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Results of the $30m US-led project are published on Friday in the journals Science and PLoS GeneticsThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:35:58 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa95add0-cfb4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa95add0-cfb4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlResearchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute believe they have uncovered a key element in the formation of lasting memories – a receptor molecule called nogo receptor 1 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:07:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/96f36ffa-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96f36ffa-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Serious Fraud Office said it had scrapped the Merlin Biosciences case for lack of evidence, after more than four years looking into allegations of impropriety relating to investments held in one of the business' fundsThu, 12 Nov 2009 20:22:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c2aa230-ce2d-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c2aa230-ce2d-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.htmlBritain's Academy of Medical Sciences will assess acceptance of experiments that could create monkeys or mice with recognisably human featuresWed, 11 Nov 2009 02:42:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5746d9b6-ca5e-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5746d9b6-ca5e-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlResearch shows that the first time someone smells a particular odour, whether pleasant or unpleasant, the memory is imprinted in their brain in a way that is unparalleled by other sensationsFri, 6 Nov 2009 04:31:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/49fe1250-c974-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/49fe1250-c974-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlEven though the company faces fresh scrutiny of its market power, the structure of the industry is likely to remain unchangedThu, 5 Nov 2009 09:09:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/07bf7008-c4c1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07bf7008-c4c1-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlResearchers have carried out a study relating the evolution of equine flu to vaccination of horses, an important step that will help in understanding the dynamics of epidemicsFri, 30 Oct 2009 02:13:14 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7d6897e-bf26-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7d6897e-bf26-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlA study argues that self-fertilising populations of roundworms are more susceptible to harmful genetic mutations and are slower to adapt to environmental conditionsFri, 23 Oct 2009 04:19:58 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9dd648e-bd7c-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9dd648e-bd7c-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.htmlThe government has been asked to invest an extra £50m a year to help prepare the UK for expected global food shortagesTue, 20 Oct 2009 22:41:26 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f513716-b9f0-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f513716-b9f0-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlScientists at Harvard University have succeeded in making beating strips of mouse heart muscle cells in a development that could be the prototype of a system to repair damaged human heartsFri, 16 Oct 2009 05:06:00 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbe0450a-b8e4-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bbe0450a-b8e4-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.htmlThe discovery by British scientists that magnetism can flow like electricity can have profound implications for theoretical physics and perhaps also for technologyThu, 15 Oct 2009 03:06:54 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0033584a-b4d1-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0033584a-b4d1-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlIn its most violent mission so far, the US space agency Nasa slams two probes into the moon, in the hope of detecting lunar ice in a vast plume of moondustFri, 9 Oct 2009 17:32:12 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/83d4b02e-b461-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83d4b02e-b461-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.htmlThe theory that viral infection leads to chronic fatigue syndrome has been boosted by a US study showing a recently discovered virus was present in 67% of participants with CFS but only 3.8% of healthy controlsFri, 9 Oct 2009 02:31:58 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f60bf88-b386-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f60bf88-b386-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.htmlResearchers have decoded the genetic evolution within an individual patient, a breakthrough they say will lead to more precise diagnosis and treatment of tumoursWed, 7 Oct 2009 23:01:13 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/81e143e2-b329-11de-ac13-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fsciencehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/81e143e2-b329-11de-ac13-00144feab49a.htmlThree scientists who discovered how the genetic code is translated into the molecules of life win the 2009 Nobel chemistry prizeWed, 7 Oct 2009 12:24:44 +0100