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Like any cells in the body, cancer cells need sugar ­– namely glucose – to fuel cell proliferation and growth.

A team of researchers, led by Professor Gavin Shaddick at the University of Exeter, has shown that, despite global efforts to improve air quality, vast swathes of the world’s population are experiencing increased levels of air pollution.

A diverse diet and flexible behaviour may have empowered blenny fish to make a dramatic transition out of the water – but once on land, they have been forced to become specialised, a new study led by UNSW shows. 

An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an unexpected type of material by researchers at MIT and elsewhere.

The number of red squirrels is on the increase in Ireland thanks to the return of the pine marten, a native carnivore, a new survey led by NUI Galway has found.