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![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 […] -
![A 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 […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Success For Europe’s First Non-Beating Heart Transplant")
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 […] -
Bionic Reconstruction
Posted on March 5, 2015 | No CommentsBionic reconstruction is a new technique, devised by researchers at the Medical University of Vienna and engineers from the University Medical Center Goettingen. It has […] -
![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 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 […] -
![Learning and memory deficits caused by brain lesions in rats have been completely reversed through stimulation of the hypothalamus. The research, conducted by scientists at […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Stimulation reverses memory and learning deficits in mice")
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 […] -
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 […] -
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. […] -
Wrap Up warm: the Cold Virus Replicates Better at Cooler Temperatures
Posted on January 13, 2015 | No CommentsYour mother may have been right when she reminded you to don your hat and scarf before heading into the cold. A Yale-led study has […]
