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  • Dead Sea rapidly disappearing as River Jordan dries up

    Under the Microscope: Readers often ask me where I get ideas for my articles. In fact anything can trigger an idea. For example, friends recently told me they had spent some time at the Dead Sea, writes William Reville p

  • New test nails risk of bone fracture

    Bone test team: Dr Mark Towler, with Anthony Wren and Dr Niamh Rushe at the Materials and Surface Science Institute at University of Limerick A simple beam of light is enough to decide whether a person has weakened bones due to osteoporosis and to measure their risk of bone fractures. Still under trial, the new test developed at the University of Limerick provides a faster, less expensive way to detect the disease, writes Dick Ahlstrom p

  • Pain barrier clue to hypertension

    A doctor from Dublin is working with researchers in Birmingham to understand why patients with high blood pressure have impaired pain perception. She hopes to develop a way of predicting who will develop dangerously high blood pressure in the future, writes Vikki Burns p
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