Ageing in worms mainly results from the direct action of genes and not from random wear and tear or loss of function, and the same is likely to be true in humans, according to research by UCL, Lancaster University and Queen ...
Biotechnology
Aug 9, 2018
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Imagine your computer screen could change shape. Imagine if that screen could spring to life at the touch of a fingertip, translating numbers and trends into shapes and gradients you can reach out and touch.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 14, 2015
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Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes to 60.
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2019
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Women-only business networks fail to boost female entrepreneurship and instead serve to marginalise further the very people they seek to help.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2020
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Poorer rural Amazonians are going hungry despite living in one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet—a new study reveals.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2020
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Carbon released into the atmosphere by the increasing loss of Arctic permafrost, combined with higher solar absorption by the Earth's surface due to the melting of sea ice and land snow, will accelerate climate change—and ...
Environment
Apr 23, 2019
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Researchers working on molecular-level responses in crops have taken a step closer to their goal of producing heat-tolerant wheat.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2020
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688
Updates on the best opportunities to spot the Northern Lights in the UK are now available on a mobile phone app developed in association with scientists at Lancaster University.
Software
Jan 26, 2015
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14
Computer hard drives of the future could be made up of smart molecules.
Nanomaterials
Jun 2, 2020
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157
An international team led by Lancaster University has discovered how electrons can slither rapidly to-and-fro across a quantum surface when driven by external forces.
Soft Matter
Mar 21, 2023
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