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Digitally unrolling historical scrolls

22 May 2013  Research

X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.


US Supreme Court rules in favour of Monsanto

22 May 2013 News and Analysis

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An Indiana farmer who was trying to replicate Monsanto-patented seeds infringed on the company’s intellectual property righ...

Lords Bill proposes animal research labelling for medicines

22 May 2013 News and Analysis

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Bill aims to underline the necessity of animal experiments, says Robert Winston

B-vitamins may delay Alzheimer’s onset

21 May 2013 Research

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Taking B-vitamins keeps brain tissue healthier for longer, and may help stave off dementia

Silver nanoparticles see the light  

New method makes nanoparticles luminescent but mechanism remains unexplained

Manipulating liquid metal marbles  

A new dimension to actuation

Petition calls for science minister to go  

Russian scientists begin campain for reforms in science and higher education policy to be ...

RNA world hypothesis strengthened by iron  

Back when oxygen was scarce, ancient RNA catalysts may have used iron as a cofactor

Taking the shine off  

Safe and efficient art conservation using ionic liquids

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