In this week's NewsFlash we find out about ice volcanoes on Titan, get a new insight into the Sun's cycle and reveal why burgers with oregano sprinkled on top could be the safer option for your Christmas dinner. We also discuss the best drink options to avoid indigestion when eating fondue and investigate whether lightweight bikes made of carbon fibre really do cut down your commute. Plus, we hear about a new way to get merry with all those festive drinks, and it's through your feet!
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how graphene has been used to build a new high density ultracapacitor which could allow electric cars to charge in minutes. We also discover how bees' see the world, how slow clearence of a protein in the brain may lead to Alzheimer's disease and why glider pilots should be paying more attention to falcons. Plus, we learn about a new exoplanet that has led astronomers to question theories of planetary formation and we celebrate the first chunk of cheese to make it into space.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out why pandemic 'flu seems to kill the least vulnerable, how parasitic worms treat bowel disease and why summer babies have more regular body clocks. Plus, we find out how the discovery of bacteria that can thrive on toxic arsenic may force us to reconsider the chemistry of life on Earth, and elsewhere...
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In this NewsFlash we explore the link between jetlag and forgetfulness, discover a moon with an oxygen atmosphere, and a new technique to tell someones age from their blood. Plus, in time for World AIDS Day, we find out how HIV infection lays waste to non-infected, or "bystander" cells, leading to the destruction of the immune system.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how lasers can cut complications in cataract surgery, why some people are allergic to wine and discover how scientists have solved a long-standing mystery relating the structure of the placenta. Plus, we get a rundown of the highlights from the world's biggest neuroscience meeting, Neuroscience 2010 in San Diego.
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In this NewsFlash, we discover that happiness is in the here and now, as thinking about something other than the task at hand seems to lead to low mood. We find out why children tire so quickly when walking, and explore evidence in Scottish rocks that Earth became oxygenated 400,000 years earlier than we thought. Plus, the elegant physics of a lapping cat!
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how tumours suppress the immune system, to allow their growth to go un-checked. Plus, how brain zapping could improve mathematical ability, a trick to block the damage done by a stroke, and the bacterial immune system - how bacteria keep themselves safe from harm!
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In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how a new technique can make waterproof coatings that survive the wash, why pancreatic cancer is hard to spot and how one in five Sun-like stars may have Earth like planets. Plus, a new graphene based transistor amplifier, and how thinking of Marylin Monroe can give us insights into the brain.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how bitter taste receptors in the lungs could lead to new asthma treatments, how our ancestors enjoyed some veg with their meat and how gene therapy could offer a way out of depression. Plus, we discover the most distant object yet confirmed, light from which has travelled for over 13 billion years to reach us!
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In this NewsFlash, we discover the new potential vaccine against TB, hear the story of the comet that never was and a way to replace the gold in electrical contacts. Plus, we celebrate with the winner of this year's Rolls-Royce Science Prize!
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In this week's NewsFlash, we'll hear how the Census of Marine Life found that the oceans are much more diverse than we thought and how fat cells behave differently in different parts of the body. Plus the smelly stories of the lily that smells like rotting fruit to attract flies, and how men really are sweatier than women!
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It's a bumper crop of "firsts" in this NewsFlash, as we discover the first habitable exoplanet and the first flapless aeroplane! We'll also find out how mental competition helps to chose which hand to use, and how Raman spectroscopy can help to identify smuggled cocaine...
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27th Sep 2010
- Nerves in Cancer, MS and Pain
In this NewsFlash, we'll hear how the process of nerve repair could help some cancers to spread, how Multiple Sclerosis does more damage to nerve cells than we thought, and what mechanism might be behind phantom limb pain. Plus we'll discover that it was gorillas that first gave us Malaria!
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In this NewsFlash, we discover we can read the history of the solar system in the surface of the Moon, the mechanism through which Prozac works and how night time lights are altering bird breeding. Plus, how the phenomenon of quantum walk can bring quantum computing much closer...
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In this NewsFlash, we hear how scientists have created self cleaning solar panels using Mars Lander technology, how modified yeast could be used to make bioethanol more efficient, and how a new model of climate change suggests it may not be too late to reverse current trends. Plus what it is about particular pieces of music that can make you laugh or cry.
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In this NewsFlash, we hear how Sphagnum moss spores travel on smoke rings, explore a new way to capture carbon, discover pain free vaccine patches and better solid batteries. Plus, the microbicidal gel that could block HIV.
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In this NewsFlash, we hear how scientists have created Malaria-free mosquitoes, how hostile bacteria in the Arctic can be tamed to create vaccines and how Gobies can fight their way through slime in our oceans. Plus, we discover why a transfer from high-heeled shoes to flat ones is so uncomfortable!
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In this NewsFlash, we hear how the proton appears to be smaller than we thought, prompting a reevaluation of some trusted laws of physics, how antidepressants in seawater can make shrimps swim towards danger and why some male fireflies flash together. Plus, a novel mechanism for natural selection - beneficial bacteria!
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In this NewsFlash, we hear about the melanoma stem cells that fuel the growth of tumours, the genes that could mean you'll live to be 100 and the fossils that show the earliest multi-cellular organism. We'll hear the evidence that Sabre-toothed tigers packed a mighty punch, as well as a big bite, and how a new x-ray laser has created "cored" atoms.
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We find out why size matters in bird beaks, how plant roots cope with competition, and what astronomers can learn about neutrinos in this NewsFlash. Plus, building lungs in the lab!
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We hear how researchers have caught swine flu in the act of mutating in this NewsFlash, as well as discovering how migrating humans carried parasites out of Africa, a new gene therapy for HIV and why females are more likely to suffer the effects of stress. Plus, bomb proof curtains that expand when they're stretched!
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In this NewsFlash, we discover how sharks sniff out a snack, the genes that stop you from waking up to eat and the honey trap for surveying viruses carried by mosquitoes. Plus, we explore the technology used in South Africa to make the World Cup safe and accessible, and look at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Louisiana's wetlands.
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How often do you clean your teeth? In this week's NewsFlash, we find out why clean teeth might mean a healthy heart. Plus, how evidence for our meat earliest meat eating ancestors coincides with a growth in brain size, mongooses learning from their elders and why transplanting coral can save a reef.
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We explore the oily threat to Tuna and a newly discovered way that blood vessels in the brain clear a blockage in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash. Plus, how channels on Mars reveal secrets about the Martian climate, and the fossil evidence that shows the octopus is older than expected. We find out why shape is essential for H. plyori - a gut bug associated with ulcers and cancer.
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In this NewsFlash, we explore the biofuel hope from the Burning Bush, the battle between Staphylococcus species and the chemical trick to reactivate dormant egg cells. Plus, the introduction of Synthia - the first microbe with a truly synthetic genome, and a BioBlitz in Bristol - recording biodiversity against the clock.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how to detect the brain activity when you see a familiar face and why genetically modified crops may boost bug populations. Also, we discover the chemicals that make mice scared stiff if they smell a predator, and hear how to create hair cells, essential for hearing, in the lab. Plus, how Tibetans living at altitude have developed different genes to their lowland neighbours!
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We hear how Herschel witnessed the birth of stars in this NewsFlash, as well as exploring the Neanderthal genome and finding out why washing your hands can alter the way you think. Plus, deciphering the second genetic code - how alternative splicing means the same genes can code for many products...
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This week, we hear how the first amphibian genome helps to fill the vertebrate family tree, meet the colourful fish that shine a light on evolution and find out how a technique developed to study eye disease can help find art forgeries. Plus, the genome from a clinical perspective - we look at the future of personalised medicine.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how we may soon be able to predict the Asian monsoon - one of the most important weather events in the world. We explore why dreaming helps you to remember things and find out about the stresses and strains a tablet experiences after you've swallowed it! Plus, the Neanderthal in your genes - new genetic evidence that our ancestors interbred with other hominids on at least two occasions.
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In this Newsflash, we find out about a new species of early human, active volcanoes on Venus, sushi-digesting genes found in the human intestine and a new form of nanowire. Plus, we hear about a new drug to fight tumours.
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In this Newsflash, we find out why the Asian monsoon season sends pollutants into the stratosphere, a new electrical technique for desalination and why swine flu spared the older generation. Plus, new understanding of the genesis of coronary arteries.
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In this week's NewsFlash, a new way to finger criminals using the trail of bacteria they leave behind, combating cancer with synthetic lethality, and how scientists have turned mosquitoes into flying vaccinators. Plus, how to create, and cure Alzheimer's disease in fruit flies.
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This week; we hear about octopodes having temper tantrums when exposed to HDTV, explore why some people are genetically wired to feel more pain and how eyeless scorpions are not stuck down an evolutionary blind alley. Plus, how scientists can use a brain scanner to see what you're imagining in your minds eye!
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On this week's NewsFlash, the gene combination that's perfect for tuberculosis, the methane time-bomb ticking off the Siberian coast, the first human writing and how doctors are knocking migraines on the head with a magnet!
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We explore the secret messages that fish send in ultra-violet and a genetic trick to stop Dengue getting off the ground in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash. Plus, the giant shark munching through shellfish in cretaceous seas, and the alien star clusters invading our galaxy!
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In this NewsFlash, how a simple intervention could cut child deaths in the developing world by more than 30 percent, a new technique for tracking the genetic signature of a tumour and how crafty scientists have got "lab on a chip" systems stitched up! Plus, how locking vaccines in a sugar based glass reduces the need for refrigeration, making vaccines cheaper and easier to transport.
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In this NewsFlash, we explore how laser sensitive nanoparticles can help to identify tumours, what the genome of a 4000 year old man reveals about human migrations and the physics of a jogging elephant! Plus, we find out what seismologists can learn from the recent earthquake in Haiti.
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We discover how sperm get turned on, how researchers can recreate colourful dinosaurs and how painstaking genetic studies help us to understand how mosquitoes smell the world. Plus, sound sleep for type 1 diabetics and how thinking about tennis can help us to communicate with people in persistant vegitative states.
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We'll hear how a scanning technique can home in on the biochemical signature of prostate cancer in this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, along with how bats and dolphins share genes for echolocation and why barefoot runners have a smoother ride. Plus, the discovery of a chemical signal that slows nerve degeneration.
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In this NewsFlash, we find out how infected cells increase the rate of infection, how plants choose their pollenators and why human memories are stored in a grid. Plus, solving one of the mysteries of Madagascar!
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This week, we hear about a new way to grow stem cells from umbilical cord blood, find out why rare things are hard to discover how the scent of a fertile woman affacts male testosterone levels. Plus, we explore the geology of a natural disaster to find out what caused the recent earthquake in Haiti...
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In this NewsFlash, we find out why light makes migraines more painful, how cleaner fish keep each other in check and why special socks can help with bloodflow...
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