All articles by Bea Perks – Page 10
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Francis Harry Compton Crick (1916-2004)
Francis Crick, joint winner of the 1962 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for the groundbreaking discovery of the DNA double helix structure has died at the age of 88.
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Ploughing the UK's oil fields
Researchers at the University of York, UK, have launched a website aimed at teaching farmers about the commercial benefits of growing non-food oil crops.
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Cancer research gets technical
Agilent Technologies has been named the first technology company to become a sustaining member of the European Association for Cancer Research.
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Synthesising a cancer cure
British chemists are poised to complete synthesis of a molecule they predict could make a significant impact on the treatment of prostate cancer.
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British lab succeeds in the interests of fair play
The UK has become one of only three countries worldwide to have more than one laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Novel applications line up like peas in a pod
Research teams in the UK and the US are building up the clearest picture yet of how fullerenes pack into carbon nanotubes to produce a range of different 'peapod' structures
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Pharma's spicy roll-call racks up
Chemists have discovered that coriander produces a powerful antibiotic.
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Start off low with hi-tech
Nanotechnology start-ups with big, bold dreams based on cutting-edge research must think a bit more about their customers and a bit less about their technology.
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Neurones that fire in the night
Neurobiologists have used cataplexy to help track neurological networks.
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Nano's eco credentials
Nanotechnologists are determined not to head down the path well trodden by ill-fated GM proponents.
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We're no dummies, say condom manufacturers
Companies involved in condom production and testing have vociferously rejected claims of a potential carcinogenic risk associated with use of their products.
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The chemistry of crime
Delegates attending a meeting on the role of science in criminal investigation were presented with the uncomfortable news.
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Bioinformaticians reach for the stars
An online database of 'biological processes in humans' has been launched.
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Scanning the genome for risk of heart attack
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have teamed up with Celera Diagnostics to arrive at two novel genetic markers.
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Lab-on-a-chip greets new arrival
High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technology has been downsized to chip proportions.