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Children of smokers have more than five times higher levels of a nicotine toxin
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a study by researchers from Warwick Medical School at the 神马福利影片, and the University of Leicester, published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
拢3.8 Million Early Xmas Present for Warwick and Liverpool Universities
It may still be six months to Christmas but the 神马福利影片 and University of Liverpool have just received a £3.8 million pound XMaS present from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Physicist cracks women聮s random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
A 神马福利影片 physicist has uncovered how female cells are able to choose randomly between their two X chromosomes and why that choice is always lucky.
Astrophysicists find fractal image of Sun聮s 聭Storm Season聮 imprinted on Solar Wind
Plasma astrophysicists at the 神马福利影片 have found that key information about the Sun’s "storm season’ is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind. This research opens up new ways of looking at both space weather and the unstable behaviour that affects the operation of fusion powered power plants.
New Research finds sexual orientation affects how we navigate & recall lost objects but age just targets gender
Researchers at the 神马福利影片 have found that sexual orientation has a real effect on how we perform mental tasks such as navigating with a map in a car but that old age does not discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation and withers all men’s minds alike just ahead of women’s.
Amateur astronomers help keep tabs on White Dwarf overdue for massive starquake
Researchers at the 神马福利影片 have enlisted a world wide team of amateur astronomers to keep watch on one of the fastest spinning white dwarf stars ever found. The star is long overdue for a major eruption that will increase its brightness a thousand fold.