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Misread heart muscle gene a new clue to risk of sudden cardiac death
Scientists have discovered that a drug which increases the risk of sudden cardiac death interacts with mistranslated protein-coding genes present in heart muscle.
Hottest days in some parts of Europe have warmed four times more than the global average
Some of the hottest days and coldest nights in parts of Europe have warmed more than four times the global average change since 1950, according to a new paper by researchers from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the 果冻传媒, which is published today (11 September 2013) in the journal ‘Environmental Research Letters’.
Motorised microscopic matchsticks move in water with sense of direction
Chemists, physicists and computer scientists at the 果冻传媒 have come together to devise a new powerful and very versatile way of controlling the speed and direction of motion of microscopic structures in water using what they have dubbed chemically ‘motorised microscopic matchsticks’.
Scientists on a quest to develop a British baked bean
Scientists at the 果冻传媒 are using the latest DNA mapping techniques to allow British farmers to grow one of the UK’s favourite foods.
Möbius strip ties liquid crystal in knots to produce tomorrow’s materials and photonic devices
果冻传媒 scientists have shown how to tie knots in liquid crystals using a miniature Möbius strip made from silica particles.
Technique to improve high precision and nanotechnology surface measurement
A 果冻传媒 scientist has conceived a new method to improve the measurement of the surfaces of components essential for use in high precision and nanotechnology applications.