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Jun 09, 2011

Adjustable valves gave ancient plants the edge

Controlling water loss is an important ability for modern land plants as it helps them thrive in changing environments. New research from the Universi...
Jun 09, 2011

Physicists hit on mathematical description of superfluid dynamics

It has been 100 years since the discovery of superconductivity, a state achieved when mercury was cooled, with the help of liquid helium, to nearly th...
Jun 07, 2011

Pioneering research sheds light on controversial heart condition treatment

Research from the University of Sheffield has found that a common treatment for a life-threatening heart condition has little significant impact on pa...
Jun 07, 2011

New research provides breakthrough in understanding common cancer

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered valuable insight into how people develop B-cell lymphoma, one of the most common cancers ...
Jun 06, 2011

Carbon release to atmosphere 10 times faster than in the past

The rate of release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 55.9 million...
Jun 02, 2011

Ocean gliders uncover underwater ‘rivers’ off Perth

Oceanographers at The University of Western Australia have discovered the first underwater ‘rivers' to be identified in a sub-tropical region flowin...
Jun 02, 2011

Chemists shed light on sun’s role mixing up molecules

University of Sydney scientists have discovered a startling new mechanism where sunlight can rearrange the atoms of molecules to form new chemical sub...
Jun 02, 2011

Iron may be key to brain-tumor drug delivery, researchers find

Brain cancer therapy may be more effective if the expression of an iron-storing protein is decreased to enhance the action of therapeutic drugs on bra...
Jun 02, 2011

Research aimed at slowing spread of forest pests in wood packaging

As invasive forest pests such as emerald ash borer and Asian long-horned beetle decimate forests they never should have seen, scientists are investiga...