Geospatially explicit uncertainty estimates, Asner et al, Carbon Balance and Management,2013,8,7

A bird’s eye view of carbon stocks: mapping carbon resources using LiDAR technology

New technological advances improve the accuracy of carbon mapping – a means to aid resource management

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Miguel Martínez-González on whether wine in moderation helps prevent depression

Researchers investigate whether alcohol can have a protective effect on the risk of developing depression

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Bacterial social networks: computational models probe bacterial social signalling systems

Computational modelling of the quorum sensing systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa provide insights into the anti-bacterial drug targets

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Can whole-body CT improve survival in severe blunt trauma?

Research probes the impact of whole-body CT on mortality in a retrospective study of severe blunt trauma patients

Drury-Stewart et al, Stem Cell Research & Therapy,2013,4,93

Stem cell therapy for stroke: can neural precursors aid recovery?

Researchers characterise the therapeutic potential of human embryonic stem cells in a mouse model of ischaemic stroke

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Clearing the traps: how decreased degradation of NETs affects Lupus

Researchers reveal how defective degradation of neutrophil extracellular traps in SLE patients impacts disease phenotype

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The importance of history in antibiotic resistant bacteria

Researchers look at how antibiotic resistant bacteria evolve when antibiotics are removed from their environment – does resistance persist?

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Procalcitonin and its potential in predicting cancer mortality risk

Procalcitonin levels rise in inflammation, heart disease and cancer, but what is it’s potential in predicting disease in healthy individuals?

B0004822 SEM section through kidney tubule

Sex differences: renal gene expression differs with gender

Sex specific differences in renal disease incidence are well established; differential gene expression may explain why

Assemblathon

Keith Bradnam on Assemblathon 2: putting genome assembly tools to the test

Assemblathon 2 set about testing the numerous genome assembly tools developed to piece together vast amounts of sequencing data