 Disease-causing moulds and mildew affecting both plants and animals could be condemned as researchers step-up the war against fungi by observing how they grow.
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 With earlier flowering seasons and a change in global distributions, how plants sense temperature fluctuations has remained unknown, but scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered that plants have an in-built thermometer which controls their development.
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 The National Measurement Office could see their funding cut by £6 million, which could have an estimated economic impact of £410 million.
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 The boundaries of science fact and science fiction will blur for the job market of tomorrow
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 Science is always striving to mimic things which nature has evolved to do several, if not thousands of years before, and nocturnal vision is the trait of investigation for a group of scientist in Sweden.
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 Rosy-red tomatoes are a common ingredient in most people’s salad, but diners in the Far East are partial to a slightly different pink-skinned tomato, and scientists have just discovered a master gene responsible for the tomato’s unusual colour.
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 With more than 400 distinct breeds, dogs come in a wide range of shapes, sizes and temperaments, and researchers have recently identified regions of the canine genome that appear to have been influenced by selective breeding.
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 Medical research charity The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research has received a record number of applications from scientists seeking funding to develop non-animal techniques in research but says more funding is needed to harness the full potential of these techniques.
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 Following the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12th, scientists have been scrambling to obtain satellite data to provide updated views of the situation on the ground.
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 UK scientists have been recognised in the second annual ACES awards - a pan-European competition among companies spun out from universities - to reward the best academic entrepreneurs from across all technology disciplines
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 Low-temperature plasma is already used to sterilise surgical equipment due to its ability to reach all surfaces, and now scientists hope to use it to disinfect healthy skin and chronic wounds, and eliminate MRSA and other drug-resistant bacteria.
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 An endoscope capable of seeing beneath the surface of tissues and identifying cancerous growths before they are big enough to be visible is being developed by an American researcher.
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 In order to avoid ageing we need to restrict our diet – the combination of proteins, not the number of calories that is.
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 A specific protein that plays a critical role in eliminating excess absorbed light in algae has been discovered, which has important implications for agriculture and biofuels.
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 A hormone produced in the stomach may be used to boost resistance to Parkinson’s disease because of its protecting action on dopamine neurons.
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 With 40 nuclear-power stations being built and 70 more predicted in the next 15 years, nuclear power is fast becoming the fuel of choice prompting scientists to find ways of reducing radioactive waste – one team’s answer – a ‘fishing’ polymer bead.
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 A single bacteria gene introduced into yeast could revolutionise the production of bioethanol from agricultural waste by improving the yield and eliminating a major by-product.
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 Using the wrong type of blood in a transfusion could be fatal for the patient, but a new radio node attached to blood bags could prevent these mistakes occurring.
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 Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, scientists at Carnegie Institution discovered the creation of nickel ore deposits was linked to an isotope of sulphur – sulphur-33 - in the ancient oxygen-poor atmosphere.
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 A specialised MRSA swabbing kit offering several advantages over traditional swabs, including the ability to take multiple samples, has been developed.
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 A transistor with an active region of a single phosphorus atom in silicon has been built by researchers, and they think it will give the field of quantum computing boost.
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 GATC Biotech are opening a DNA sequencing laboratory in London and launching an overnight delivery service in 2010.
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 The concept of confinement is a central idea of modern physics, and scientists have achieved experimental confirmation of the presence of spin-ladders, which was predicted in the 1990s.
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 A gene essential in development of the pancreas has been discovered and has important implications for future research into stem cell treatment of diabetes.
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 Ever wondered how to make a male fruit fly really aggressive? Well wonder no more…
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 Malaria parasites dupe their host’s immune system by adapting their molecules depending on the antibodies encountered according a recent study into the disease.
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 A window that washes itself and self-cleaning solar panels could be just two of the innovations we see in the future to make maintenance and cleaning more efficient.
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 A microchip capable of accurately recording and triggering real-time electrical activity of individual electrogenic cells has been developed at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC).
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 Scientists say they have solved a great immunological puzzle as they explain how the body’s immune system differentiates between healthy cells and diseased or cancerous cells which should be destroyed.
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