the […] -
Stanford Scientists Transform Leukaemia Cells into Harmless Immune Cells
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 1 CommentA chance observation in a lab at Stanford University has led to the discovery of a novel new method that can convert leukaemia cells into […] -
Trying To Remember May Make You Forget
Posted on March 22, 2015 | No CommentsScientists in a collaboration from the University of Birmingham and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Cambridge have published a paper in Nature Neuroscience showing the […] -
![How can we make sense of phenomena in the world around us? How can we predict what’s likely to happen in the future, or […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/8214955983_835087f57b-195x110.jpg "Modelling Magic")
Modelling Magic
Posted on March 15, 2015 | No CommentsHow can we make sense of phenomena in the world around us? How can we predict what’s likely to happen in the future, or […] -
![Chemical reactions proceed via a mechanism – one or more steps in which electrons are transferred between molecules (‘intermolecular’), or within a molecule (‘intramolecular’). Each […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/COonRuTS-195x110.jpg "Transition State Photography – Capturing the Birth of a Bond")
Transition State Photography – Capturing the Birth of a Bond
Posted on March 3, 2015 | No CommentsChemical reactions proceed via a mechanism – one or more steps in which electrons are transferred between molecules (‘intermolecular’), or within a molecule (‘intramolecular’). Each […] -
![A coffee on the way to work is meant to inject a bit of energy into the morning, not end up a miserable puddle all […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "If you’re clumsy, get a latte!")
If you’re clumsy, get a latte!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | No CommentsA coffee on the way to work is meant to inject a bit of energy into the morning, not end up a miserable puddle all […] -
Issue 18 – The Women in Science Issue
Posted on February 25, 2015 | No Comments
