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10 Jun 2014: For centuries, indigenous peoples in the Arctic navigated the land, sea, and ice, using knowledge of trails that was passed down through the generations. Now,

17 Feb 2014: They demonstrated this using a memory test completed on the first cohort consisting of systematically recording episodes recollected from an individual's life - known as ‘autobiographical memory’ - under standardised test conditions.

26 Aug 2014: Most then return to China and cannot reapply. However, if they pass a test they can extend their visa for up to three years, depending on the area they are working

26 Feb 2014: Using this method, cells from one mouse could be used to test 1000 drug compounds to treat liver disease, and reduce animal use by up to 50,000. ... By using the liver culture system I developed, we can test 1000 compounds using cells that come from only

21 Jul 2014: Routine lab tests suggested that the type of MRSA in each case was the same, indicating a possible outbreak.

22 Dec 2014: The researchers say that economic policy reforms advocated by the IMF have undermined the capacity of health systems in these three nations – systems already fragile from legacies of conflict and state ... Firstly, the IMF required economic reforms

24 Oct 2014: At the same time, radiologists and engineers were able to use the data from the non-human bodies to test not yet clinically approved software on the images, furthering research for

12 Apr 2014: Many contemporary commentators identified the debasement of the coinage as a root cause of England’s economic problems, and they also went much further linking it to widespread social disorder, disruption

1 Dec 2014: Research undertaken by Hargreaves also examined the relationship between socio-economic disadvantage and household crime such as burglary and car theft. ... The research incorporated data from a ‘Multiple Deprivation Index’, a ten-tier classification

11 Feb 2014: Reviewing over 20 years of neuroscience research into sex differences in brain structure, a Cambridge University team has conducted the first meta-analysis of

22 Apr 2014: the age of five faces up to 19,000 injections and 50,000 finger prick blood tests by the time they are 18.

29 Nov 2014: In order to test whether two- and three-year-olds are able not only to retain the what-when-where of an episodic memory but also to recall these three in ... a holistic, non-elemental way, the team gave more than 370 pre-schoolers two kinds of memory test

11 Nov 2014: The environmental science community’s response to the awards has been outstanding, with 82 applications of an exceptional standard submitted across four categories of impact: economic, social, early-career and international,

15 May 2014: Two significant breakthroughs which could inform future treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, have been announced by

7 Jan 2014: The approach we have used to test willow genes in Arabidopsis could be widely useful for assessing functional genetic diversity in slow-growing species.”.

7 May 2014: It was not until the advent of the Second World War, ten years after the initial stock market crash, that economic output in the US recovered its pre-1929 levels. ... This devastating period of economic meltdown caused untold hardship to millions in the

1 Oct 2014: In addition, human stem cells grown in the laboratory can be used to produce experimental models of diseased tissues and to test therapeutic drugs.

10 Apr 2014: Lane, who is a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of Economic Sociology, said: “Part of the motivation for the study was the need for a better ... In part, the study suggests the evolution has been hindered by a shortage

13 Jun 2014: The Honorary Professor of Social and Economic Geography received the Victoria Medal “for conspicuous merit in human geography”.

19 Sep 2014: Two eminent scientists have made an impassioned appeal to the world’s religious leaders for help in curbing the potentially catastrophic effects of the ongoing