Scientists get to the root of colour loss
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John Major, Richard Gere and Desert Orchid may beg to differ, but most people despair at the onset of grey hair. Whether it&#39;s taken as a sign of premature decrepitude, great wisdom, or extreme stress, scientists
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One of the pleasures of    stargazing is noticing and enjoying the various colors that stars display in    dark skies. These hues offer direct visual evidence of how stellar temperatures    vary.
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Genetic breakthroughs and an unlikely drug offer hope for a disease ravaging the eyes of an aging population.
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No doubt many researchers have gotten gray hair trying to find ways to defeat cancer. Now a team of scientists says gray hair itself may yield clues to fighting that deadly disease.
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BOSTON -- Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston were looking for a better understanding of melanoma. What they have come up with so far is a new explanation of why hair goes gray.
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Scientists looking for a cure for skin cancer have stumbled on something else: the reason why hair turns gray. It turns out that one of the most common signs of aging occurs because of the death of stem cells
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A visual defect may have been partly responsible for Rembrandt&#39;s extraordinary eye. So say two Harvard researchers, and their theory is a reminder that human imperfections can be channeled into greatness and
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Scientists studying a deadly skin cancer have inadvertently found a possible explanation for why hair turns gray. But don&#39;t throw out that hair dye.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).
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A paint which illuminates cancer cells could help surgeons remove tumours accurately, scientists say.
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Scientists who discovered how people grey as they age believe the findings could help prevent deadly skin cancers.
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UK scientists are attempting to restore vision in people with a leading cause of blindness using stem cells.
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The Web, digital photography and printing are contributing to the increased use of color.
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Using a novel new approach, scientists at the Imperial College in London are on the path to optical storage that dwarfs the capacities of current DVD&#39;s and even upcoming, blue laser-based discs.
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The mystery of how we read a sentence is unlocked by scientists.
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Science & environment: Project will give unprecedented insight into why some people are more susceptible to disease than others
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A new spectrometer lets scientists learn more about the planet's chemistry.