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Cancer-Killing Coffee?

28/02/2014

Recent research has shown that caffeine also has a good side. It can kill cancer cells. ...

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Water Everywhere. Even on Other Planets

27/02/2014

Water has been detected in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system with a new technique that could help researchers to learn how many planets with water, like Earth, exist ...

Plug Car In – Black City Out. Oops.

24/02/2014

The growing fleet of electric cars will put a lot of new strain on the United States' aging electrical distribution systems. News item...

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Your Best Memories, All Before 25?

23/02/2014

By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire....

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The Real Cost of Healthcare Cuts

22/02/2014

Greece's health crisis is worsening as a result of continued healthcare budget cuts. Can the rest of Europe learn from it? ...

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A New Leaf for Clean Hydrogen

19/02/2014

Designing an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen and oxygen ...

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Why Do You Remember Your Dreams?

18/02/2014

The sleeping brain is not capable of memorising new information, so how do we remember dreams? News....

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What is Love? Ask a Neurologist

17/02/2014

Desire is a relatively concrete representation of sensory experiences, while love is a more abstract representation of those experiences...

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Covet Thy Neighbour’s Life, Good Citizen

16/02/2014

Where you live could affect whether or not you spend compulsively...

…and Leave a Beautiful Corpse. Sunscreen Use

15/02/2014

Showing teenagers the cosmetic advantages rather than the health benefits results in a dramatic increase in the use of sunscreen...

Manga Makes Munchkins Munch Mangoes

14/02/2014

Manga comics could be used to promote healthier behaviors and beliefs related to fruit consumption in at-risk youth. ...

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Why Women (and Patriarchy) Prefer Tall Men

12/02/2014

According to the study data, the dominant reasons females cited for preferring a tall partner are matters of protection and femininity....

Capturing Crowd Dynamics

10/02/2014

A new study proposes a method for quantitatively analyzing the relative value of models for crowd dynamics prediction...

Repackage Space Cakes, Save a Kid

09/02/2014

As more states decriminalize marijuana, lawmakers should consider requirements – such as child-resistant packaging, warning labels and public education...

Scared? Grab Something Comforting

08/02/2014

Fear stimulates people to report greater brand attachment...

You Lookin’ at My Bird?

07/02/2014

Jackdaw eyes are used as a warning signal to successfully deter competitors from coming near their nest boxes...

Papa Was a Rolling Stone : Seductive Mouse Songs

06/02/2014

Play me some new stuff. Female mice displayed an innate preference for male songs from different families. News item....

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Unhand Those Beats! Software detects audio plagiarism

05/02/2014

Fraunhofer IDMT's "PlagiarismAnalyzer" detects identical melodies and samples (whole portions of a song) in a matter of seconds....

We’re Here For a Good Time, Not a Long Time

04/02/2014

We're Here For A Good Time Not A Long Time is a story of love, loss and a list. It is slow, it is subtle, it is emotional and it is tender...

The Tides of Tatooine

03/02/2014

Powerful gravitational perturbations from the two stars on the rocky building blocks of planets lead to destructive collisions. ...

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Flying Snakes, Flying

02/02/2014

The snake's body works like an aerofoil to generate lift forces to keep it airborne...

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Silent auction for ‘Gastonbury’ benefit gig

28/01/2014

Raising money to pay for legal representation at the upcoming Public Inquiry into Dart Energy’s controversial plans to drill for coal bed methane gas on farmland and under homes...

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Love Thy Neighbour or Lynch Him?

27/01/2014

Statistically speaking, right-wing authoritarianism appears to suppress the positive relationship between religiosity and love of neighbor...

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Salmonella May Prevent Asthma

26/01/2014

Researchers from Germany have identified the mechanism by which Salmonella infections can reduce the incidence of asthma in mice....

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3D Printing Fiddly Microstructures

25/01/2014

3D Printing grows up. Researchers demonstrate the printing of three microsystems featuring mechanical, microfluidic and electrical functionalities...

Drilling into Magma for Geothermal Energy

24/01/2014

Drilling into magma is a very rare occurrence anywhere in the world and this is only the second known instance, the first one, in 2007, being in Hawaii...

A Touch of Froth : Beer Dynamics.

23/01/2014

New research explains beer's rapid transformation from a liquid to a foamy state as the result of an impact....

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Measuring Schrodinger’s Quantum Cats

22/01/2014

University of Rochester researchers develop a method to measure quantum states whilst avoiding the uncertainty principle....

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Avoiding excess sunlight exposure is critical to prevent skin cancer, but not being exposed to it at all, out of fear or as a result of a certain lifestyle, could increase the risk of cardiovascular...

Scotland’s Abundant Tidal Energy

20/01/2014

The Pentland Firth is a prime candidate to house marine power projects because of its tidal currents, which are among the fastest in the British Isles....

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