From UFO treehouses to ice hotels – and bone chilling Arctic baths, Sweden’s cool all year round!

For a stunning break less than three hours from the UK, Sweden offers a wealth of experiences to enjoy at any time of the year, whether you want to explore on foot, drive through spectacular scenery or simply relax in a luxury spa.  Here are some of the best you can book this autumn. SPOT THE … Read more

‘Bandage’ transplants bone-forming stem cells into bone fractures

A new type of bandage has been developed that can rebuild broken bones by transplanting bone-forming proteins and stem cells directly onto fractures.  The biomaterial, which can be stuck to a fracture ‘like a plaster’ to accelerate healing, has been tested successfully on mice’s skulls.   After rebuilding bits of broken bone, the biodegradable bandage – which is … Read more

Rare Roman artefacts including a polished bone gaming piece unearthed in Chester 

Rare Roman artefacts including a lozenge-shaped gaming piece made from polished bone that was used in the ‘Game of Mercenaries’ are unearthed at a building site in Chester The ancient gaming piece is made of polished bone and dates back 2,000 years  It was used in the Game of Mercenaries – an ancient chess or … Read more

Roman artefacts found in Chester include polished bone gaming piece

Rare Roman artefacts including a lozenge-shaped gaming piece made from polished bone that was used in the ‘Game of Mercenaries’ are unearthed at a building site in Chester The ancient gaming piece is made of polished bone and dates back 2,000 years  It was used in the Game of Mercenaries – an ancient chess or … Read more

Injection could stop the loss of muscle and bone during spaceflight

A simple injection could stop the loss of muscle and bone during spaceflight for long-term missions to Mars, a new study claims. US scientists sent mice to the International Space Station (ISS), which floats in low Earth orbit at an altitude of 254 miles, to expose them to microgravity.  By first inhibiting a signalling pathway in their cells, the microgravity-exposed … Read more

Girl, 8, needs to find new bone marrow donor after only match in the world dropped out

The family of an eight-year-old girl with a life-threatening blood disease are pleading with people to help them find a new donor after the only match in the world dropped out less than a month before before her treatment.  Evie Hodgson, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, has aplastic anaemia – bone marrow failure – and needs a … Read more

Small spongy bone was key to supporting huge dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were able to grow to huge sizes because of a unique bone adaptation which kept their bones relatively light 8,000 pounds hadrosaurs were among the largest dinosaurs to roam the Earth  Their spongy trabecular bone didn’t increase in thickness as body size increased This was key for the old ‘bulky lizards’  being able to … Read more