A team of scientists from Ohio in the US have found that two common, over-the-counter medications could help treat people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by rebuilding myelin in their bodies. Surprisingly, these drugs come in the form of miconazole, an antifungal cream for athlete’s foot, and......
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Daily Diamond - Skin Creams Could Hold Key to MS Recovery
Monday, 11 May 2015
Daily Diamond - WWII Lost Silver Recovered From Ocean Floor
Deep Ocean Search, or DOS, is a British company specialising in ultra-deep water recovery, and recently announced the recovery of a treasure trove that has lain on the seafloor since late 1942.
On 6 November, 1942, the SS City of Cairo was travelling from Bombay to the UK, via Cape Town and......
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Friday, 8 May 2015
Daily Diamond - Ancient Coin Suggests Earlier Bristol Channel Trading
A coin has recently been revealed to the public that suggest maritime activity along the Bristol Channel in Britain began a lot earlier than originally thought. The little lump of metal doesn’t look like much, but this isn’t just any old coin. It is 2,300 years old, which makes it......
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Thursday, 7 May 2015
Daily Diamond - Google Overhauls Mobile Search Rankings
We have come to a time when more people are using the internet on their mobile devices than on a computer. So wouldn’t it make more send to make mobile-friendly websites more prominent in search results?
That was Google’s thinking, which they put into practice from 21 April. Some......
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Daily Diamond - Roman's Birthday Surprise
It’s a simple fact of life that some people find it easier to make friends than others. But for those who don’t have many – or any – friends, especially at school, it can all be a devastating experience, for both the children and the parents.
Take Roman Povey, for......
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Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Daily Diamond - First New Pylons in 90 Years
Pylons are those great steel structures dotted around the country, supporting the overhead cables that carry high voltages of electricity. They make up the UK’s electricity transmission network and started when the first ever pylon was built new Edinburgh in 1928.
Since then, around 88,000......
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Friday, 1 May 2015
Daily Diamond - Violence Against Children at Lowest in Annual Survey
That’s right folks – it’s that time again when we learn the results of Cardiff University’s annual violence report for England and Wales.
For the seventh consecutive year, the figures have improved from the year before. Violence-related injuries are now at their lowest......
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