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Martin Austwick producing The Sound of the Ladies.

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EUSci Podcast #34 – feat. The Sound of the Ladies

We find out whether depressed people really eat more chocolate

Summer break? The EUSci podcast knows no such thing. Rain or shine, we bring you the latest in science news. This week, our host Jon Manning explores stories about helpful grandmothers, x-ray lasers, super batteries, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the helpful battery of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspapers over the past couple of weeks.

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‘Killer’ T cells fight back the tumours of transplant patients

Approximately 10% of patients may develop cancer in the first years following an organ transplant, and around 50% of these will die even with standard treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

Saving lives of drug users with the help of methadone

Around 1% of young adults in UK inject heroin. This is associated with an increased risk of death and illness, mainly as a result of overdose or bloodborne infection, such as HIV and Hepatitis C. Read the rest of this entry »

EUSci Podcast #33 – Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

Does Darth Vader suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder?

We’re back again with more science than you can throw a stick at, including a special report from the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. This week, our host Bethan Lowder guides us through stories about flu vaccines, strange water, quantum gravity, giant molecules IN SPACE, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the grave assembly of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspapers over the past couple of weeks.

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It’s a Dogslife

Researchers at The Roslin Institute and The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies are teaming up to find out how diet and exercise can influence a dogs susceptibility to illness. Read the rest of this entry »

From stem cells to blood – Highlights of Festival of Science and Arts in London

Red blood cell micrograph

The Festival of Science and Arts, in its 5 years history, has arisen to more than 30,000 expected visitors and 27 displays. This year, Edinburgh University’s exhibit highlights a £2.9 million research project that is focused on turning stem cells into red blood cells. Read the rest of this entry »

Flights over forest give scientists aerial view of climate change

A boreal forest

A team from the GeoSciences department at The University of Edinburgh, lead by Dr Caroline Nichol, has launched a programme to assess how much carbon dioxide boreal forests are absorbing. These are located around the Arctic Circle and their size is comparable to Amazon rainforests. Read the rest of this entry »

Mysteries of dark matter set to be exposed

Computer simulated dark matter halos (The Virgo Consortium/2008)

A new telescope wielding the world’s most powerful digital camera promises to reveal the secrets of the Universe as it begins its observations of the night sky. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Let’s get connected.’ – Networking of yeast proteins

Microscopic view of fission yeast

A large scale study of yeast proteins has revealed the complex interactions between them, with the screening of proteins and statistical analysis enabling the identification of almost 2000 connections. Read the rest of this entry »