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23 January 2012

In this NewsFlash we hear how modified e. coli could make seaweed a source for biofuels, find out why losing sleep can...

22 January 2012

Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D - made naturally in...

20 January 2012

How much water should you drink in a day? Can miscarriages be prevented? What's the point of flies?

18 January 2012

Testosterone podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

17 January 2012

It's not often that science news goes viral, but when researchers dubbed a new species the 'Hoff Crab'...

16 January 2012

When cooking caramels why does temperature rise in stages? With New Year's Resolutions in full swing we sink our...

16 January 2012

A recipe for an H5N1 flu virus, biosecurity and terrorism, and the deepest deep sea vents ever found...

15 January 2012

Where do you stand on becoming part person, part machine? This week we hook up with three pioneers in the field of...

13 January 2012

Are cellphones safe? Why should cornflour make irradiated skin more comfortable? Why do dogs turn in circles before...

13 January 2012

Deep sea researchers Doug Connelly and Jon Copley from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton led the team...

11 January 2012

Theobromine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

11 January 2012

Exploring a new generation of conservation areas designed to protect seabirds around the globe. And we encounter the...

10 January 2012

Lora Heisler exposes the brain mechanisms controlling appetite and body weight, and weight gain...

09 January 2012

This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Sue Nelson goes to Birmingham to find out how the James Bond film Casino Royale...

09 January 2012

Can wearing sunglasses fool your senses into thinking there is less sun and increase your risk of getting sunburn? We...

09 January 2012

In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear about the new spacecraft in orbit around the moon, an implant that can...

08 January 2012

Do stars form outside galaxies? What causes ringing in the ears? How fast does force propagate? Why do spectacles still...

04 January 2012

Neuraminic acid podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

01 January 2012

A 1941 autopsy specimen from a young woman who died having developed severe neutropaenia following treatment of her...

01 January 2012

A 1944 autopsy specimen from an 82 year old man who died of senility and heart failure after becoming progressively...

01 January 2012

A 1944 autopsy specimen from a 60 year old woman who started to have epigastric pain in 1942. This came on almost...

01 January 2012

In both cases these specimens were found at autopsy performed on patients who died from other causes. There is no...

01 January 2012

A 1954 autopsy specimen from a 70 year old male inpatient of Buckland Hospital (Mental Institution).

01 January 2012

A 1971 autopsy specimen from a 91 year old man who went on an outing organised by an old people's home. He had a...