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Laying bare our genetic blueprint

By Louisa Wood, European Bioinformatics Institute

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What does the majority of our DNA do? Hundreds of scientists have spent years examining these ‘junk’ sequences, which may hold the key to serious diseases – and much more.

Cracking the mystery of how our planet formed

By Jérôme Ganne and Vincent de Andrade

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Studying the chemical composition of some of the planet’s oldest rocks has revolutionised our understanding of how our continents formed.

Ver la luz: controlar los experimentos de fusión nuclear

Por Phil Dooley, EFDA-JET

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No es fácil saber qué ocurre en el interior de un reactor experimental de fusión a 100 millones de grados, pero hay maneras ingeniosas de averiguarlo.

Ins Licht sehen: Die Beobachtung von Fusionsexperimenten

Von Phil Dooley, EFDA-JET

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Zu erfahren, was im Kern eines hundert Millionen Grad heißen Fusionsexperiments vor sich geht, ist keine leichte Aufgabe - doch es gibt clevere Methoden, es herauszufinden.

Na kole: jak svaly reagují na cvičení

Podle Maléne Lindholm a Susanna Wallman Appel

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Všichni víme, že cvičení zlepšuje kondici a činí nás zdravějšími-ale jaké změny se dějí v našich buňkách, aby k tomu došlo?

Έκρηξη Χρωμοσωμάτων: πώς ξεκινάει ο καρκίνος

Από την Sonia Furtado Neves (Σόνια Φουρτάδο Νέβες), EMBL

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Οι όγκοι στον εγκέφαλο είναι μία από τις πιο συχνές αιτίες θανάτου στα παιδιά - και μπορεί να αρχίσει όταν τα χρωμοσώματα σχίζονται κατά την κυτταρική διαίρεση.

Van Goghs verdunkelndes Erbe

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Die leuchtenden Gelbtöne auf van Goghs Bildern werden zu einem hässlichen Braun. Andrew Brown zeigt, wie hochentwickelte Röntgentechnik, zur Verfügung gestellt von der Europäischen Synchrotronstrahlenquelle in Grenoble, Frankreich, erklären kann warum.

Magnetic science: developing a new surfactant

By Julian Eastoe, Paul Brown, Isabelle Grillo and Tim Harrison

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With the use of detergents and other surfactants on the rise, the resulting pollution is worrying. One answer: surfactants that can be collected and re-used simply by switching a magnetic field on and off.

The numbers game: extending the periodic table

By Oli Usher

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Until a few centuries ago, people believed that the world was made only of earth, air, water and fire. Since then, scientists have discovered 118 elements and the search is on for element 119.

Sloppy fishing: why meiosis goes wrong

By Sonia Furtado Neves, EMBL

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Why does meiosis so often go wrong? And what are the consequences?.

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