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Fat finding gives hope to obese
A surprise discovery that calorie-burning brown fat can be produced from muscle precursor cells in mice has raised the prospect of new ways to help overweight people
Climate resolutions ‘having big impact’
A coalition of investors and environmental groups claim climate change-related shareholder resolutions filed in the US this year achieved breakthrough results
GM set to bring Volt electric car to Europe
General Motors is planning to rebadge its Chevrolet Volt electric car as an Opel and bring it to Europe as part of the US carmaker’s plans to expand the model range of its highly anticipated new vehicle
Science briefing: Running off an old problem
The notion that exercise is good for you has been around for a long time but a new study carried out at Stanford University is testing its veracity over an extended period
Plan to spur take-up of science subjects
The CBI unveils a five-point proposal to encourage more young people to study Triple Science at GCSE level in preparation for Britain’s potential ‘industrial renaissance’
Drug fund lottery for rare cancers
A UK survey reveals the apparently random local process that decides both whether patients will receive drug treatment for their condition and how they can access it
Climate threat to Brazil’s soya exports
A study will add to concern over food shortages when it reveals that moderate temperature rises would cause significant damage to a range of the country’s agricultural produce
Rainfall alert on global warming
As the world heats up, rainfall extremes – both deluges and droughts – will worsen more than most climatologists have predicted, a recent study says
Wind and Brazil blowing fair for Cookson
The recent surge in wind farm developments and the boom in the Brazilian motor industry helped the engineering group increase its first-half profits and sales
South Korea commercially clones dogs
South Korean stem cell scientists at RNL Bio have carried out the world’s first commercial order to clone a dog, giving a Californian woman not just one copy of her beloved pitbull terrier, but five
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