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stem cells in a mouse nail by Krzysztof Kobielak lab

Fingernails for Stem Cells

26/11/2014

Nails: the right signals or environmental cues could induce nail stem cells to generate additional types of tissue. Report...

volcano by freedigitalphotos.com and suwatpo

Transatlantic Ash Cloud Chaos Imminent

21/11/2014

Another ash-cloud drama could be imminent, this time with consequences for trans-Atlantic as well as European travel. Report...

brain by freedigitalphotos.net and ddpavumba

Teach Yourself to Hear Purple

20/11/2014

A nine-week training programme sees if adults without synaesthesia can develop the key hallmarks of the condition. Report...

Encapsulated Ocean Water samples from MOC waterdive’s projected route

GV Art : Lost in Fathoms

11/11/2014

The show feels like stepping into a noir detective story, surrounding the disappearance of the island of Nuuk...

tiger beetle by freedigitalphotos.net and sippakorn

All Speed, No Control. Daft Beetles

09/11/2014

To take the sprinting gold from the tiger beetle, a person would have to hit 480 miles per hour....

Blue Ice by freedigitalphotos.net and Cnaene

From the Frozen Aisle : One Entire Bison

08/11/2014

The Yukagir bison mummy, as it is named, has a complete brain, heart, blood vessels and digestive system...

Beer Without Biff : Putting the Flavour Back in Alcohol-Free

06/11/2014

Beer: making 'alcohol-free' varieties more palatable for the consumer...

Newly-Observed Planet-Forming Binary System

02/11/2014

Observations on a planet-forming system which is only a few million years old and lies about 450 light-years from Earth...

Global Hypercheese : Real-Time Neurochemical Readouts

27/10/2014

Scientists have created cells with fluorescent dyes that change color in response to specific neurochemicals....

nematode by Dr. Markus Schwarzlander, Uni Bonn

Key to Eternal Youth Remains Unfound

24/10/2014

'We cannot conclude that the degree of free radical release determines lifespan'...

ANU tractor beam scientists by Stuart Hay/ANU

Biggest Ever Tractor Beam Unveiled

22/10/2014

The ANU tractor beam relies on the energy of the laser heating up the particles and the air around them. ...

The Yucky Secrets of the Housefly

15/10/2014

Scientists have sequenced the house fly genome for the first time, revealing robust immune genes...

A picture of tanks by freedigitalphotos.net/tongdang

Tweaking the Invisibility Cloak

14/10/2014

In this way, antennae and sensors could be made invisible or deceptive to remote inspection....

Oxygen Before Life Existed. How?

06/10/2014

Oxygen can be formed in one step by using a high energy vacuum ultraviolet laser to excite carbon dioxide...

Tres jolie. Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry, morphed. University of Leicester

Celeb Images Display how Neurons Work

30/09/2014

Morphed images of Hollywood celebrities reveal how neurons make up your mind....

chessboard by freedigitalphotos.net and zole4

Quantum Spin Computing – Almost Here

27/09/2014

A new family of oxide-based materials can completely change its behavior based on electrical input...

Miranda by NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Ted Stryk.

Moony Miranda around Uranus

21/09/2014

Miranda appears to have experienced an episode of intense resurfacing that resulted in the formation of at least three remarkable and unique surface features...

Mushroom Roulette : Is Your Porcini Really Porcini?

18/09/2014

Mushrooms are one the most conspicuous and well known groups of Fungi and make up around 16,000 named species, but only a handful of these species are well documented....

Soft Robot Develops Independent Action

14/09/2014

Researchers tested the robot in snow, submerged it in water, walked it through flames, and even ran it over with a car, and after each experiment, it walked away unscathed....