About Author: Hannah Wilson
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![For 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 […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colours: Scientists Closer to Understanding Synesthesia")
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 […] -
![The flavour and scent of a grapefruit has been conjured up by scientists, but from a different fruit – an orange. Nootkatone is the molecule […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Citrus Swap: Reproducing The Taste of Grapefruit")
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 […] -
Kew Garden Funding Criticised by MPs
Posted on March 9, 2015 | No CommentsKew Gardens is home to over 30,000 types of plant. The herbarium has over 7 million preserved plant specimens. The seed bank holds over a […] -
![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 […] -
Art and Science Collide in Manchester
Posted on February 25, 2015 | No CommentsThe Whitworth Gallery in Manchester celebrated its reopening recently with an unusual project – creating graphene from works of art. Artist Cornelia Parker, formerly an artist in […] -
![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 […] -
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 […] -
Autism-like Symptoms Reversed by Sleeping Sickness Drug
Posted on January 25, 2015 | 3 CommentsResearchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine reported in the online journal ‘Molecular Autism’ that suranim, used for nearly a century as a drug […]
