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Marine fish reserves: the plaice to be

Marine-protected areas can help threatened fish to make a rapid comeback and also lead to sustainable fishing and leisure revenues, according to a team of Australian researchers at...

Nano-paper stronger than cast iron

Researchers based in Sweden have created paper that can withstand more force before breaking than cast iron. The paper isn't made from anything unusual; like all paper, it consists...

Cancers control cells elsewhere in the body

Scientists have found that tumours can produce factors that encourage the growth of stray cancer cells lurking elsewhere around the body. ...

Tree leaves keep it cool

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Dated horticulture - scientists grow 2000 year old seed

Carbon dating has confirmed that scientists have broken the record for growing the world's oldest seed - a date dating from 2000 years ago. ...

Waking up stem cells

Many researchers are working on adult stem cells – the immortal cells that regenerate old or damaged tissues in our bodies – as they have great potential for treating many diseases...

Parasite turns host into bodyguard

Scientists in the Netherlands and Brazil have discovered a parasite that turns its caterpillar host first into an egg incubator and then into a bodyguard! ...

Tracing the roots of the brain

Human brains are amazing works of biological engineering, and one of our greatest challenges as scientists is to understand how they have evolved.  Now researchers writing in ...

Remyelinating mice - replacing the cells destroyed by MS.

US researchers have shown that stem cells can be used to replace the myelin coating that surrounds brain cells and is attacked by diseases like MS. ...

Chickens born pre-loaded with probiotics!

Scientists studying developing chicks have found that, contrary to perceived wisdom, they are not born sterile but are instead pre-infected with good gut bacteria. ...