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Bacterial fingerprint: a new way to catch crooksScientists have found a new way to track down criminals - using the unique collections of bacteria they leave behind on things they touch. ... 21st Mar 2010
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Turning mosquitoes into flying vaccinesScientists have found a way to use mosquitoes as mobile vaccinating machines! ... 21st Mar 2010
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Octopus mood swings revealed in high definitionPushing a high definition TV screen up to the side of an octopus’s aquarium tank and showing them images of crabs and other octopuses, scientists have revealed these intelligent marine creatures can undergo major mood swings ranging from glum to excitable and aggressive. ... 14th Mar 2010
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 Reindeer shut down their body clocksScientists have confirmed that animals that live where the sun don't shine have evolved not to use their body clocks. ... 14th Mar 2010
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Eyeless scorpion isn't stuck down a blind alleyEyeless scorpions living in deep inside caves in Mexico have returned to light and regained the ability to see, showing that a specialized way of life is not always an evolutionary blind alley... ... 14th Mar 2010
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Pain perception under genetic influenceCambridge researchers have identified gene sequences that make some people feel more pain. ... 14th Mar 2010
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Gene combo causes susceptibility to tuberculosisResearchers have discovered a key reason why some people are susceptible to TB and others aren’t. Publishing in the journal Cell, Lalita Ramakrishnan and colleagues from the University of Washington think that it’s the levels of an enzyme called LTA4H which give some people better immunity. ... 7th Mar 2010
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 Markers of metastasisScientists have discovered a chemical signature that indicates when a bowel cancer has spread. ... 7th Mar 2010
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Gigantic shellfish fiends discovered in Cretaceous seasNew fossil evidence suggests there were gigantic sharks lurking in Cretaceous seas, around 90 million years ago, but they weren’t terrifying monsters – these sluggish fish probably sat about on the seafloor, munching on shellfish. ... 28th Feb 2010
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Grounding MosquitoesResearchers in Oxford and California have found a way to stop mosquitos from growing wings – keeping them grounded and stopping the spread of diseases like Dengue fever. ... 28th Feb 2010
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