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Simple Test Kit for Genital Herpes
Simple blood test kit shows if you have been exposed to genital herpes infection

Caterpillar Drug Factories
Farming drug proteins in caterpillars can produce more and cheaper pharmaceuticals

Assessing the Danger of the New Hong Kong Bird Flu Virus
How flu viruses mutuate and why we should always be alert to the possibility of a pandemic

New artificial Finger Joints point the Way for Arthritis Sufferers
New artificial finger joints for arthritis sufferers allow full range of movement

Digital Compass will show you the Way ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Computerised compass uses light to register magnetic readings and record them

Did the Building Blocks of Life arrive by Meteorite?
New analysis of the Murchison meteorite and its amino-acids

British Society for the Advancement of Science Festival
World science celebrated at Festival of the British Society for the Advancement of Science

Donating Blood Could be Good for your Heart
How donating blood might reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering iron levels

Plants Use Electricity to Forecast Storms
Electric currents enable plants to predict storms and prepare to for a growth spurt

Fossil Evidence of Cannibalism
Early hominids and our ancestors ate each other until relatively recently