Secret to night vision found
17 April 2009The night vision abilities of nocturnal animals such as mice is down to the unconventional way that DNA is packaged within the nuclei of specialised...
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The night vision abilities of nocturnal animals such as mice is down to the unconventional way that DNA is packaged within the nuclei of specialised...
Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the Arctic.
A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning...
At about a billionth of a degree above absolute zero, a machine built by the Cold Atoms Group at the Cavendish Laboratory is one of...
A new method for diagnosing sickle cell disease has been found by researchers from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. This new test would be cheaper and...
Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Aberystwyth University have created a "robot scientist" which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently...
The discovery of an elusive pump component opens up new avenues to understand and combat multidrug-resistant bacteria.
How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?
New insights into pregnancy are resulting from research on the interaction between mother and fetus at the placental interface.
A complex interplay of prenatal and postnatal factors determines the risk of childhood obesity and diabetes during later life.