Monday, December 31, 2012

The best of science in 2012

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2012 was a very interesting year for science, but actually this can be said for pretty much every other year. The rate at which scientists ...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Viral therapy 'completely destroys' cancer

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Cancer is a disease that is hard to treat. Most therapies aim at stopping growth and attempting to decrease the size of the tumour, but the...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Genetic variation influences sensitivity to pain

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Sensitivity towards pain is not the same in all humans. Some of us are more sensitive to painful stimuli, while others are less affected. I...

Scientists device a new computational model of the cell

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Our bodies, and those of other animals, consist of many cells that all interact with each other in order to acquire the necessary complexit...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Genetic modification yields biological pacemakers

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Our heart pumps around blood by beating around 50-60 times per minute. It is controlled by electrical signals that come from the brain, and...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Dog shown capable of sniffing bacterial infections

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Bacteria are incredibly tiny, and that means that we need special techniques to determine whether a patient has been infected or not. That ...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Using foam to stop internal bleeding

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The wages of war have resulted in the deaths of many people. For everybody's sake, it would be better to stop fighting altogether, but ...