Scientists have discovered a molecule that can prevent a toxic protein involved Alzheimer’s disease from building up in the brain. They found that in test tube studies the molecule not only prevents the protein from forming clumps but can also reverse this process. Then, using fruit flies with Alzheimer’s disease, they showed that the same molecule effectively “cures” the insects of the disease.

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Diabetics, under the gun to better manage their disease by controlling their food intake and weight, may find themselves in the sticky wicket of needing treatment that makes them hungry, researchers said.

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University Hospitals Birmingham has put in a bid to become one of the first sites in the UK to offer a new £100m proton therapy treatment unit.

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Letters to the editor.

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Researchers show that a classical biological oscillator, the glycolytic oscillator, may increase damage to the heart during acute loss of oxygen (anoxia), and as may occur during ischemia.

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Researchers are the first to fully characterize a special type of stem cell, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) that exist in circulating blood, to see if they can behave as endothelial cells in the body when cultured on a bioengineered surface. The results show promise for a new generation of tissue-engineered vascular grafts which could improve the success rate of surgery for peripheral …

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Space physicists have identified the impact of the Sun on Mars’ atmosphere. The scientists report that Mars is constantly losing part of its atmosphere to space. The new study shows that pressure from solar wind pulses is a significant contributor to Mars’s atmospheric escape.

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Many women live with breast cancer that does not respond to standard medical treatment, a condition that researchers want to change by aggressively targeting specific genes.

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At last, global warming inspires good fiction. And scientists are the rightful heroes

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A 19-year-old gap year student from Carmarthenshire wins the UK Young Engineer of the Year with a solar powered trike.

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Rice students put calculations by German physicist Gustav Mie, made in 1908, to the test when they decided to look at the optical properties of single nanoparticles.

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This morning as I read the amazing “Doughnuts for Diabetes” story by Jessica Apple over on A Sweet Life, I would have dropped my own…

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A man describing himself as an “international healer” pleads guilty to offences under the Cancer Act.

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Scientists reveal a surprising new function of Notch protein that contrasts with the one known to date.

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CHILDREN in the Capital can take part in a secret science mission next month.

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The Ambulight high-tech device contains a small light that combines with a chemical cream to kill skin cancer cells.

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Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.

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Sailors on board an Australian warship were exposed to radiation after another naval ship accidentally locked its long-range air warning radar onto the tanker during a refuelling stop.

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A remotely operated vehicle is to be built to recover radioactive particles from the seabed near Dounreay.

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Repair proteins appear to efficiently scan the genome for errors by jumping like fleas between DNA molecules, sliding along the strands, and perhaps pausing at suspicious spots, say researchers who tagged the proteins with quantum dots to watch the action unfold.

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Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and recent research shows that a new test is more than 95 percent effective in detecting cognitive abnormalities associated with these diseases.

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”Biodegradable” plastic bags used by major supermarkets do not break down as quickly as believed and may not be as environmentally-friendly as they sound, according to Government-funded research.

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Watchers of the post amnesty programme truly heaved a sigh of relief when the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan told the nation that his administration was determined to give more than lip service to the programme that resulted in the cessation of hostilities between the Federal Government and the restive youths in the Niger Delta region.

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A nurse who cared for terminally ill women with cancer had sexual relationships with their partners after they died.

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The Western Australian Government says the results of a radiation survey prove there is no health risk from a decommissioned uranium testing site near Kalgoorlie.

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A study shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population.

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What’s Your Reaction’ Environmental activist/consumerist critic Annie Leonard appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday to discuss her new book, “The Story of Stuff,” which was released Tuesday.

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A team of physicists has achieved a quantum walk in a quantum system with up to 23 steps. It is the first time that this quantum process using trapped ions has been demonstrated in detail. This latest advance promises to be important for the development of quantum computers in finding search quantum algorithms that outperform their classical counterparts as different directions could be chosen …

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The actor Andy Whitfield, who plays the title character, will begin treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

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The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a new study.

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The recently observed reduction in air pollution implies that more solar radiation reaches Earth’s surface. This could lead to a far more rapid increase in Earth’s temperature in the coming decades than has previously been expected. In order to successfully combat global warming, it is crucial that scientists incorporate increases in CO 2 emissions reductions as well as reductions in air …

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A FATAL accident inquiry into the case of a teenage cancer sufferer given an overdose of radiation has been abandoned after experts agreed there was no link between the error

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A new method of growing arteries could lead to a “biological bypass” — or a noninvasive way to treat coronary artery disease.

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Harvard researchers are taking a new look at beta amyloid, which was thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s whose function was that of a waste product in the brain.

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If altered bits of genetic material could be picked up in a patient’s bloodstream, they would serve as a direct and sensitive marker of cancer.

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New experiments show that it’s possible to focus light through opaque materials and detect objects hidden behind them, provided you know enough about the material.

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Growing concern about America’s continued leadership in science and innovation is well- documented, and now new research offers hope. It provides, for the first time,…

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The latest laser eye surgery is practically painless, says former myope Tarquin Cooper.

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Mice lacking a gene called TLR5 have an altered ability to recognize and control bacteria in their intestines, leading them to develop obesity and insulin resistance, which is often referred to as “pre-diabetes.” The bacteria appear to influence appetite and metabolism rather than how well calories are absorbed. Obesity and insulin resistance can be transferred from TLR5-deficient mice via …

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Can a drug that has been used to treat malaria for years possibly be used to treat breast cancer before it becomes invasive’ That’s what researchers are now trying to prove.

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A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a teenager following an overdose of radiation will get under way later.

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Breast cancer patients with early stage disease that has spread to only one lymph node may not benefit from radiation after mastectomy, because of the low present-day risk of recurrence following modern surgery and systemic therapy, a finding that could one day change the course of treatment for thousands of women diagnosed each year, according to researchers.

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High humidity present in bathrooms and kitchens could be degrading the vitamins and health supplements stored in those rooms, even if the lids are on tight, a new study shows. Crystalline substances are prone to a process called deliquescence, in which humidity causes a water-soluble solid to dissolve. Keeping vitamins and supplements away from warm, humid environments can help ensure their …

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A comprehensive drug development strategy that starts with extensive screening of potential targeting peptides to identify prototype small-molecule drugs has produced two that target the EGFR and VEGFR pathways in novel ways.

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Five rare butterflies could go extinct in Britain following a run of wet summers, according to conservationists.

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Components of the blood or hematopoietic system derive from stem cell subtypes rather than one single stem cell that gives rise to all the different kinds of blood cells equally, say scientists in a new report.

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Scientists have discovered that the Earth’s magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this weakness, coupled with a strong wind of energetic particles from the young Sun, likely stripped water from the early Earth’s atmosphere.

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Last week, Treehugger and ThinkProgress reported that the South Dakota state legislature passed a resolution to urge schools to teach climate science and facts about global warming as “astrological” and “cosmological” theories rather than hard science.

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The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the future funding of physics and astronomy in the UK.

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Education chiefs have issued a guide to teaching science that fails to mention biology, chemistry or physics.

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