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Publication: Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Ban on human gene patents is baffling but it won't impede biotech research | Adrian Tombling

Research by biotech companies is unlikely to be derailed by the patent ruling against Myriad Genetics last week In a decision that has confused the biotech industry, the US Supreme Court decided last week that naturally occurring human gene sequences ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Patent, Biotechnology, US Supreme Court, Diagnostic

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Is the future of clean energy a pond of algae in every backyard? | Lou del Bello

The green credentials of biofuel crops have been sullied in recent years. Rienk van Grondelle believes the answer to the world's clean energy needs will be super-efficient algae Driving through the countryside in the south of France, you would probably ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Photosynthesis, Biofuels, Algae

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

David Blunkett

Has your MP read The Geek Manifesto? | Dr Mark Lorch

A year has passed since every MP and Welsh Assembly Member was sent a book extolling evidence-based policymaking Last June hundreds of geeks from around the UK set their MPs and Welsh Assembly Members (AMs) some homework for the summer holidays. Our ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Mark Henderson, David Tredinnick, David Nutt, Paul Flynn, David Blunkett

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss – book review | Tim Radford

Krauss's venture into the Star Trek world of antimatter drives, dilithium crystals and tractor beams is entirely serious Teleportation is technically demanding, especially when the object being teleported is a whole human. The energy required to turn ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Krauss, Speed of Light, Star Trek

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Bacterial apocalypse – the bugs are getting cleverer, and we are doing little to stop them

The time is now to develop new antibiotics, but serious barriers stand in our way We're all doomed. Well, possibly not. But having recently returned from the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, where thousands of ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Antibiotic, Bacteria, Antibiotic-Resistant, Drugs, Krebs Cycle

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Society of Chemistry

Are school science practicals a complete waste of time? | Alom Shaha

Not necessarily. The Nuffield Foundation is leading an initiative to help teachers ensure science practicals are effective "For many children, what goes on in the laboratory contributes little to their understanding of science". This is the damning ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Nuffield Foundation, Ignorance, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Physics, Education

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Pregnant women have enough worries without adding sunscreen to the list

The latest advice may simply add to the anxiety that pregnant women must navigate, thus undermining public health messages Tobacco, check. Alcohol, check. Camembert and gorgonzola, check. As if the list of things pregnant women should avoid wasn't ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Pregnancy, Public Health, anodyne

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Oswald T Avery, the unsung hero of genetic science

Seventy years ago this quiet man announced one of the most important discoveries in the history of science: DNA In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick changed the face of biology when they discovered the double helix structure of DNA, on the basis ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: DNA, Genetics, Protein, Francis Crick, James Watson

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Clean energy for a carbon-choked world | Lou Del Bello

Hopes for a speedy transition from a carbon economy to clean energy have been dashed. Which technologies offer the best chance of turning things around? This month, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - May 30 2013]

Entities: International Energy Agency, Bello, Carbon, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Everest hosts some truly breathtaking medical research | Greg Foot

The Xtreme Everest project is investigating why some people cope better with low oxygen conditions than others It's a disconcerting feeling, not being able to breathe. It wasn't as though I was running for a bus or anything like that either; I was ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - May 29 2013]

Entities: Oxygen, Patient, Caudwell, Human Biology

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Roll over Einstein: meet Weinstein

What are we to make of a man who left academia more than two decades ago but claims to have solved some of the most intractable problems in physics? There are a lot of open questions in modern physics. Most of the universe is missing, for example. ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - May 23 2013]

Entities: Albert Einstein, Mathematician, Standard Model, Dark Matter, David Kaplan

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally determined? | Corrinne Burns

A growing number of psychiatrists suspect mental conditions are 'culture-bound syndromes' rather than exclusively biological The latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – DSM 5 – was published over the weekend. ... [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Diagnostic, Koninklijke DSM NV, Rachel Cooper

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Once the technology has been implemented on agricultural land, he says, it could be rolled out across the urban environment. "Every backyard may have a pond, or a tank, where algae are grown for domestic energyenergy supply."

Is the future of clean energy a pond of algae in every backyard? | Lou del Bello [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - 21 hours ago]

...Some express unbridled enthusiasm, "I grabbed it [the book] with a yelp of joy … I look forward to devouring every word and to the day that geeks rule the world" from Paul Flynn. Most promised to at least read the Geek Manifesto during their summer holidays...

Has your MP read The Geek Manifesto? | Dr Mark Lorch [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]

...the Society of Biology, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the InstituteInstitute of Physics, which have teamed up with the Nuffield Foundation to "explore how teaching and learning approaches which have been shown to be effective in science education can be applied to practical work" . They're working together to create resources to help teachers make more effective use of practical lessons and one of the first resources they've...

Are school science practicals a complete waste of time? | Alom Shaha [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 07 2013]

...Indeed, if you read the actual paper, the researchers acknowledge that "it is unlikely that any of these exposures are truly harmful for most babies" . However, "in view of current uncertainty about risks" it suggests that pregnant women:

Pregnant women have enough worries without adding sunscreen to the list [Published Science: Science blog | guardian.co.uk - Jun 05 2013]

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Is the future of clean energy a pond of algae i... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - 21 hours ago] The green credentials of biofuel crops have been sullied in recent years. Rienk van Grondelle believes the answer to the world's clean energy needs will be super-efficient algae Driving through the countryside in the south of France, you would probably ...
Ban on human gene patents is baffling but it wo... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013] Research by biotech companies is unlikely to be derailed by the patent ruling against Myriad Genetics last week In a decision that has confused the biotech industry, the US Supreme Court decided last week that naturally occurring human gene sequences ...
Has your MP read The Geek Manifesto? \| Dr Mark ... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013] A year has passed since every MP and Welsh Assembly Member was sent a book extolling evidence-based policymaking Last June hundreds of geeks from around the UK set their MPs and Welsh Assembly Members (AMs) some homework for the summer holidays. Our ...
The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss –... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 14 2013] Krauss's venture into the Star Trek world of antimatter drives, dilithium crystals and tractor beams is entirely serious Teleportation is technically demanding, especially when the object being teleported is a whole human. The energy required to turn ...
Bacterial apocalypse – the bugs are getting cle... [Published Science: Science blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 10 2013] The time is now to develop new antibiotics, but serious barriers stand in our way We're all doomed. Well, possibly not. But having recently returned from the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, where thousands of ...