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ReviewSuperhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental & Physical Ability
Meet the people at the peak of their powers
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Podcast
Antihistamines
From calming a hyperactive immune system to increasing cognitive abilities, these small molecules have a big impact
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Opinion
The physicist's guide to biology
How Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life? overlooked the central science
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Research
Novel fatty acids have exceptional lubricant potential
Chinese oilseed plant offers opportunities for industry
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Podcast
Ethyl iodoacetate
A tear gas used by the British army in the first world war, picked, in part, because of our access to seaweed
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Research
Sound-sensing protein finally found after 35-year hunt
Quest to find the protein responsible for our ability to hear finally appears to be over
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Research
Twisting molecule probes cell membrane tension
Changing fluorescence visualises strain in live cells, and reveals unusual behaviour
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Podcast
Benzaldehyde
Brian Clegg on the almond flavour compound that gives your taste buds a treat and may help rescue survivors from a disaster
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Research
Nerve agents destroyed by self-powering enzyme nanobot
Pumping action of tethered organophosphorus acid anhydrase as it breaks up sarin and Soman is used to release antidote
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Review
Exhibition: Life at the Edges
The latest exhibition at Dublin’s Science Gallery explores life in the harshest environments, on Earth and beyond
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Podcast
Book Club – The Beautiful Cure
Immunologist Daniel Davis reveals the complexities of the human immune system
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Review
The Beautiful Cure: Harnessing your body's natural defences
The human body’s response to disease is fiendishly complex but endlessly fascinating
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Research
Prebiotically plausible version of pH gradient generating catalyst
Scientists create simple metal ion system could have facilitated early metabolic processes, like ATP synthesis
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