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Hearing the Light

A breakthrough in the way laser light interacts with nerve cells could greatly improve the quality of hearing for people who require cochlea implants. ...
23rd Nov 2008
 

Forests help climate

You may think of forests as  nice place to walk the dog, or a useful source of wood for furniture or paper, but researchers writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
21st Nov 2008
 

Beating malaria with bed nets

According to new research published in the Lancet, there has been a huge increase in the number of children protected from malaria by the use of insecticide treated bed nets, which...
21st Nov 2008

Thank bacteria for the flavour of food

Swiss scientists have solved a Sauvignon conundrum this week with the discovery that part of the flavour of the famous white wine is down to bacteria in your own mouth! The French ...
18th Nov 2008
 

Flu clue to pandemic potential

Analysis of one of the genes in the H5N1 flu virus, which is viewed as the best contender for the next pandemic, has shed new light on the virus's awesome virulence. ...
9th Nov 2008

A fungal solution to climate change?

The fight against future climate change may have an unexpected ally, in the form of mushrooms living on the soils of northern Spruce forests of Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia. ...
9th Nov 2008

Booze-prone brain behaviour

Scientists have uncovered a genetic reason why some people are prone to alcoholism. ...
9th Nov 2008

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