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September 29, 2015
Might we be Martians?
Watch out Mars, here we come. Maybe. Someday. NASA used to play down the notion that the arid, desolate landscape of Mars could ever possibly be home to future life. However, the recent announcement confirming the flow of liquid water on Mars is causing its planetary science division to reconsider. In a recent paper published … Read more
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September 27, 2015
Get ready for the Super Blood Moon eclipse
Want to see all the sunrises and sunsets in the world at one time reflected off the surface of the full moon? That’s what we observe during a total lunar eclipse. Combine this with the moon passing closest to the earth during its monthly orbit, known as a supermoon, and you’re in for a rare astronomical treat. If … Read more
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September 23, 2015
Changing the Code: The advent of human genome editing
In April this year, scientists led by Junjiu Huang, a gene-function researcher at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, reported editing the human genome in the online journal Protein & Cell. It marked a controversial breakthrough in genetic biology and is being vigorously debated by the international community. “I believe this is the first report of CRISPR/Cas9 … Read more
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September 21, 2015
New class of drugs to target cancer’s metabolism
In research published in Cancer Cell, Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacology and physiology at Saint Louis University, has, for the first time, found a way to stop cancer cell growth by targeting the Warburg Effect, a trait of cancer cell metabolism that scientists have been eager to exploit. The Warburg effect is a cancer … Read more
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September 20, 2015
Image of the Week : Arctic Eclipse
Called “one of the astronomical highlights of the year,” this photo of the moon’s total eclipse of the sun in March earned the French photographer Luc Jamet the title of astrological photographer of the year, presented at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. To see all the compelling and luminous images which won distinction in this year’s competition, follow this link. At Oxford … Read more
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September 17, 2015
Featured Editor: Dr. Logan, Master of Suspense
At Oxford Science Editing, we have a diverse and interesting team of editors, all with many talents beyond their scientific expertise. This week we feature Dr. Patrick Logan, MSc, PhD, who has been working with OSE for the past 2 years. He received his Master’s and PhD in Pathology in Canada and has edited over 1000 manuscripts … Read more
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September 11, 2015
Game Changing Science
Imagine hyper-sonic travel, an asteroid defence system, extreme weather mitigation or a dive into the realm of dark matter. What science fiction does for our imagination, science is developing into potential true breakthroughs. Researchers at Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, California, along with NASA and several universities including Imperial College London, have made breakthroughs in … Read more
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September 6, 2015
Image of the Week: Wearable analytics
Google’s Life Sciences division announced that diabetes would be the first major disease target in their bid to bring new technology to the management of an increasingly common condition. With Google being a powerhouse for analytics, the company appears to be using their know-how to develop smarter ways to quantify disease progression. One of their developing … Read more
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September 3, 2015
Want to get published? Shorten your title
A recent study by The Royal Society‘s publishing division showed an association between paper citation and title length. The results of an analysis of over 20 000 papers over seven years showed that for each year papers with the shortest titles received the most citations. “These results are consistent with the intriguing hypothesis that papers … Read more
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