Purging the plantain pests in Africa

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Professor Howard Atkinson with the Universitys collection of banana plants. Credit: Simon Simon photography
Professor Howard Atkinson with the University's collection of banana plants. Credit: Simon & Simon photography

A tiny pest threatening the staple diet of millions in Africa could soon be eradicated in a project announced today, bringing together plant experts from Leeds and Uganda.


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Rare gorilla twins born in Uganda

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Rare mountain gorilla twins have been born in Uganda's Bwindi Forest, home to around half the world's population of the endangered primates, a wildlife official said Wednesday.

What's good for the mouse is good for the monkey: Skin cells reprogrammed into stem cells

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Scientists have successfully created the first induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines from adult monkey skin cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, demonstrates ...

Hands-free cell phone conversations add 5 m to drivers' braking distances

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Research led by Psychology researchers at the University of Warwick reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of a car travelling ...

New 'control knobs' for stem cells identified

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Natural changes in voltage that occur across the membrane of adult human stem cells are a powerful controlling factor in the process by which these stem cells differentiate, according to research published by Tufts University ...

Stereotypes, bias and personnel decisions

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In an article in the December issue of the journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Frank J. Landy questions research that is said to demonstrate that stereotypes about social groups bias personnel decisions. ...
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