News tagged with london
Archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape beneath Oxford
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists excavating the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric monumental landscape stretching across the gravel terrace between the Thames ...
UK's Royal Opera House to perform 'Twitter' opera
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It probably won't be "Madame Butterfly," but it should be fun.
The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show
Jul 22, 2009 |
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The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of forgery.
London bids to be world's greenest by 2012: mayor
May 18, 2009 |
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Mayor Boris Johnson outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference.
'Mind-reading' experiment highlights how brain records memories
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2009 |
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It may be possible to "read" a person's memories just by looking at brain activity, according to research carried out by Wellcome Trust scientists. In a study published today in the journal Current Biology, they show that o ...
How mosquitoes could teach us a trick in the fight against malaria
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The means by which most deadly malaria parasites are detected and killed by the mosquitoes that carry them is revealed for the first time in research published today in Science Express. The di ...
Schizophrenia linked to signaling problems in new brain study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Schizophrenia could be caused by faulty signalling in the brain, according to new research published today in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. In the biggest study of its kind, scientists lookin ...
Scientists unlock the secrets of C. difficile's protective shell
Feb 27, 2009 |
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The detailed structure of a protective 'jacket' that surrounds cells of the Clostridium difficile superbug, and which helps the dangerous pathogen stick to human host cells and tissues, is revealed in par ...
Frog's immune system is key in fight against killer virus
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered how changes to a frog's immune system may be the key to beating a viral infection which is devastating frog populations across the UK.
Second MND gene mutation in one year signifies rapid research progress
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A collaborative research project involving Professor Christopher Shaw of the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (KCL), Dr Tom Kwiatkowski at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Professor Robert H Brown at ...
Discovering the secret code behind photosynthesis
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered that an ancient system of communication found in primitive bacteria, may also explain how plants and algae control the process of photosynthesis.
'Experiment of nature' examines how mother's diet may impact on child's health
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Could our mother's diet at the time we are conceived set the course for our future health? This intriguing question is at the heart of a new study based on an "experiment of nature" being conducted by Wellcome Trust-funded ...
Secrets behind high temperature superconductors revealed
Feb 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) have found evidence that magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity.
Meningitis bacteria dress up as human cells to evade our immune system
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The way in which bacteria that cause bacterial meningitis mimic human cells to evade the body's innate immune system has been revealed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial ...
On-the-spot DNA analysis to test tolerance to prescription drugs gets closer
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A handheld device to predict whether patients will respond adversely to medication is one step closer to the market, thanks to a new partnership announced today.
