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Backing up your Immune System - On IceA UK-based company, LifeForce, are offering an "immune system backup" facility whereby they store white blood cells collected when an individual is healthy so that they can be reinfused to restore the immune system later in life following a disease, such as cancer, treatment for which...
It’s true – big sisters are smarter…Here’s some news that confirms what our Dr Kat has suspected for some time – the oldest child in a family is likely to have a higher IQ than his or her siblings. A Norwegian team found that first born children, or those who had lost their elder siblings and therefore become the oldest, scored ...
Rabies-based Trojan Horse to Smuggle Drugs into the BrainHarvard Scientists have tamed one of nature's nastiest pathogens by turning part of the rabies virus into a powerful therapeutic tool. Manju Swamy and his team borrowed the surface coat of the virus to produce the molecular equivalent of a Trojan Horse capable of smuggling drugs and other molecules ...
Parkinson’s progressA study in the latest edition of the Lancet suggests that a new gene therapy might be a safe and effective way to stave off the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. A dozen patients with advanced Parkinson’s have been treated over three years in the small-scale trial, led by Andrew Feigin of the F...
Mirror Mirror on the MoonSpace scientists have come up with a way to make a moon-based telescope 1000 times more powerful than Hubble. But unlike traditional telescopes their's uses a liquid as its mirror. The idea relies on gravity deforming the liquid, when it is spun, into the perfect mirror shape. But the key breakthoug...Coke Can EruptionDoes tapping the top of a can keep you safe from a fizz eruption? |
It's GigaCurtains for us!Joel Veitch of Rathergood.com with his suggestion for measuring risk using the unit the 'Curtain'.
How Dinos Died - Meteorites, Flood Lava and SupervolcanoesJanet Sumner discusses how the meteorite we're familiar with may have just been the straw that broke the dinosaur's back
Deep QuakeWe spoke to Peter Kelemen, who studies the earthquakes that originate deep in the mantle of the Earth
Poisoned Land - Arsenic in ArgentinaMichael Watts on how to search for arsenic in contaminated land, and the impact on people's health
Science Update - HealthThis week, Chelsea and Bob update us with some news about the sound of muscles and treating depression with yoga.Dave, re, kitchen science. Is this also the reason why drink machines drop your can on it's side, to dislodge some of the bubbles?... - paul.fr - 29th Jun 07
It will do this, and I think it is because the impact is absorbed by the drink spinning rather than shaking and going turbulent which tends to mix in ... - daveshorts - 29th Jun 07
excellent, cheers dave.... - paul.fr - 30th Jun 07
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