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Gene therapy holds hope for blindness

This week researchers have taken a step closer to using gene therapy for treating a type of inherited blindness. ...

Electricity gets More Distance for your Diesel

Subjecting your diesel engine to a high voltage could improve the efficiency by 20% - which could save a lot of money on the forecourt! ...

Giant tortoises not gone yet

This week saw the return of Galapagos Day, an annual event held by the Galapagos Conservation Trust and this year there was some good news: a species of giant tortoise that was tho...

Bee counted

Scientists have shown that bees can count up to 4! Marie Dacke and Mandyam Srinivasan who carried out the work at the Australian National University in Can...

Hormone discovery points to benefits of 'home grown' fat

All fat is not the same, according to a report in the latest edition of the journal Cell. Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health have discovered that a hormone produced by ...

Personalised medicine – developing countries show the way

Increasingly, doctors are moving towards personalised treatment for diseases including cancer and HIV infection.  This means carrying out genetic tests to work out whether a p...

The "Art" of Pain Relief

Scientists have found that an "alf-arted" attempt at distraction therapy won't cut the mustard or kill the pain. Writing in the journal Consciou...

Stem Cells Muscle In

Scientists have shown that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, muscles contain stem cells that can repair, replace and strengthen injured tissue.  Writing in Nature Stanford resea...

‘Baby’ Fat may Beat Obesity

It’s something that many of us struggle with – fat.  But where does it come from?  Researchers in Dallas have finally tracked down the location of immature fat cells, whi...

Fungi are world's fastest fliers

Scientists have discovered the fastest fliers in nature and, somewhat surprisingly, they're fungi! ...