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Science in the News

51. Science in the News - Tuesday 24 July 2007
    24 Jul 2007
    A cure for Alzheimer’s may be closer as St Andrews University has reported a new compound which prevents brain cell death and restores memory and learning ability.
52. Science in the News - Monday 23 July 2007
    23 Jul 2007
    A national survey has found that bumblebees are as much at home in suburban gardens as in the countryside, the Journal of Applied Ecology reports.
53. Science in the News - Friday 20 July 2007
    20 Jul 2007
    Three genetic alterations may give protection against Aids, Duke University has reported in Science. The finding may lead to the development of new vaccines.
54. Science in the News - Thursday 19 July 2007
    19 Jul 2007
    A massive flood between 200,000 and 450,000 years ago filled the English Channel with water and made Britain an island, Imperial College London has reported in Nature.
55. Science in the News - Wednesday 18 July 2007
    18 Jul 2007
    Vitamin C is useless in protecting against a cold, Australian and Finnish researchers have reported in The Cochrane Library.
56. Science in the News - Tuesday 17 July 2007
    17 Jul 2007
    Researchers at King’s College have found a hormonal process linking obesity and asthma, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.
57. Science in the News - Monday 16 July 2007
    16 Jul 2007
    A coalition of medical organisations has endorsed the safety of the MMR vaccine, ahead of a disciplinary hearing involving the researchers who tried to link the jab to autism.
58. Science in the News - Friday 13 July 2007
    13 Jul 2007
    The mind can train itself to forget bad memories, the University of Colorado reports in Science.
59. Science in the News - Thursday 12 July 2007
    12 Jul 2007
    Water has been found on the surface of a gas giant planet, 64 light years away. The research on HD189733b, in the Vulpecula constellation, was conducted by University College London using data from the Spitzer probe.
60. Science in the News - Wednesday 11 July 2007
    11 Jul 2007
    Claims that increased solar activity is the cause of global warming - rather than man-made greenhouse gases - have been comprehensively disproved by a detailed study of the Sun in Proceedings of the Royal Society A.