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The Technology Transformers

A revolutionary new technology developed by engineers at the University of Leicester after over 12 years research promises to make safety a sure thing in equipment as diverse as cars, aircraft and medical equipment.

Technology / Engineering

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Genetic variant impairs glycogen synthesis

Glycogen is stored in skeletal muscles and liver and is of central importance as a first source of energy for muscle contractions, especially during high intensity exercise. Human genetic disorders primarily affecting skeletal ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Conspicuous social signaling drives the evolution of chameleon color change

What drove the evolution of color change in chameleons? Chameleons can use color change to camouflage and to signal to other chameleons, but a new paper published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology shows that the ne ...

Biology /

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Researchers find that middle-aged misery spans the globe

Using data on 2 million people, from 80 nations, researchers from the University of Warwick and Dartmouth College in the US have found an extraordinarily consistent international pattern in depression and happiness levels ...

Other Sciences / Other

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