Behind the scenes at the Evolution MegaLab
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin, researchers are conducting the largest evolutionary survey undertaken in a wild species.
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Can what happens in the womb last a lifetime?
Researchers at Imperial College London are studying the effects of a pregnant woman's emotional state on her developing fetus.
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Designs for Life
Designs for Life is an innovative fusion of science and art resulting from a collaboration between The Oxford Trust, Diamond Light Source and the Oxfordshire Federation of the Women’s Institute (WI). The project has been funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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Do you feel like a vet?
Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College have developed a series of unique virtual reality simulators using touch technology. The simulators enable veterinary students to practice procedures and receive feedback in a safe environment before they work with real animals.
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Domestic science: Victorian naturalists at home
Not all scientists need expensive laboratories and complicated equipment! In the 19th century many scientists, including Charles Darwin, conducted research in their own homes.
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Exhibition extra: experiment and explore
Two family-friendly events on Saturday 4 July 2009
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Fishing for clues: why medical researchers are glowing with excitement
Researchers from the MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Sheffield are using genetically modified zebrafish to help understand the progress of human disease. Zebrafish, a tropical minnow-like fish, is an excellent model system for the study of human disease.
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From fossils to photography: Victorian science
In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, his groundbreaking work on evolution by natural selection. The idea has been controversial ever since, but it changed the way we see the world.
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International Expedition Prize - science in New Zealand
This was the adventure of a lifetime for two young British science students James (Jamie) Stefanek and Elisabeth (Lily) Muller; winners of the 2008 Royal Society International Expedition Prize.
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Ladybird, ladybird: unravelling the story of an alien invader
Scientists from five institutions have been working to monitor the spread and impact of the invasive harlequin ladybird since its arrival in Britain in 2004. Using stringent and imaginative experiments, the research team are exploring their prediction that over 1000 species in Britain are at risk from this invasive species, and how it might be controlled.
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Nature's raincoats
Researchers from the University of Oxford and Nottingham Trent University are working together to understand the ways that plants and insects repel water to keep clean, dry, breathe underwater or float.
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The Chewing Robot: a new biologically-inspired way to test dental materials
Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol and Bristol Dental School have developed a sophisticated new robotic wear simulator to evaluate restorative materials used to treat dental problems.
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The Palaeodetectives: digging up small molecules with big messages from the past
Chemists at the University of Bristol are studying remnant organic molecules preserved in artefacts and geological deposits for hundreds, thousands or even millions of years.
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The Snapdragon's tale
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia are studying snapdragon flowers to understand the genes that influence the symmetry of the flower.
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The teenage brain - a work in progress
Researchers from the University College London and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany, are studying how the brain undergoes dramatic development in certain regions during adolescence, and how it can explain adolescent behaviour.
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You're never too young to be a research scientist
The Langton Star Centre is working with students from primary and secondary schools to give them first hand experience in scientific research.
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